Venture Capital Daily Report: Lanhai Energy Secures Over RMB 100 Million in Pre-A Funding, VITURE Raises Nearly $10 Million in Series A+ Round
Artificial Intelligence
AI Digital Human Service Provider "FOCO"Received tens of millions of yuan in angel round financing"
Recently, AI digital human solution provider "FOCO"Completed tens of millions of yuan in angel round financing, exclusively led by Innovation Works, with Vision Capital serving as the long-term exclusive financial advisor."
FOCO Positions Itself as a Provider of Full-process Solutions for "AI + Digital Humans," Using AI Technology to Generate and Drive Digital Humans with Multimodal Interaction Capabilities. First, on the generation side of digital humans, FOCO is developing an AI pipeline that can generate "Hollywood Industrial-grade" digital human assets through text and image inputs. Zhou Yifu, Founder and CEO of FOCO, introduced that after the completion of this technology development, users will be able to quickly generate digital human images of any style. Second, on the driving side of virtual digital humans, FOCO is currently developing real-time driving technology based on voice and text inputs to replace the traditional "motion capture + live performer" technical pipeline, allowing the generated characters to be fully utilized in both online and offline scenarios.
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Consumer-grade XR glasses brand "VITURE" Raised Nearly $10 Million in Series A+ Funding "
Recently, consumer-grade XR glasses brandsVITURECompleted nearly $10 million in Series A+ financing, exclusively invested by BlueRun Ventures.
VITURE positions its product as high-end consumer-grade XR glasses, focusing on 3A console gaming and immersive movie viewing. In May 2022, VITURE's first-generation product, VITURE One, garnered support from over 5,000 backers and exceeded $3 million in funding on the overseas crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, breaking Oculus' previous crowdfunding record of $2.4 million. VITURE will focus on two key areas: one is research and development—"We will continuously enhance the XR experience through OTA updates, offering users richer and more impressive experiences while creating more playability"; the other is mass production to optimize costs and promote user education.
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Healthcare
Innovative Drug Developer "JIAYUE Pharmaceuticals"Announces Completion of Over 100 Million Yuan in Pre-C Round Financing"
Recently,Jiayue PharmaceuticalsAnnounced the completion of a pre-C round of financing exceeding 100 million yuan. This round of financing was jointly participated by Chengdu BioCity Fund (Guosheng Capital), Anxin Guosheng Micro-Core Fund, and Qinzhi Capital.
Jiayue Pharmaceuticals focuses on the development of treatments for cancer, autoimmune diseases, metabolic disorders, and infectious diseases. Through an outstanding translational medicine platform, the company delves deeply into targets, mechanisms, and disease science to continuously develop preclinical candidate compounds (PCC) with clinical development value into clinical drugs validated for efficacy and safety in Phase II trials (Proof-of-Concept, PoC). Ultimately, Jiayue aims to provide patients with truly clinically valuable, more effective, safer, and more affordable products that address unmet medical needs.
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Digital and Intelligent Optometry SolutionArchimedes Optics"Completed tens of millions of yuan in angel round financing"
Committed to providing digital and intelligent optometric solutionsArchimedesShanghai Chenkai Jingshi Optics Co., Ltd. has secured an angel round of financing worth tens of millions, led by Tusstar.
Archimedes Optics, through its digital optometry diagnosis and treatment service platform system, has created a full C2D2M process bidirectional closed loop — from personalized and precise optometric detection (including the collection of personalized eyewear parameters), to personalized lens optical design adaptation, and then to precision manufacturing. This creates vision solutions that are more suited to the Chinese population. The purpose of this round of financing is to further optimize and upgrade the capability construction of the digital optometry service platform, while also improving the product service system.
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Drug Developer "InnoLake Pharmaceuticals"Completed over 100 million yuan in Series A1 financing"
InnoLake PharmaceuticalsAnnounced the completion of an A1 round of financing exceeding 100 million RMB, led byWuXi BiologicsJointly invested by industry funds, Hedda Fund, and Zhongbo Julì Fund.
