Alibaba Group is the largest online and mobile commerce company globally, primarily known for its extensive e-commerce platforms that connect buyers and sellers. It operates notable marketplaces in China, including Taobao, which focuses on consumer-to-consumer transactions, and Tmall, which caters to business-to-consumer interactions. The company's core business lies in its China commerce retail division, which is a significant source of cash flow. In addition to retail and wholesale transactions, Alibaba also generates revenue from various sectors, including international commerce, local consumer services, cloud computing, digital media and entertainment, and logistics through its Cainiao network. Alibaba's diverse portfolio positions it as a key player across multiple industries, including retail, logistics, and technology.
Suihuan Technology is a cutting-edge immersive and interactive 3D content service platform. It uses its own virtual live broadcast software, an intelligent engine for creating 3D digital content, mass content full-stack technology, and product services.
Cabana is a new home furnishings retail brand focusing on global design furniture. Cabana offers modern design furniture, lamps, and lifestyle brand products. Cabana provides a variety of products and exclusive services for new consumers.
Bitmark restores trust in data. Our end-to-end Internet protocol secures the provenance of data. This makes it possible to have verifiable information, digital property rights, and safe sharing of personal data—without the need for trusted third parties. UC Berkeley, Pfizer, and KKBOX use Bitmark in healthcare, music, art, and more. #digitalrights
Lazada is an online shopping and selling destination in Southeast Asia – present in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Lazada helps more than 100,000 local and international sellers, as well as 2,500 brands, serve the 560 million consumers in the region through its marketplace platform, supported by a wide range of tailored marketing, data, and service solutions. Lazada offers an excellent customer experience through a wide network of logistics partners and its own first- and last-mile
Xreal is a developer of ready-to-wear mixed reality glasses. Its flagship product, Nreal light, is the first lightweight and comfortable mixed reality glasses, sporting a vivid display combined with spatial computing algorithms for an immersive experience. The company aims to make mixed reality available and accessible to everyone. They strive to realize the full potential of mixed reality by empowering developers to create applications that can ultimately propel a new era of entertainment, productivity, and more. Xreal was founded in 2017 and is based in Beijing, China.
FAIR is a collaborative robot company that has research and development and manufacturing capabilities for robot core components and complete machine systems such as robot controllers, precision reducers, and servo systems.
Jida Traffic is a technology company in the field of traffic simulation. Its main product is the domestic TESS NG micro traffic simulation software. The company is committed to leading the technological development and engineering value application of the micro-traffic simulation industry.
KNOWIN Trend Lab
Venture Round in 2021
Knowin is a vertical community e-commerce platform for sports categories dedicated to creating a trendy fashion space for young people.
CARS24 Services Pvt. Ltd. is an online automotive marketplace based in Gurugram, India, that specializes in buying and selling used cars. Founded in 2015, the company aims to transform the used car market by offering a tech-enabled platform that ensures a secure and efficient selling process for car owners. Utilizing an AI-driven pricing algorithm, CARS24 provides accurate market valuations and facilitates vehicle inspections through scheduled appointments. Additionally, the company operates a financial services division that offers vehicle lending products to customers. CARS24 is supported by notable investors, including Exor Seeds and Moore Strategic Ventures, and operates as a subsidiary of Global Car Group.
Figorr is a provider of cold chain solutions that specializes in temperature-controlled products, temperature monitoring solutions, and cold chain services. Figorr focuses on understanding the unique challenges that each of the markets it serves faces.
Releaf is a supply chain technology firm that sources ingredients for African food factories. It aims to create climate-adaptive supply chains as Africa's population grows by 3 billion people. Releaf also provides extension services to smallholders, acts as a buyer of their products, and converts the raw material into factory-grade inputs for vegetable oil factories. Releaf uses digital technologies such as USSD and open banking, in addition to hardware, to work seamlessly with its network of over 2,000 smallholder farmers, who have supplied over 15 million kilograms of quality palm kernel nuts to food factories.
Sandbox VR is a virtual reality startup that offers a premium, fully-immersive virtual reality experience. The company combines motion capture in real time with virtual reality technology to create a new medium that is the closest thing to the Star Trek holodeck that exists. The company was founded in 2016 and has presence in the Bay Area and Hong Kong
Hellobike develops and provides a bike sharing mobile application. Its application promotes the development of the shared bicycle segment market through the cooperation with the traditional car rental businesses and scenic spot supervision agencies of the tourist attractions. Han Mei founded Hellobike in 2016 as Shanghai Junzheng Network Technology. Its headquarters is in Shanghai in China.
