Tencent Maps Vice President Zhang Fan Resigns to Start a Business, IDG Capital Leads Angel Series Financing

Leifengwang · Whale Rhinoceros 11 Nov 2025 18:53

On November 11th, it was reported that Zhang Fan, Vice President of Tencent Maps, resigned at the end of July this year to start his own business and establish the company Yuntu Zhixing.

Insiders revealed that Yuntu Zhixing has completed team building in a short period of time and quickly gained favor from the capital market. At present, Yuntu Zhixing has obtained angel round financing of tens of millions of US dollars, with investors including IDG Capital, Innolux Angel Fund, Zero Venture Capital, Shuimu Tsinghua Alumni Fund, and Yuanhe Capital.

Yuntu Zhixing is an AI technology innovation enterprise dedicated to exploring and breaking through cutting-edge technologies in the fields of geographic information and spatial intelligent computing, building vertical AI big model engines, providing global software and data solutions for Chinese enterprises going global, and serving the needs of Chinese industries going global.

Zhang Fan has served as a senior executive at Gaode Maps and Tencent Maps, with nearly 20 years of experience in the geographic information industry, managing teams of over a thousand people.

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