Weekly summary of investment and financing in the hard technology field: Luo Yonghao received US$50 million in angel financing

Release time：2024-09-02click：0

This week (November 19-25, 2022), there were a total of 38 investment and financing events in the hard technology field, and 26 financing events occurred in the artificial intelligence field, accounting for 69%; in the blockchain and 3R (VR/AR/MR) fields There were 4 financing events each, accounting for 10% respectively; 3 financing events occurred in the biomedical field, accounting for 8%; and 1 financing event occurred in the aerospace field, accounting for 3%.

Thin Red Line Technology, an AR startup founded by Luo Yonghao’s “last venture”, has recently officially announced that the company has completed an angel round of financing of approximately US$50 million. The post-money valuation is approximately US$200 million.

It is reported that this round of financing was led by Meituan Longzhu, investment institutions such as Lanchi Venture Capital, Lenovo Venture Capital, Matrix Partners, DJI Innovations, ATM Capital, as well as Li Wanqiang, Wu Yongming, etc. Well-known figures in the technology industry participated in the investment. Creative Capital serves as the exclusive financial advisor.

Regarding what everyone is paying close attention to, the next step after receiving financing, Thin Red Line insiders revealed that the company willbe committed to building the next generation of smart devices after mobile phones. Operating system allows future humans to have smart devices by evolving them into smart organs. Ability that is today called 'superpower'"

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　Pickle Robot

Pickle Robot completed a $26 million Series A round of financing from Ranpak, JS Capital, Schusterman Family Investments, Catapult Ventures and Soros Capital led the round, with participation from Pickle Robot’s previous investors Toyota AI Ventures, Third Kind Venture Capital, Hyperplane Ventures, BoxGroup and Version One Ventures.

Pickle Robot is an American developer of collaborative parcel processing robots. It focuses on the development of low-cost, collaborative parcel processing robots that can automatically perform multiple tasks in the express delivery industry, such as parcel sorting, Warehousing, loading and unloading, etc. The characteristic of Pickle Robot is that the solution is cheap and efficient.

　Baiyang Intelligence

　Baiyang Intelligence received tens of millions of yuan in Pre-A round financing.

Baiyang Intelligence is a developer of live broadcast room solutions. It is committed to the research and development of cutting-edge cutting-edge technologies such as 5G technology, artificial intelligence technology, and big data technology, and Combined with market demand, we are the first to bring digital human technology to the market for commercial use.

　Nigeria Technology

　　Nigeria Technology has completed an angel round of financing worth tens of millions, exclusively invested by Xintian Venture Capital .

Inverse Technology is a supplier of core technology R&D and application of construction robots. It focuses on the R&D and intelligent construction services of construction robots. The company features high-altitude spraying robots for construction, and focuses on multiple scenarios such as prefabricated buildings, interior decoration, and main structure construction. It provides safe and reliable robot products and complete sets of robot construction solutions for the construction industry. The company is currently developing three high-altitude spraying robots, which fully cover high-altitude spraying scenarios for high-rise buildings, multi-story buildings, bridges and tunnels and other different types of buildings.

Kuaijin Store

Kuaijin Store completed multi-million yuan angel round financing, exclusively funded by Xiaoyi Venture Capital invest.

Kuaijin Store is a smart retail platform developer, focusing on providing smart retail transformation solutions for traditional offline merchants. Kuaijin Store mainly uses a full set of independently developed intelligent hardware + SaaS platform technology solutions to help offline retail stores (currently the main business format is small and medium-sized convenience stores) to achieve 24H remote on-duty upgrades, and use this to build a store digital infrastructure network to continuously Obtain terminal data and empower retail brands.

Dai Shi Intelligent

Dai Shi Intelligent completed Series A financing, financingThe total amount is nearly RMB 100 million, exclusively invested by Lightspeed China.

Daishi Intelligence is a high-precision inertial positioning solution provider. It has developed unmanned driving technology based on carrier phase difference technology, inertial navigation technology and machine vision technology. The high-precision positioning system achieves high-precision positioning in all road conditions through visual information fusion, RTK combined with inertial navigation, and provides over-the-horizon road conditions and environmental information for autonomous driving.