Xiaohongshu is a platform that enables users to share lifestyle experiences through text, images, and videos. Initially focused on assisting overseas travelers with shopping, it has evolved into a community centered around fashion and shopping insights.
DGene is a virtual reality solution provider. It has wide applications in industries such as digital entertainment (Internet, video, film), real estate (home design, interior decoration, virtual house inspection), education (remote or online courses), medical (remote diagnose, operation surveillance, adjuvant therapy) and tourism.
Kang Liming Bio is a biomedical technology company that specializes in the development, production and sales of tumor screening diagnostic products such as colorectal cancer fecal non-invasive screening kits.
Matridx focuses on molecular diagnostic technology for infectious pathogens. Matridx uses the leading diagnostic technology to promote the changes in the diagnosis of infectious diseases, to make the diagnosis more simple, more rapid, and more intelligent.
Ninja Van is a growing startup in the logistics space, solving the last mile problem via a multitude of strategic tie-ups and a cutting-edge technology stack via our reactive and distributed systems. The service provides innovative technology-based solutions for reliable last-mile delivery, enabling easy package tracking.
Jiangsu Kangzhong Shiye Investment operates a retail chain, Carzone, that deals in and retails automotive post-market parts. The company was founded in 1995 and is based in Nanjing, China.
DeepRoute.ai focuses on creating autonomous driving solutions that enhance safety and reliability in transportation. The company offers products like Driver 3.0, which enables point-to-point navigation without high-definition maps, and has accumulated over 15 million kilometers of road testing with zero accidents.
Banma Zhixing is a global platform focused on vehicle solutions, primarily for the automotive and transportation sectors. The company specializes in developing smart car operating systems and comprehensive digital transportation solutions. By offering its AliOS in-car operating system to developers and car manufacturers, Banma Zhixing aims to enhance the functionality and connectivity of vehicles. Through its innovative approaches, the company seeks to fulfill the potential of connected cars and improve the overall travel experience for consumers.
Established in 2013, GoGoX is the first app-based platform for delivering goods in Asia, which is dedicated to offering excellent delivery service through innovative technology. Since then, GoGoX has extended its service to various platforms. The company connects individuals and businesses directly to thousands of drivers for their real-time delivery needs and redefines the everyday delivery experience by providing a convenient and efficient service. Over the years, GoGoX has expanded its business from Hong Kong to Singapore, South Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, and India and will continue to expand globally. In August 2017, GoGoX merged with 58 Suyun, the leader in Mainland China’s intra-city logistics market, and increased GOGOVAN’s presence to over 300 cities, with more than 8 million registered drivers under its network. GoGoVan has announced its rebranding as GoGoX in July 2020.
Sichuan Yunling Zhicheng Information Technology
Corporate Round in 2021
Sichuan Yunling Zhicheng Information Technology is an artificial intelligence public data platform.
The CrownX
Private Equity Round in 2021
The Crown X is an integrated consumer-retail platform.
Trendyol is a tech company that provides an e-commerce experience to its customers and vendors. It aims to serve customers to buy what they want, when they want with the best experience driven by technology. Founded in 2010, Trendyol is the largest internet employer in Turkey with a team of ca. 2000 people. In 2018, the company announced an investment and strategic partnership with Alibaba Group. Alibaba's investment into Trendyol is the largest internet sector investment in Turkey to date.
Zuoyebang is an online education startup that provides educational products and services to students in primary and high school. The platform that it offers is utilizing artificial intelligence which enables students to upload their homework questions and search for answers for their study-related problems. It is also providing online courses, live lessons, and homework help for kindergarten to 12th-grade students. Zuoyebang is backed by Chinese search firm Baidu as well as its investors which includes Alibaba Group, Tiger Global Management, SoftBank Vision Fund, Sequoia Capital China, and FountainVest Partners. Hou Jianbin founded the company in Beijing, Beijing, China in 2014.
Guance Cloud offers a full-stack observability platform for cloud-based workflows. We bring together end-to-end traces, metrics, and logs to make your applications, infrastructure, and third-party services entirely observable. These capabilities help businesses secure their systems, avoid downtime, and ensure customers are getting the best user experience.
