Welkin Capital Management

What is Welkin Capital Management?

Welkin Capital Management is a growth equity investment firm with a focus on middle market companies situated primarily in China. With over 13 years of experience, they cater to various sectors, including consumer goods, advanced manufacturing, business services, and natural resources.

They champion transformative growth and innovation, partnering with visionary entrepreneurs and management teams to support sustainable and disruptive businesses. As an employee-owned company, they deploy their own capital in investments, aligning with global investors such as pension funds, sovereign funds, fund of funds, corporates, and family offices.

Welkin's investment approach centers on trust and progress, forming long-lasting, value-driven partnerships with portfolio companies. These partnerships are designed to maximize growth potential while benefiting all stakeholders. Their portfolio highlights a commitment to digital transformation, featuring companies like Htrip Technology, Tuhu, and Xinzailing Technology.

Welkin is led by Managing Director & CEO Johnny S. Kong, who emphasizes the firm's foundation on excellence and integrity.

The company's mission also includes investing to build a better world collaboratively, addressing inequality, climate change, and governance by incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations. For example, by advancing common prosperity through sustainable investing practices.

Welkin is headquartered in Hong Kong, with additional presence in Shanghai, and upholds a privacy policy and terms of use that stress their nature of service to institutional investors, not retail investors. They are a licensed asset manager registered with the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong.

What they say:

We are a growth equity firm providing value-added support to fast-growing companies in China.

What we look for: We invest in finance, focusing on mid-market companies.