In this monthly column called “The deal tracker,” we look at major funding events that took place in China’s robotic sector the previous month and rank them in a chronological order.
Although you may have seen separate news items about the deals previously, we decided that it may give a panoramic idea of the funding activities by presenting them in a roundup format.
Date | Investee | Round of funding | Amount | Investors | Business scope |
3.1 | Meio CadiNav Medical 梅奥心磁 | Series A | N/A | Shaoxing Yuecheng City Development Corporation | Invasive heart surgical robots |
3.1 | Remo Tech睿魔智能 | Series C | N/A | China Merchants Bank International,Forebright Capital, Hong Kong X Tech, ZY Capital VC, XBot Park | Webcam models such as best-selling Obsbot |
3.1 | Roboticplus.AI大界机器人 | Strategic | N/A | Swire Properties | Construction robot and system |
3.2 | Tinavi 天智航 | Private placement | 370.20 million yuan | UBS AG, Nuode Fund, Shui Wah Investment, Taikang Asset and more | Orthopedic surgical robot |
3.2 | Jodell Robotics 钧舵机器人 | Series B | Nearly 100 million yuan | Wens Investment, DH Capital and VenturesLab | Robotic end effector |
3.3 | Matatalab 玛塔创想 | Series A+ | Tens of millions of yuan | Suzhou Fenhu Venture Capital | STEM robotic solutions |
3.3 | Kingsware 金智维 | Series C | 500 million yuan | China Development Bank Capital, Wens Investment, Utrust, GienTech, Shunwei Capital, Junsan Capital and Zhengling Capital | RPA |
3.6 | Siyi Intelligence 司羿智能 | Series A | Close to 100 million yuan | Chengdu Tianfu International Bio-Town Development Group, Tao Capital | Soft-bodied rehabilitation robot |
3.6 | Standard Robots 斯坦德机器人 | Series C | Hundreds of millions of yuan | Xiaomi Investment, China Securities Capital | AMR |
3.8 | Hikrobot 海康机器人 | IPO application | 6 billion yuan | Shenzhen Stock Exchange | AMR & computer vision |
3.9 | Xiao-i Robot小i机器人 | IPO | US$38.76 million | Nasdaq | Chatbot |
3.10 | CloudMinds 达闼科技 | IPO application | US$500 million | HKEX | Cloud and humanoid robots |
3.10 | United Aircraft 联合飞机 | Series D+ | 900 million yuan | A consortium of state-owned investors | Drone, aircraft and autonomous laser bird repeller |
3.13 | Hump Tech 驼航科技 | Pre-Series A | 15 million yuan | Guoding Capital | eVTOL |
3.14 | Chietom 智同科技 | Series B | Hundreds of millions of yuan | Beijing Financial Street Capital Operation Group, Kingray Capital, Xiaomi Investment, E-town International Investment & Development and more | Precision robotic power transmission solutions |
3.14 | Darob 齐元机器人 | Pre-Series A | Tens of millions of yuan | Chisage Group | Robotic vacuum cleaner |
3.16 | Yarbo 汉阳科技 | Pre-Series A | More than 100 million yuan | Starlight Capital, Zelos Megatrends, Glacier Cap, angel investor Wang Long, Silicon Valley investor HP Jin and more | Yard and lawn cleaning robot |
3.18 | Beifly 倍飞智航 | Angel | Tens of millions | Casstar | eVTOL |
3.20 | VAS Medical万思医疗科技 | Angel | Over 100 million yuan | Cas Investment and Noah Capital | Surgical robot |
3.20 | Xingmai Tech星脉创新 | Angel | 200 million yuan | GL Ventures, Shunwei Capital, Source Code Capital, Yunmu Cap and Suzhou Wuzhong Finance Holding | Robotic pool cleaner |
3.20 | iRayple 华睿科技 | Strategic before IPO | 260 million yuan | Zhejiang Lonsen Group, Gotion High-Tech, Wuxi Innolead Capital Management Co., Ltd and Zhu Jiangming | AI and high-tech gadget |
3.21 | 1Data 壹沓科技 | Series B | 200 million yuan | CDH Investments VGC, Pernod Ricard, IDG Capital and Eastern bell Capital | RPA |
3.21 | Yogo Robot 有个机器人 | Strategic | N/A | KDDI | Delivery robot |
3.23 | Zonsen Aero Engine 宗申航发 | Strategic | 200 million yuan | China Construction Bank, Sichuan Development Holding and five other companies | Production of rotary blade and motors for UAV, drone |
3.24 | FlectoThink 柔灵科技 | Angel+ | Tens of millions of yuan | DH Capital | Non-invasive BMI |
3.29 | Lanjiang Technology 岚江科技 | Pre-Series A | Tens of millions of yuan | Ninghuai Investment | Plant protection robot |
3.29 | Longyi UAV 龙翼航空 | M&A | HK$30.95 million | Takson Holdings Limited | aerial vehicle, drone and related systems |
3.30 | Naturobot 自然机器人 | Pre-Series A2 | N/A | Shunwei Capital, German VC firm Picus, and more | iSaaS, RPA, AutoPaaS |
3.31 | Direct Drive Tech 本末科技 | Series B | N/A | JYTH Investment Management and Liwan Venture Capital | reducer-free robotic components |