　Zheta Technology

Capital jointly led the investment, followed by Zhongnan Venture Capital.

Zeta Technology is a one-stop digital transformation service provider for high-end manufacturing. It provides ZetaCloud one-stop industrial interconnection autonomous solution, based on the industrial Internet architecture. Provide a unified platform for comprehensive data integration and application integration for large customers in the high-tech manufacturing industry. It mainly includes two product platforms, ZetaCube and ZetaDMO, which support three major scenarios: full data integration, big data analysis and AI applications, and intelligent manufacturing.

Gantu Technology

Gantu Technology completed the C+ round of financing.

Shantu Technology is a developer of computer vision technology and products. Its main business is to apply computer vision technology to precision appearance inspection scenarios. At present, Sentu Technology mainly focuses on the fields of SMT semiconductor and precision machinery manufacturing, providing AI surface inspection all-in-one machines and AI inspection vision systems for head mobile phone parts suppliers and automotive critical safety casting manufacturers. It also provides complete products to some end customers. product solutions.

　Sig Data

Guan Guan and old shareholder Zhongxin Capital also participated in the investment.

Sig Data is a provider of full life cycle management solutions for CNC equipment. Specialized in big data collection, analysis and application in the precision machining industry, providing solutions for automotive parts Customized solutions have been provided to users in the processing industry, aircraft parts processing industry, high-speed rail parts processing industry, medical equipment processing industry and other industries.

Lanlingdi

Lanlingdi completed tens of millions of Pre-A rounds of financing, and Lanlingdi reached a strategic partnership with Beijing Civil Aviation Engineering Co., Ltd.

Lanlingdi is a comprehensive information service platform for the construction industry. Relying on big data and intelligent analysis technology, it can achieve precise docking between supply and demand, and fully realize job search and worker search. , find labor services, find machinery, and find digitalization of building materials to improve industry efficiency, serve thousands of engineers, and help achieve common prosperity.

　Advanced Navigation

　Advanced Navigatio received US$68 million in Series B financing, led by KKR.

Advanced Navigation is an AI algorithm driverless technology developer. It has begun to enter a series of deep technology fields, including underwater acoustics, GPS, radio frequency systems, Sensors and robots, etc. The company claims that its system uses "revolutionary" artificial intelligence algorithms, which can make its products smaller, more accurate, more reliable, and cheaper. This could make it easier to build driverless cars, robots, drones and submersibles, and could be used in aerospace, defense and navigation.

　Capitol

Capitol received US$10 million in seed round financing, led by 468 Capital, Designer Fund, Fuel Capital and Angel investors participated in the investment.

　Capitol is an American medical data AI platform that provides users with instant tools to combat fraud, save costs and accelerate business decisions.

　Taktile

　Taktile received US$20 million in Series A financing, co-led by Index Ventures and Tiger Global .

　Taktile is an automation SaaS provider,Provides SaaS software for users such as financial institutions to help enterprises build and evaluate automated decision-making processes.

　Lesonger

Exclusive investment by venture capital.

Lesonge is a brand of swimming pool cleaning robots. The company’s core product is swimming pool cleaning robots, focusing on European and American courtyard scenes. Starting from multiple dimensions such as intelligent path planning, drive system, automatic parking, cleaning capacity, endurance, and industrial design, we redefine the product structure and performance and are committed to creating a new generation of swimming pool cleaning robot with both intelligence and cleaning performance.

　Sapia.ai

　Sapia.ai received A$17 million in Series A financing. This round of financing was led by Macquarie Capital and Woolworths Group's W23 venture capital arm.

　Sapia.ai is an artificial intelligence recruitment platform. Focuses on the field of human resources services and provides users with intelligent solutions based on artificial intelligence technology.

Yige Cloud is a zero-trust enterprise network security solution provider. The company mainly provides enterprises with simpler, safer and more stable integrated security office solutions. program, committed to creating zero-trust network security solutions for enterprises. The zero-trust SASE product independently developed by Ego Cloud Technology - Ego Cloud Hub Platform, provides one-stop office security solutions with zero trust secure access, terminal security protection (XDR), data security protection (XDLP), and global application acceleration. .