Farfetch operates an online luxury fashion retail platform that connects various independent boutiques worldwide. Founded in 2008 by Jose Neves and headquartered in London, the company offers a wide range of products, including bags, coats, dresses, jackets, jewelry, swimwear, trousers, shoes, knitwear, suits, shorts, and accessories for women, men, and children. Farfetch's modular technology platform is designed to meet the complex needs of consumers and luxury sellers, featuring an API-enabled proprietary technology stack that supports applications, services, and data management. Additionally, Farfetch has a dedicated division, Farfetch China, which focuses on enhancing connections within the luxury fashion industry in that market.
Farfetch operates an online luxury fashion retail platform that connects various independent boutiques worldwide. Founded in 2008 by Jose Neves and headquartered in London, the company offers a wide range of products, including bags, coats, dresses, jackets, jewelry, swimwear, trousers, shoes, knitwear, suits, shorts, and accessories for women, men, and children. Farfetch's modular technology platform is designed to meet the complex needs of consumers and luxury sellers, featuring an API-enabled proprietary technology stack that supports applications, services, and data management. Additionally, Farfetch has a dedicated division, Farfetch China, which focuses on enhancing connections within the luxury fashion industry in that market.
Avolta is a travel retailer that focuses on distinct industries such as retail, travel locations, and consumer goods. They mostly concentrate on locations with captive audiences and create a winning formula for all stakeholders.
Sun Art Retail Group is a retail company with hypermarket and fast-growing e-commerce businesses. Sun Art Retail operates its hypermarket business under two recognized banners – “Auchan” and “RT-Mart”. As of December 2019, Sun Art Retail had a total of 486 outlets in China with a total gross floor area (“GFA”) of approximately 13 million square meters, covering 232 cities across 29 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities. The priorities of Sun Art Retail Group is to restructure hypermarket complexes, to explore multi-formats and omni-channels, and to become a leader in digital transformation for physical stores and a benchmarking enterprise for New Retail.
STO Express is a committed to the construction and development of national brands, and constantly perfects the three-dimensional operation system of terminal network, transit transportation network and information network. It is based on the traditional express delivery business and fully enters the field of e-commerce. The service and strict quality management drive the development of China's express delivery industry.
Shanghai YTO Express (Logistics) Co., Ltd. is a large famous private express enterprise in China, which is committed to becoming an advancer of China's Express service. It takes making YTO an icon of China's express our responsibility, realizing its goal "YTO Express --- Choice of the Chinese". It is now serving as a Vice-president Unit of both China Express Association and Shanghai Express Trade Association.
Xiaoman Technology is a foreign trade solutions provider that employs the power of big data and artificial intelligence. Its customer-relationship management technology helps enterprises to expand their international business. Xiaoman's products, solutions, and services are highly flexible and compatible, meeting the standardization needs of small and micro enterprises, as well as the customization needs of large and medium-sized enterprises. It has ensured satisfactory service and products to customers through a comprehensive customer-focused R&D, customer service, sales, marketing, and channel organization system. Xiaoman Technology was established in 2013 and is based in Shenzhen, China.
Xiaoman Technology is a foreign trade solutions provider that employs the power of big data and artificial intelligence. Its customer-relationship management technology helps enterprises to expand their international business. Xiaoman's products, solutions, and services are highly flexible and compatible, meeting the standardization needs of small and micro enterprises, as well as the customization needs of large and medium-sized enterprises. It has ensured satisfactory service and products to customers through a comprehensive customer-focused R&D, customer service, sales, marketing, and channel organization system. Xiaoman Technology was established in 2013 and is based in Shenzhen, China.
Helijia is a Chinese startup that provides on-demand manicure services. Helijia comes with a companion app that allows users to make appointments for manicure services on the go. The app allows users to choose either by manicurists or by manicure combinations based on the pre-set location. Compared to traditional manicures, Helijia is able to charge a lower price since it removes the fixed costs of running a store. Additionally, Helijia’s manicurists have to pay for their own transportation. Like other apps of its kind, Helijia works on a user-generated, merit-based rating system – the better a manicurist performs, the higher his or her customer rating, and the more appointments he or she likely gets. The name Helijia -- which sounds similar to the Chinese phrase for "a good price” -- translates to "beaver's home," which brings out the startup’s mission to provide services done by hand.
