According to media reports, "Zhiyuan Robot" is about to complete a new round of financing, which is jointly invested by JD.com and Shanghai Guishen Intelligent Fund, which was just established in April this year, with some old shareholders continuing to invest. The Shanghai embodied intelligence fund was initiated by the Shanghai State owned Assets Platform in conjunction with Pudong New Area, focusing on strategic investments in the upstream and downstream ecology of embodied intelligence. Zhiyuan Robot is its first investment project.
Zhiyuan Robotics was initially founded by Peng Zhihui and received angel round investments from Hillhouse Capital and Qiji Chuangtan in the early stages. Subsequently, the company completed multiple rounds of Series A financing between March 2023 and September 2024, with investors including Sequoia China, M31 Capital, SAIC Capital, BYD, and Softtek. As of September 2024, the company's valuation has reached RMB 7 billion.
It is worth noting that this round of financing has only been two months since the last one. In March 2025, Zhiyuan Robotics completed its Series B financing, led by Tencent, with follow-up investments from Longqi Technology, Wolong Electric, Huafa Group, Lanchi Venture Capital, TCL Venture Capital, Huajin Capital, and others. After financing, its valuation reached RMB 15 billion.