　Yunchuang Zhixing

Yunchuang Zhixing received the Pre-A+ round exclusively invested by BV Baidu Venture Capital Financing.

　Yunchuang Zhixing is a developer of unmanned sanitation self-driving vehicles. Based on 5G, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and cloud platform technologies, it uses municipal sanitation cleaning business as an entry scenario to create a "cloud control management platform" + Unmanned Work Vehicles" new sanitation operation model solves the current industry pain points of labor shortage, aging population, high risk of road operations, and difficulty in supervision of manual operations in the sanitation industry. On this basis, it further combines unmanned distribution and unmanned operation. business scenarios such as people connection and smart transportation, and ultimately achieve an overall solution for smart city operations.

　Empatica

　Empatica completed Series B financing.

Empatica is a developer of smart bracelets that can detect convulsive seizures and send alerts to caregivers. They can also track seizures. It also makes reports and records based on the user's daily rest and physical activities, and also provides services such as sleep monitoring, rest and physical activity analysis.

　Soft Robotics Inc.

　Soft Robotics Inc. received $26 million in Series C financing from Tyson Food Ventures Investment arm Tyson Ventures led the round, with participation from Marel and Johnsonville Ventures.

Soft Robotics Inc. is a developer of soft machine grippers and control systems. Different from traditional mechanical grippers, the soft gripper is filled with air inside and outside The use of elastic materials can solve the current picking and picking and placing difficulties faced by the field of industrial robots. It can be used in food, agriculture, daily chemicals, logistics and other fields. The company has also developed a picking system that can complete 600 picks per hour.

　ISEE

　ISEE received US$40 million in Series B financing led by Peter Thiel.

ISEE is an autonomous driving technology developer. It is committed to applying artificial intelligence and deep learning to the field of car driving. Its core principle is to study human cognition principles and logicEditing, to allow machines to imitate human cognition, so as to have the ability to understand and predict real-life situations, in order to achieve the purpose of improving the safety of autonomous driving.

　Lu Di Shenghua

Lu Di Shenghua completed tens of millions of angel rounds of financing, and the investor was Chengdu Technology Service Group.

Lu Dishenghua is a smart supervision cloud platform. It specializes in the research and development of intelligent technology products, providing scenario solutions and technical services.

　ATTAbotics

　ATTAbotics completed a $71.7 million Series C1 financing, led by Export Development Canada (EDC) cast.

　ATTAbotics is a Canadian modern business supply chain solution provider. The company focuses on the fields of industrial automation, robotics and software engineering, providing a robotic warehousing and fulfillment systems, enabling brands and retailers to operate with systems that save money, increase productivity and protect the environment.

　AAICO

　AAICO received US$42 million in seed round financing from HCS, Bolur Corporation, Freud Holdings, Valnon Holding, A.R.M Holding, G42 Group, Plug and Play and individual investors invested.

AAICO is a developer of process automation technology. The company develops products that automate manual processes in the insurance, pharmaceutical, healthcare and government sectors, helping To reduce human errors, eliminate manual processes and improve productivity.

　Advanced operating system

Advanced operating system completed strategic financing of RMB 52.5 million. This round of financing was funded by Qi’anxin, Kirin Software strategically followed the investment.

Advanced Operating System is an operating system R&D service provider, developing a new generation of communicationsUsing operating systems and emerging supporting technologies, Xinchuang's independent ecological construction technology with operating systems as the core, and real-time operating system technology in the industrial field, it is oriented towards the research and development, technology transfer and commercialization of key common technologies in the field of autonomous driving, intelligent networked vehicle operating systems application.

　AVAR

AVAR received angel+ round of financing, invested by Qiji Chuangtan, and old shareholders Huachuang Capital, Weilie Capital continues to support.