Zhejiang Xinyi Supply Chain Management is a third party e-commerce warehouse and logistics service. Xinyi has a total of88 RDC (Regional Distribution) centers, with warehouse distribution network covering more than350 cities; 388 global supply chain networks with more than2 million square meters of storage area under management, daily peak order processing capacityWith 40 million pieces, Xinyi Technology leverages the hundreds of billions of consumer market every day, and has become an industry leader in the field of intelligent warehouse distribution in the era of big data.
E-House is a real estate services company in China offering a comprehensive online-to-offline (O2O) service platform. It offers primary sales agency services, online real estate services, real estate information and consulting services, real estate advertising services, real estate promotional event services, secondary real estate brokerage services, and real estate investment fund management services. E-House has served more than 80% of domestic real estate developers, including Vanke, Evergrande, Wanda, Longfor, Poly Real Estate, and many other real estate industry giants, and worked on more than 200,000 real estate projects. E-House was founded in 2004 and was first listed on the New York Stock Exchange in August 2007.
E-House is a real estate services company in China offering a comprehensive online-to-offline (O2O) service platform. It offers primary sales agency services, online real estate services, real estate information and consulting services, real estate advertising services, real estate promotional event services, secondary real estate brokerage services, and real estate investment fund management services. E-House has served more than 80% of domestic real estate developers, including Vanke, Evergrande, Wanda, Longfor, Poly Real Estate, and many other real estate industry giants, and worked on more than 200,000 real estate projects. E-House was founded in 2004 and was first listed on the New York Stock Exchange in August 2007.
XPeng Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets smart electric vehicles in the People’s Republic of China and the United States. It offers SUVs under the G3 name; and four-door sports sedan under the P7 name. The company also provides vehicle leasing, bank loans, and auto insurance services. XPeng Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, the People’s Republic of China.
SQream is a data analytics company that helps organizations Ask Bigger by providing them with accurate insights at a lower cost. Our unique technology empowers businesses to analyze exponentially more data, and get substantially faster insights at dramatic cost-savings. By leveraging SQream's advanced analytics capabilities, organizations are able to stay ahead of their competitors while reducing hardware usage. If you want to take your data exploration to the next level, Ask Bigger and unlock new opportunities with SQream.
Best Logistics (百世物流) is a Chinese comprehensive logistics supply chain service provider. The company provides comprehensive supply chain design and logistics services for domestic and foreign enterprises through its complete and systematic partner authentication management system, professional supply chain design solution, advanced information technologies, and comprehensive self-developed operation platform GeniMax system. Founded in 2007, Best Logistics combines internet, information technology, and traditional logisctics services to create a new subversive commercial model to integrate the large logistics industry in China. The company has established multilevel operation centers nationwide, with a distribution network that covers the whole country.
BigBasket is an online food and grocery store that delivers personal and household needs right to customers' doorstep. The company believes in being smart, quick, and efficient making life as leisurely as possible. Customers can browse through the vast range of products at bigbasket.com, order, and get them to be delivered at the customers' own convenient time slot. The company handpicks each and every product, putting it through a safety packaging process, and delivering to customers' home.
BigBasket is an online food and grocery store that delivers personal and household needs right to customers' doorstep. The company believes in being smart, quick, and efficient making life as leisurely as possible. Customers can browse through the vast range of products at bigbasket.com, order, and get them to be delivered at the customers' own convenient time slot. The company handpicks each and every product, putting it through a safety packaging process, and delivering to customers' home.
