What MAKER STREET does

MAKER STREET (创客街) is a China-based chain-type angel incubator and venture capital brand founded in November 2014 and headquartered in Guangzhou. The company operates a nationwide network of 25 incubation stations across 10 cities (Guangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Changsha, Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing) covering more than 50,000 square meters, providing free co-working space, mentorship, and startup support services to over 5,000 signed incubee companies. Its core technology stack combines physical incubation infrastructure with cloud partnerships (Microsoft Azure, Huawei Cloud), proprietary crowdfunding platforms (众筹空间, 共赢网) connected to IDG Capital's investor network, and dedicated blockchain innovation academies.

The business model centers on the Milizhou Angel Fund (米粒天使基金) with a 1 billion RMB total scale investing from seed to pre-Series B, supplemented by 99 RMB annual VIP memberships, event hosting revenue from the "Embrace Future" Global Blockchain Forum series, third-party service referral commissions (legal, accounting, HR, cloud), and specialized incubation fees. The company has extended into adjacent verticals including blockchain-themed specialized incubators (15 stations, 2018), an International E-sports Incubator (6,000 sqm), and IPFS distributed storage hardware through subsidiary Weia Lab.

MAKER STREET has secured 3 national-level, 6 provincial-level, and 6 municipal-level maker space certifications — among the most credentialed in China — and maintains strategic partnerships with IDG Capital, China Unicom's WO+ Dream Factory, NEO/EOS/Asch base chains, Microsoft, and UK China Catalyst. The company is led by founder and CEO Meihui Yu, operates with 11-50 employees, and raised approximately $781,360 in its only disclosed funding round in December 2015.

Name

MAKER STREET

Legal name

创客街

Website

https://makerstreet.com.cn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MAKER STREET (创客街) is a China-based chain-type angel incubator and VC brand operating 25 stations across 10 cities, providing free co-working space, a 1 billion RMB angel fund, mentorship, and blockchain-themed incubation to over 5,000 early-stage startups.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Startup Incubation and Venture Capital

SIC

Operators Of Nonresidential Buildings (6512)

akta.pro primary industry

Accelerators & Incubators (Investor-Operated) (FSANAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Micro-VC & Angel Funds (FSANAAAI), Youth Business Incubators & Accelerators (EDAMAHAC)

Keywords

• Startup incubation services
• Venture capital funding
• Co-working spaces
• Angel investment fund
• Blockchain incubation

Headquarters

HQ city

Guangzhou

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices16 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Angel Investment (米粒天使基金): Self-managed angel investment fund that invests in seed to pre-Series B stage startups from the nationwide chain incubators. Fund total scale is 1 billion RMB.
2. Membership Fees: 99 RMB annual VIP membership providing access to 100+ annual tech events, training materials, networking with investors and mentors, and free mobile office at all nationwide locations.
3. Co-working Space Services: Free open workstations with shared utility costs (water and electricity) charged proportionally to occupying teams. Administrative services, tax, business registration support provided.
4. Event Hosting: Organizes blockchain forums, startup competitions, and community events across multiple cities, generating revenue through sponsorships and partnerships.
5. Blockchain Incubation Services: Provides specialized blockchain incubation including free 6-month space for blockchain teams, cloud services, investor connections, and exchange对接.
6. Third-party Service Referral: Referral partnerships with service providers including business registration, accounting, legal, HR, and cloud services. Partners include 51社保, 盈科律师事务所, 七牛云, and others.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

MAKER STREET operates a nationwide chain of angel incubators and startup investment facilities across 10 Chinese cities with 25 stations, offering free co-working space, mentorship, business registration support, and angel investment through the 1 billion RMB Milear Angel Fund. The company specializes in incubating early-stage technology startups with a focus on blockchain projects, providing free 6-month incubation, cloud infrastructure (Azure/Huawei Cloud), technical consulting, and investor connections.