InnoLake Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on the fields of oncology and autoimmune diseases, driven by independent and differentiated innovation. It has established a self-developed system for small and large molecule as well as ADC innovative drugs. Two of its products have entered the clinical trial stage, including the A2aR inhibitor project for advanced solid tumors, which has demonstrated excellent safety and shown positive signals of clinical efficacy.
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New Energy
Heavy Truck Battery Swap Station Master Control System Supplier "Smart Optivision"Completed 15 million yuan Pre-A round of financing"
Smart OptivisionCompleted a Pre-A round of financing worth 15 million yuan, led by Tianjin Xilian Zhizao. Smart U-View mainly engages in the charging and battery swapping of new energy heavy trucks, as well as distributed energy storage and other businesses, developing and selling related intelligent systems and products.
The company currently has three main businesses: charging control systems, heavy truck battery swapping control systems, and energy storage control systems. At present, the main control system of Zhihui Youshi has deployed over 390 heavy truck battery swap stations across China, covering 20 provincial administrative regions, mainly serving equipment suppliers, operators, transportation companies, vehicle manufacturers, and other roles. Going forward, the company will continue to develop main control systems for multi-type and multi-purpose heavy truck battery swap stations, including those for light trucks, mining trucks, and municipal special-purpose vehicles, further promoting unmanned battery swapping and integrated operations.
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Energy Storage Solution Service Provider "Lanhai Energy"Completed over 100 million yuan in Pre-A round financing"
Lanhai EnergyAnnounces the Completion of a Pre-A Round Financing Exceeding RMB100 Million, Led by Sequoia China with Follow-up Investment from CDH VGC (Venture & Growth Capital). Lanhai Energy, established by a group of leading industry talents both domestically and internationally, is a new energy storage company integrating the creation of storage assets, high-tech R&D, and the manufacturing of premium products.
Against the backdrop of rapid global energy transition, energy storage systems, as a key solution to mitigate the volatility of renewable energy, ensure grid security, improve energy efficiency, and reduce electricity costs, are becoming increasingly important in the process of global energy transformation. Lanhai Energy, with its deep understanding of overseas market demands, R&D capabilities for critical components, and localized delivery capacity abroad, has built an end-to-end full-chain system encompassing asset creation, solutions, core hardware, revenue structure, asset trading, and operation maintenance.
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Robot
Unmanned Brain-like Robot R&D Provider "Xiaobu Intelligence"Successfully completed millions of angel round financing"
Xiaobu IntelligenceCompleted millions of RMB in angel round financing, led by Feixi Angel Technology Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership), with Hefei Angel Investment Fund Co., Ltd. participating.
Xiaobu Intelligence is a mining intelligent enterprise that relies on the advanced technologies of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and many other high-end institutions in China, with core focuses on intelligent robots, smart hardware, and AI algorithms. Specializing in providing brain-inspired unmanned robotic products for the industrial mining sector, as well as mining intelligent products centered on brain-inspired technology, the company has successfully developed and iterated several mature products after years of dedicated research: Unmanned Centralized Control Platform, Brain-inspired Smart Box, Unmanned Brain-inspired Robot, and Langqing-Ⅱ Wheeled Brain-inspired Robot, all contributing to the intelligent and unmanned upgrading of mines.
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Hardware Equipment
Third-Generation Semiconductor Power Device Solution Provider "CoreTower Electronics"Raised nearly 100 million yuan in Pre-A funding"
CoreTower ElectronicsRaised nearly 100 million yuan in Pre-A funding. This round of financing was led by Wu Xing Industrial Investment, with participation from Xing Chan Cai Tong, He Chuang Zhi Yuan, Cong Rong Zhi Xin, and Su Na Wei Xin.
CoreTower Electronics focuses on providing customers with third-generation semiconductor power devices and application overall solutions. Its products include SiC SBD, SiC MOSFET, and SiC power modules, which can be used in clean energy fields such as photovoltaic energy storage, high-end power supplies, new energy vehicles, and charging piles.
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Auto Chip Company "Yuxin Semiconductor"Completed nearly 100 million yuan in angel round financing"
Yuxin SemiconductorYuxin Semiconductor, a vehicle-grade MCU chip company, has secured nearly RMB 100 million in angel round funding led by Linx Capital. The company mainly provides full-scene chips, basic software, and component solutions for new electronic and electrical architectures, used in powertrain, chassis, engine, motor, zone controllers, BMS, and other scenarios.