Quibi is a media company that develops media content designed for smartphones. The company is focused on the core audience, producing inspiring shows for an intuitive, mobile-first platform, and creating a culture where everyone is heard. Its content is made specifically for mobile devices and can be viewed in either horizontal or vertical video, with the user able to shift to one or the other within the same video. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Keruyun Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., founded in 2012, is the world’s leading and China’s largest cloud-based SaaS company. Keruyun is devoted to providing new generations of intelligent management systems integrating software and hardware to merchants engaging in catering, retailing and other service businesses. Keruyun was successfully listed on the NEEQ (OC: 835268) in December 2015 and was included into the innovation level of NEEQ in May 2017. The company is headquartered in Beijing, with a Sales Center established in Wuhan, a Software R&D Center in Chengdu and a Hardware R&D Center in Shenzhen. Currently, the company has set up 34 branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Wuhan and so on.This is more than 2000 employees, more than 100 authorized agencies nationwide and more than 40,000 merchants. In 2016, the company registered a year-on-year revenue growth by 640%. December 2015, Keruyun successfully listed on the NEEQ (Code: 835268), which provides the company a new platform for the operation of the capital market. On August 5, 2016, Keruyun released a new product OnPOS mini and lauched a new financial service, the Wallet Payment. After four months it has completed its B+ round with an investment of 72 million RMB. To meet the increasing market demand, Keruyu decided to issue an 150 million RMB inverstment for its C round on December 20th. Keruyun has been committed to connecting people and services more intelligent, efficient and simple, hoping to change the future of the service industry.
Xpressbees is an e-commerce logistics company that provides logistics solutions to its partners. The company offers comprehensive last-mile delivery, reverse logistics, payment collection, drop shipping, vendor management, cross-border services, fulfillment services, and tailored software solutions to clients.
TianXianPei is a community fresh food retailer, based on data-driven product selection capability, with fresh food as its core and aquatic products as its feature to establish differentiated commodity advantages. It create a new retail model for consumers to order milk through online platform and offline intelligent freezer to bring new O2O to consumers. Fresh milk delivery experience! Tianxian match, the heavy-duty traditional milk tank is the intelligent freezer downstairs for consumers, and through the whole process of cold chain transportation mode, to maximize the fresh taste and fresh nutrition of milk, iteratively upgrade milk consumption!
PandaCredit they are focusing on overseas emerging markets. They are providing secure and convenient financial products through big data analytics and financial services to consumer sites.
Cainiao Logistics provides logistics services to Alibaba Group. It operates warehouses and express delivery stations. Cainiao Logistics also operates a logistics information platform which provides real-time access to information for both buyers and sellers. Shen Guojun founded China Smart Logistics Network on May 28, 2013 that later became Cainiao Logistics, with its headquarters in Shenzhen in China.
3vjia.com is committed to the centralized and transparent informationization of the home improvement industry and realizes the “technology-driven industry transformation”. At present, the 3D home has created a material model and home improvement material library covering the market, launched a smart design software service, and led the transformation of the Internet home improvement industry with true online 3D panorama technology.
Perfect Corp. (NYSE: PERF) is the leading SaaS AI and AR beauty and fashion tech solutions provider, dedicated to transforming shopping experiences through empowering brands to embrace the digital-first world. By partnering with the largest names in the industry, Perfect Corp.’s suite of enterprise solutions deliver synergistic, technology-driven experiences that facilitate sustainable, ultra-personalized, and engaging shopping journeys, as well as equipping brands with next generation of consumer goods. Perfect Corp. offers a complementary suite of mobile apps, including YouCam Makeup and YouCam Perfect, to provide a consumer platform to virtually try-on new products, perform skin diagnoses, edit photos, and share experiences with the YouCam Community. To learn more, please visit PerfectCorp.com.
AutoX is a California-based startup, with a mission to "Democratize Autonomy". We aim to accelerate the advent of fully driverless cars. Our autonomous driving platform is capable of navigating the most challenging and dynamic traffic conditions in urban areas. AutoX was granted the world’s second fully driverless RoboTaxi permit from the state of California.
NetEase Cloud Music operates an online music platform and offers streaming services. It also develops music applications for smartphones. William Lei Ding founded NetEase Cloud in 2013, with its headquarters in Beijing in China. NetEase Cloud Music operates as a subsidiary of NetEase.
In-depth source of direct supply to ensure the quality of goods; heavy gold bulk purchase, to ensure that the price is competitive; self-operated stocking government supervision, 30 days worry-free after-sales; and customs, bonded areas in-depth cooperation, electronic customs clearance, 3-15 after the order Delivered on business days. Support Netease, Alipay, online banking, credit card and other payment methods, bid farewell to multi-currency payment troubles.