Product overview

创客街 (Maker Street) is China's leading chain-type angel incubator and startup investment brand offering a comprehensive entrepreneurship ecosystem. The core product is a nationwide chain of incubators spanning 10 cities with 25 stations, providing free workspace, angel investment (米粒天使基金 with 1 billion RMB fund), and startup support services. Key sub-products and specialized offerings include: blockchain-themed specialized incubators (区块链专项孵化器) upgraded in 2018 across 15 locations, the 孵鹰计划 linking universities with startup projects, esports incubators (国际电竞孵化器) with 6,000 sqm facilities, and 未啊实验室 developing IPFS distributed storage hardware. The company also organizes the 拥抱未来区块链全球论坛 series with 100+ events annually, and offers VIP membership services at 99 RMB. All offerings are interconnected through shared infrastructure, mentorship networks (500+ mentors), and investor connections (100+ investment institutions).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 创客街-米粒天使基金 (Milear Angel Fund): Self-owned angel investment fund with total scale of 1 billion RMB, focusing on seed to pre-B round investments from Maker Street's national chain incubators
• 区块链专项孵化器 (Blockchain Specialized Incubator)
• 创客街国际电竞孵化器

Products and services

• Maker Street Chain-type Angel Incubator (创客街连锁型天使孵化器)
• Blockchain Specialized Incubator (区块链专项孵化器)
• Milear Angel Fund (创客街-米粒天使基金)
• Weia IPFS Distributed Network Storage Device (未啊IPFS分布式网络存储器)
• Maker Street International Esports Incubator (创客街国际电竞孵化器)
• Incubation Eagle Plan (孵鹰计划)
• Maker Street VIP Membership (创客街会员服务)