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Overseas Financing Project
"Carbogenics" Secures £1 Million in Funding to Build Biochar Production Facility
Recently, Carbogenics, a UK-based technology company, announced that it has raised £1 million in funding. Investors in this round include Green Angel Ventures as well as the company's existing investors, Scottish Enterprise and Old College Capital.
Carbogenics is a clean technology company headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland. Established in 2016, the company conducts production research by leveraging industrial partnership resources from the University of Edinburgh. It is committed to the application of circular processes and the development of negative carbon technologies, aiming to become a global leader in carbon recycling and striving to achieve the global vision of energy security and sustainable development.
"Alkeus Pharmaceuticals" Secures $150 Million in Series B Financing to Accelerate Development of Genetic Eye Disease Drugs
"Alkeus Pharmaceuticals" announced on June 5 that it had secured $150 million in Series B financing.
Alkeus Pharmaceuticals, headquartered in Massachusetts and co-founded by Dr. Leonide Saad and Dr. Ilyas Washington, focuses on researching treatments for severe eye diseases. The company's leading candidate drug, gildeuretinol (ALK-001), is currently undergoing clinical trials to evaluate its efficacy in treating Stargardt disease and age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Stargardt disease is a monogenic hereditary condition, with over 30,000 patients in the United States and more than 150,000 worldwide. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects over 1 million people in the U.S. and more than 5 million globally.
Conformal Medical" Raises $35 Million in Series D Funding to Develop Stroke Prevention Devices for Atrial Fibrillation Patients
"Conformal Medical" Announces Completion of $35 Million Series D Financing, Led by SPRIG Equity with Participation from Key Investors of Series C Round
Conformal Medical, led by CEO James Reinstein, is a medical device company dedicated to developing devices for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation. The company's proprietary technology aims to unlock the full potential of left atrial appendage closure (LAAC). Conformal Medical will conduct pivotal trials of its CLAAS® technology in the United States, a next-generation solution designed to seal the left atrial appendage in patients with atrial fibrillation. The CLAAS system employs a proprietary foam-based architecture that eliminates the need for procedural transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), allowing physicians to perform LAAC without general anesthesia.
"Etched.ai" Secures $5.36 Million in Seed Funding to Accelerate Development of Large Language Model Chips
On June 5, 2023, Etched.ai, a U.S.-based chip startup, announced that it had secured $5.36 million in seed funding. This round was led by Primary Venture Partners, with participation from MAX Ventures and angel investor Devin Wenig, the former CEO of Ebay. The company is currently valued at approximately $34 million.
Etched.ai, located in California, was co-founded by two Harvard University dropouts, Gavin Uberti and Chris Zhu. The company aims to build super-intelligent hardware and design dedicated chips for language model inference.
"Skorlife" Completes $4 Million Seed Financing Round, Providing Credit Rating Services to Users
According to TechCrunch, a fintech startup named "Skorlife" has just completed its seed round of funding, led by Hummingbird Ventures, with participation from QED Investors, AC Ventures, and Saison Capital. The total amount raised was $4 million.
"Skorlife" was co-founded by Ongki Kurniawan and Karan Khetan in September last year, dedicated to enhancing the transparency of credit scores for Indonesians. To date, the "Skorlife" app has reached 100,000 downloads. Within eight months of its establishment, "Skorlife" has achieved several milestone accomplishments, including becoming the only credit builder admitted to Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK) regulatory sandbox, as well as obtaining ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certifications.
"Memcyco" Completes $10 Million Seed Funding Round to Protect Businesses from Counterfeit Brand Hijacking
According to TechCrunch, Memcyco, a Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity startup, has just completed its seed funding round, led by Capri Ventures and Venture Guides, with a total financing amount of $10 million.
"Memcyco" provides digital watermarking for enterprises. Companies embed proprietary digital watermarks into their website display pages to ensure visitors are accessing legitimate online stores. In addition to watermarks, "Memcyco" also offers backend tools for real-time monitoring and protection of digital assets from brand counterfeiting.
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