Bitmark restores trust in data. Our end-to-end Internet protocol secures the provenance of data. This makes it possible to have verifiable information, digital property rights, and safe sharing of personal data—without the need for trusted third parties. UC Berkeley, Pfizer, and KKBOX use Bitmark in healthcare, music, art, and more. #digitalrights
Established in 2014, Knowbox targets the K12 education field with two mobile apps currently helping students get the most from doing homework by providing personalized exercises. Teachers can use the mobile apps to better manage student homework by avoiding repetitive labor and securing more time to help each student's unique challenges. The company claims the two mobile apps currently have nearly one million daily active users, and plans to use the proceeds on building its own homework database.
Beijing Transinfo Technology Group is a Chinese independent entrepreneurial company that provides transportation products and solutions. Founded in 2000, Transinfo Group has nearly 20 branches and subsidiaries across the country and more than 1000 employees. It has a business and service network all over the country and three business modules: the smart transportation products and solutions for cities; the smart transportation products and solution for highways; and dynamic transportation information service for the public.
Alibaba Health Information Technology Limited, an investment holding company, provides product tracking, recalling, and enforcing information services in the People's Republic of China. It offers product tracking and logistics information services to manufacturers; and product information and authentication services to consumers, as well as product identification, authentication, and tracking systems (PIATS) principally for the drug industry. The companys PIATS is also used for food and beverage, cosmetics, and agricultural resources products. It also operates cloud hospital platform to connect doctors, patients, pharmacies, and third-party medical service providers; and online and offline pharmacy platform to connect consumers with offline retail pharmacies by allowing parties to exchange relevant information online. The company was formerly known as CITIC 21CN Company Limited and changed its name to Alibaba Health Information Technology Limited in September 2014. Alibaba Health Information Technology Limited is based in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
Incorporated in 2011, Megvii is committed to make greatest value for customers and the whole society with extraordinary technology. Megvii is an Artificial Intelligence company specialized in providing enterprises and developers with intelligent solutions and data services, and is dedicated to the mission of “Create machines that can see and think”. Based on its original deep learning system Brain++, Megvii seeks to build AI Engine, a core fundamental technology powering various AI application. It is leveraging on recognition, control, optimization and other algorithms to connect individuals, objects and scenarios, building a product platform of IoT OS. It is connecting standardized hardware like sensors, robots and personal devices with AI+IoT (AIoT), thus commercializing three application-oriented IoT brains on a large scale, namely, city brain, supply chain brain, and personal life brain. Megvii is building an operation system for the era of AIoT. Megvii is an AIoT solutions expert.
BigBasket is an online food and grocery store that delivers personal and household needs right to customers' doorstep. The company believes in being smart, quick, and efficient making life as leisurely as possible. Customers can browse through the vast range of products at bigbasket.com, order, and get them to be delivered at the customers' own convenient time slot. The company handpicks each and every product, putting it through a safety packaging process, and delivering to customers' home.
BIZVANE Co., Ltd is a Shanghai-based data technology company, developing software-as-a-service to help chain retail enterprises to improve operational efficiency and business performance. Its products include a sales assist tool Ishop and a mobile retail data analysis tool Usee.
Teambition is a leading collaboration platform in China, which takes the experience of team collaboration to a higher level by making sharing and communications upon tasks, files, posts and meetings easier and more efficient. Teambition comes with a web application, desktop applications and mobile apps to facilitate your collaboration with your team anywhere and anytime. Its iPhone app has been named as one of the best apps of 2015 by Apple Store. Teambition now has over 3,000,000 users, including leading companies from various industries. Teambition has raised several rounds of funds from Gobi, IDG, Pangu and North Light venture capital. It has also got strategic funds from Tencent on 2016.In 2014, Teambition was selected as the top 50 investment value enterprises in China.
T3 Mobile Travel Services offers car-sharing services powered by renewable energy.T3 is purely market-driven, with a mission to build what it calls a “smart mobility ecosystem” by combining the data capability of its technology partners with the manufacturing know-how of its automakers.
Qutoutiao Inc. is the No. 2 mobile content aggregator in China in terms of monthly average users (MAUs) and daily average users (DAUs). Their flagship mobile application, launched in June 2016, Qutoutiao, meaning “fun headlines” in Chinese, aggregates articles and short videos and presents customized feeds to users. These feeds are optimized in real time based on each user’s profile, behavior and social relationships through their proprietary AI-empowered content recommendation engine. They represent a new generation of technology-driven content platforms and their technology brings relevant information and entertainment to users, stimulates users’ desire to read, and ultimately improves the knowledge exchange in society. Their innovative user account system and gamified user loyalty program allows registered users to earn loyalty points by referring new users to register on Qutoutiao, by consuming content or by engaging on Qutoutiao. The gamified loyalty point system not only helps them keep users more engaged and enhance user stickiness, but also enables them to track users’ long-term behavior and optimize content recommendation.