AVAR is a virtual human intelligent application service provider. It is a virtual human application empowered by graphics algorithms. The core technology is virtual character model generation, audio and video The application scenario of intelligent production of animation is the new media content creation of virtual idols and virtual bloggers, and the creation of virtual character SaaS/App through technology integration to create a new generation of virtual ecosystem.

Weidu Technology

Weidu Technology has completed strategic financing.

Weidu Technology was established in September 2021. It is a technology company focusing on the research and development, sales, operation, and application ecological construction and integration of new energy autonomous driving heavy trucks.

Yixing Technology

Yixing Technology received tens of millions of dollars invested by Jinbang Capital A round of financing.

Yixing Technology is a smart car software solution provider. On the one hand, it provides smart cockpit and in-vehicle communication related software products for smart cars. On the other hand, , also provides automakers with an automated testing verification platform and system design services for the entire software life cycle, helping automakers accelerate the mass production application of new technologies during the intelligent upgrade process.

3R(VR/AR/MR)

London Dynamics

London Dynamics received £1 million in seed round financing.

　London Dynamics is an AR e-commerce software developerBusinesses,retailers can use the software to integrate 3D models of their products, which can be changed according to the user's preferences, such as changing the color of the bike.

　inCitu

inCitu completed strategic financing.

　inCitu is an urban planning AR service provider. The company is committed to providing users with community feedback and augmented reality technology to democratize urban planning.

　Thirdverse

　Thirdverse received US$15 million in new financing. This round of financing was led by MZ Web3 Fund, 8DAO, B Dash Ventures, Double Jump.tokyo, Fenbushi Capital, etc. also participated in the investment.

Thirdverse is a VR game developer. Currently focusing on multiplayer VR games, the goal is to combine virtual reality and blockchain and create a game for everyone. They can all create a "virtual reality world" in an online community, dedicated to the production and development of VR games. Its main works include "Swords of Gargantua", "Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds", etc.

　Thin Red Line

Thin Red Line completed an angel round of financing of approximately US$50 million (approximately 357 million yuan). Led by Meituan Longzhu, investment institutions such as Lanchi Ventures, Lenovo Ventures, Matrix Partners, DJI, and ATM Capital, as well as people from the technology industry such as Li Wanqiang and Wu Yongming, also participated in the investment.

Thin Red Line is a new company established by Luo Yonghao, dedicated to software and hardware opportunities in the AR track.

New Energy

Reading Automobile

Reading Automobile completed Around of financing, with an overall financing scale of 3.2 billion yuan, led by Weifang Weicheng West Investment Development Group.

Redding Automobile is a domestic high-end independently developed electric vehicle brand. Focusing on the R&D and production of complete electric vehicles and key components, it has formed an electric R&D, manufacturing, sales and after-sales service system for complete automobiles and key parts. Products of Shandong Maillard Energy Power Technology Co., Ltd.

Lingsheng Technology

Lingsheng Technology completed the investment led by Zhongke Chuangxing and followed by Juhua Chuanxin Tens of millions in angel round financing.

Lingsheng Technology is a new energy technology company. Founded in 2013 by Professor Huang Yunhui of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, it is headquartered in Wuxi, Jiangsu. The company focuses on the non-destructive development of lithium-ion batteries. Detection and monitoring technology is committed to using ultrasonic technology to solve difficult and complicated problems that arise in the development, production, use, recycling and other processes of lithium-ion batteries, and to protect the entire life cycle of batteries.

Aerospace

Gravitics

Gravitics raised $20 million in seed funding led by Type One Ventures, with participation from Draper Associates, FJ Labs, The Venture Collective, Helios Capital, Giant Step Capital, Gaingels, Specter, Manhattan West and Mana Ventures.

Gravitics is an aerospace structure designer. The company’s main business is the design and manufacture of large space structures to serve aerospace companies.

Semiconductors

Analog Smart Chip

< div> Analog Smart Core has completed tens of millions of angel round financing. This round of financing was financed by Shanghai Xiangxin, Kirin Science and Technology Innovation Park Industrial Investment Fund, Nanjing Zijin Venture Capital, Luoyang Zhoushan Hi-tech Innovation, etc.joint investment.