Quantifiable outcome

• 5,000+ signed incubee companies, 800+ graduated companies, 50+ exemplary projects receiving investment
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• UK China Catalyst (英中触媒有限公司)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2018UK-based investment company (subsidiary of Urban Catalyst with £2-3 billion project portfolio) invested in 未啊实验室, Maker Street's blockchain storage lab. Focuses on blockchain, media, education, real estate, sports, and healthcare sectors. Enables global market expansion for blockchain hardware products.
• 深圳光明-微软云暨移动应用孵化平台 (Shenzhen Guangming Microsoft Cloud & Mobile Application Incubation Platform)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 January 2018Microsoft's first cloud and mobile application incubation platform in China. Co-organizes blockchain forums and provides cloud infrastructure (Azure) for startups. Five-in-one model: space, events, cultivation, investment, and Microsoft ecosystem.
• 浙江省区块链技术应用协会minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 January 2018Regional blockchain industry association co-organizing blockchain forums in Hangzhou.
• 中国会计服务联盟 (China Accounting Service Alliance)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 January 2018Strategic cooperation for resource integration to provide best accounting services for entrepreneurs. Regular accounting and fiscal training for incubee companies, prioritizing basic rights and needs of startups.
• 中国联通WO+梦工厂 (China Unicom WO+ Dream Factory)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership with China Unicom's startup incubation platform. Provides investment opportunities, platform data support, and connects promising companies to China Unicom's venture capital and industry influencers for co-investment.
• NEO智能经济 (NEO Smart Economy)coreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic cooperation for blockchain base chain technology. NEO provides underlying technical support for blockchain projects incubated by Maker Street.
• EOScoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic cooperation for blockchain base chain technology. EOS provides underlying technical support for blockchain projects.
• Asch (阿希)coreTechnology or IntegrationSidechain-based blockchain application development platform partner. Provides SDK and API support for decentralized applications built on Maker Street's blockchain incubation platform.
• 未啊实验室 (Wei'a Lab)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovation lab focusing on VR/AR, AI, and blockchain technologies. Developed IPFS distributed storage miners. Recognized as one of 100 national innovation projects by Ministry of Science and Technology in 2016. Supported by South China University of Technology and other partners.
• 金色财经 (Golden Finance)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPrimary blockchain media partner for event coverage and marketing support across the 拥抱未来 blockchain forum series.
• 众筹空间/共赢网 (Crowdfunding Space/Gongying)coreTechnology or IntegrationProprietary crowdfunding platform providing product reward crowdfunding and equity crowdfunding services. Connects startups with investors through IDG's platform for project roadshows and validation.
• 华南理工大学亚热带建筑国家重点实验室minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partner for VR/AI technology development supporting 未啊实验室 and Maker Street's tech incubation.
• 国际虚拟现实产业联合会minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational VR industry association partner for esports and VR/AR incubation program.
• 韩国VR协会minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKorean VR association partnership for cross-border VR/AR resources and project introduction.
• IPLUSCENTERminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner for esports and VR/AR industry resources.
• 亚太电竞联盟minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAsia-Pacific esports alliance for esports incubation program.
• 51社保minorOthersThird-party HR service provider in Maker Street's service partner network.
• 盈科律师事务所minorOthersLaw firm partner providing legal services to incubee companies.
• 七牛云minorOthersCloud storage provider partner for startup cloud infrastructure needs.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• InnoSpace: InnoSpace is a China-based tech startup incubator and accelerator offering co-working space, angel/seed investment and startup services across multiple cities. It is highly comparable as a direct chain-type incubator that combines workspace with investor networks in the same geography and customer profile (early-stage Chinese tech founders).
• Ucommune: Ucommune is one of China's largest co-working/incubator chains, providing shared workspace, startup services and community programming. It overlaps directly with Maker Street's chain-station co-working model and similar SMB/early-stage startup customer base.
• Plug and Play Tech Center: Plug and Play runs a global network of industry-focused startup accelerators with corporate and VC partnerships. It maps directly to Maker Street's model of combining free co-working, mentor networks and structured batch programs targeting tech founders.
• TechCode: TechCode operates a global chain of AI and emerging-tech incubators with a strong China footprint, including co-working space, corporate partnerships and seed-stage investment. It competes with Maker Street for the same early-stage, tech-forward startup founders in Tier 1 Chinese cities.
• Zhongguancun InnoHub: Zhongguancun InnoHub is a government-affiliated incubator/accelerator in Beijing offering workspace, mentorship and investor access. It is a natural direct peer given Maker Street's reliance on government-recognized maker space status and similar startup support service portfolio in China.

Broad incumbents

• Y Combinator: Y Combinator is the benchmark global startup accelerator offering seed funding, mentorship and a high-profile investor network. As the defining player in the accelerator category, it sets the playbook that Maker Street's combination of workspace + mentor network + angel fund is built around, even though it does not focus on the China/incubator chain niche.
• WeWork: WeWork is the global co-working leader offering flexible office space, community events and enterprise services. It is comparable as a broad incumbent in the flexible-workspace market where Maker Street competes for early-stage startup tenants, although Maker Street layers in incubation and angel investment.

Emerging players

• Binance Labs: Binance Labs is the incubator/venture arm of Binance that invests in and supports early-stage blockchain and Web3 startups with token, equity and ecosystem resources. It overlaps with Maker Street's blockchain-incubator specialization and its goal of connecting founders to exchanges and base-chain infrastructure.
• HashKey Capital: HashKey Capital is a Hong Kong-based crypto-native asset manager and incubator that invests seed to growth in blockchain companies. It is an adjacent emerging player because HashKey blends incubation, accelerator services and venture capital in the same blockchain vertical where Maker Street's Milizhou Fund and 区块链专项孵化器 operate.
• NEO Global Development: NEO Global Development supports application development on the NEO blockchain and runs grant and ecosystem programs aimed at onboarding developers. It is comparable because Maker Street already has a formal strategic cooperation with NEO and acts as a regional Chinese funnel for NEO-ecosystem blockchain projects.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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