Infinity Augmented Reality is a software company that focuses on the development of an augmented reality software platform. The company vision is about creating a new digital environment that will allow people to interact with augmented content in their physical surrounding. Once the user uses their device, InfinityAR technology maps the 3D environment around them and enables projecting augmented reality 3D scenes as if they are part of the real world. Furthermore, it allows the user to control the augmented reality content using hand gestures only. Infinity Augmented Reality was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Ramat Gan, Israel.
Bit Starlight is a fashion short video sharing application developer. The company specializes in the short video field. It has a short fashion video sharing community “sugar suit”. Users can watch short fashion videos in the community to understand beauty, life, clothing, matching, etc. In terms of content, at the same time, you can also share short videos, dry goods, and single items.
The brand of baby sitter is a comprehensive brand of lighting installation, cleaning and maintenance. It provides services such as installation, cleaning, maintenance and repair of various hotels, apartments and home lamps. At present, oTHEIR ur service network has spread all over 304 cities in China. The area covers the cities and regions of the domestic third-tier and above.
STO Express is a committed to the construction and development of national brands, and constantly perfects the three-dimensional operation system of terminal network, transit transportation network and information network. It is based on the traditional express delivery business and fully enters the field of e-commerce. The service and strict quality management drive the development of China's express delivery industry.
Bilibili provides high-quality content and an immersive entertainment experience, and have built their platform based on the strong emotional connections of their users to their content and communities. They started as a content community inspired by ACG, and have evolved into a full-spectrum online entertainment world covering a wide array of genres and media formats, including videos, live broadcasting, and mobile games. They have a young and culturally aspirational user base willing to invest in a high-quality entertainment experience. Bilibili uses an Adobe Flash or HTML5 player, which can be manually switched, to play user-submitted videos hosted by either itself or third-party sources, while featuring a real-time overlaying subtitle system for interactive playback experience.
KONUX GmbH, founded in 2014 and based in Munich, Germany, develops Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions that integrate smart sensor systems with artificial intelligence analytics. The company specializes in enhancing railway operations, offering a range of services including switch monitoring, asset monitoring, rolling stock monitoring, anomaly detection, and predictive maintenance. KONUX's solutions enable real-time monitoring of infrastructure conditions and improve operational efficiency, capacity, and reliability in railway and industrial applications. The company has attracted significant investment, raising over $50 million and expanding its presence across Europe and Asia. Recognized by the World Economic Forum as one of the world's most innovative start-ups, KONUX is committed to transforming railway mobility for a sustainable future.
Vidooly was launched in November 2014 by Subrat Kar, Ajay Mishra and Nishant Radia. It is an online video intelligence software product for content creators, brands, multi-channel networks, agencies & media companies. Since it's inception, over 30,000 video content creators across globe have signed-up on its platform to grow across social video such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram & Twitter. Vidooly's big data driven audience and video insights empower media companies & brands to refine their content, distribution & optimization strategy, find and partner with influencers, and maximize video viewership. Everyday Vidooly's big data engine analyzes the engagement of over 500 million viewers and tracks 250 million videos across 5 platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Vine, Instagram. Currently its video intelligence software empowers some of the big names in the industry such as Fine Brothers, TVF, OML, VideoGyan, GroupM, Mindshare, Thoughtful Media, WebTV Asia etc. Vidooly is backed by Times Internet & Bessemer Venture Partners.
Ververica, the original creators of Apache Flink®, empowers businesses with high-performance data streaming and processing solutions. Streamlining operations, developer efficiency, and enabling customers to solve real-time use cases reliably and securely. Ververica’s advanced Streaming Data Platform, powered by its cloud native VERA engine, revolutionizes Apache Flink®, making it easy for organizations to harness data insights at scale. With Ververica, customers can meet any business SLA, leveraging advanced data streaming and processing capabilities in real-time or on the lakehouse. Ververica enables businesses to connect, process, govern, and analyze data, across infinite use cases, with flexible deployment options, including public cloud, private cloud, or on-premise environments. Discover more at ververica.com.
1KM
Series B in 2019
1KM is a Shanghai-based self-service car wash solution provider.
1KMXC is a high-tech research and development company for artificial intelligence robot solutions. The company provides robotic car wash service that covers many provinces and cities across China. It has obtained Alibaba investment with a financing amount of over 100 million.
Optibus leverages the power of machine learning and optimization algorithms to redefine the way mass-transportation is planned and operated. Optibus’ disruptive technology drive some of the most complex transportation operations worldwide, helping to improve the quality of service, increase efficiencies, save money, and streamline operations.
ZStack Cloud Platform has served more than 2,500 enterprise users and established ecological and channel partnerships with more than 250 cloud vendors, covering government, finance, education, internet, energy, manufacturing and many other industries.
Tokopedia is an Indonesian technology company with a mission to democratize commerce through technology. Since its founding in 2019, Tokopedia has been a force that pioneers digital transformation in Indonesia. Consistent in building a bridge to connect millions of people, Tokopedia has now reached more than 99% of districts and empowers more than 10 million merchants across the archipelago. The company's vision is to build a Super Ecosystem where anyone can start and discover anything. To achieve that, Tokopedia is working hand in hand alongside various strategic partners through the marketplace, logistics, payments, and financial technology businesses, while also providing more than 500,000 payment points across Indonesia, and offering more than 42 digital products that simplify the lives of many. With more than 100 million users, Tokopedia has contributed to driving more than 1% of the economy in Indonesia.
C-Store offers a range of food products, including mapo tofu fish chop rice, spicy crawfish noodles, curry crayfish rice, black lips dirty squid ink udon, red lips flaming lobster flavored udon, korean cold noodle soup, korean chicken rice, hot and sour shredded chicken cold noodles, and more.
Alibaba Bendi Shenghuo Fuwu Gongsi
Funding Round in 2018
Alibaba Bendi Shenghuo Fuwu Gonsi focuses on on-demand online services. It was established by Alibaba Group as the holding company for [Ele.me](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ele-me#section-overview) (food delivery service) and [Koubei](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/koubei) (online restaurant guide business), which merged in August 2018.
Haima Qingfan is a content creation service covering novel IP, film and television scripts, short video scripts, etc. They promote the industrialization of film and television. The team uses machine learning to predict the quality of novels and scripts and screen them. They use AI data combined with the creation method of senior film and television industry content experts with content creation experience to carry out IP development and script creation.
JMGO specializes in R&D and production of smart projectors and laser TV. Located in Shenzhen City, the Silicon Valley of China, JMGO is expanding the overseas market and strive to provide cutting-edge and revolutionary technology projectors to the customers.
WayRay SA specializes in developing holographic navigation systems and augmented reality (AR) technologies for the automotive industry. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, with additional offices in Moscow, San Francisco, and Shanghai. WayRay's flagship products include Navion, an augmented reality car navigation system that incorporates aeronautical principles for intuitive land navigation, and ELEMENT, a holographic navigator that enhances the driving experience by displaying essential information directly on the windshield. These innovations aim to improve safety and convenience for drivers by allowing them to access navigation and trip details without diverting their attention from the road. By leveraging advanced AR technology, WayRay is paving the way for connected car solutions that enhance mobility and driving experiences.
Mail.ru Group was founded by Yuri Milner and is the largest Internet company in the Russian-speaking world. It is one of the largest Internet companies in Russia, and the world's seventh largest Internet business in terms of page views. Mail.ru Group operates two of the three largest Russian language social networking sites (Odnoklassniki.ru and Moi Mir@Mail.Ru), the two largest instant messaging networks in Russia (ICQ and Agent), Russia's leading email service, Russia's second largest Internet portal and Russia's largest online games company. Mail also holds strategic equity stakes of 32.49% in vKontakte, Russia's largest social networking site, and 25.09% in QIWI, formerly OE Investments, one of Russia's leading payment-processing companies. It also holds small minority stakes in Facebook, Zynga and Groupon.
At YCloset, users were able to enroll for a monthly fee and rent clothes and accessories free of charge. Founded in 2015, the Beijing-based online platform operated in about 40 cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. They had partnered with over a hundred fashion brands providing the rental service. The firm announced that it would close down its operations by August 15, 2021.
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