Venture Capital Daily ｜ ＂Beikang Medical＂ received 150 million yuan in Series C financing, and the self-heating hot pot brand ＂Mo Xiaoxian＂ received tens of millions of yuan in Series A financing; And
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Project report:
The financing activities of the intelligent robot track continue to heat up, and the financing rounds begin to gradually develop backwards. It is reported that on May 6th, Covariant, a robot start-up, announced that it has completed the $40 million Series B financing. The company has already launched its business in Germany and will further expand the industrial application field of intelligent robots. In March this year, Mecarmand Robot also completed a series B financing of over 100 million yuan led by sequoia capital china.
Recently, 36Kr learned that Mecarmand Robot, an intelligent solution provider of industrial robots, has continuously released new products for the logistics industry.There are a lot of automation requirements in the warehousing scene in the logistics industry. With the logistics automation equipment such as AGV automatic guided car and cross-belt sorter being widely used in the express sorting center, the demand for the deployment of robotic arms in the automated warehousing scene is also increasing …(See more here)
People’s daily life can’t be separated from sanitation operation. Sanitation workers who get up early and get greedy in the dark, sanitation trucks that shuttle through the streets and lanes, trash cans distributed in all corners of the city, and various service enterprises that recycle, transport and treat garbage together form this huge system.However, at present, the overall level of digital intelligence in the sanitation operation industry is not high, and most enterprises still rely on manpower and experience to operate, so it is difficult to use data to reduce costs and increase efficiency..
36Kr’s recent exposure to "Cool Land Technology" is a technology enterprise that provides efficient Internet of Things data services for sanitation operators, mainly providing system solutions combining software and hardware for sanitation operators and sanitation equipment OEMs.……(See more here)
Financing disclosure:
36Kr learned that the commercial satellite company "Nine Days MSI" has recently completed a 270 million yuan Series B financing, which was jointly led by AVIC Investment, a fund of AVIC Capital, and Beijing Guofu Capital. It is understood that this round of financing will be used to build Internet satellite platforms and load automation production lines in Tangshan, Hebei Province and Yibin, Sichuan Province, respectively, while strengthening the research and development capabilities of broadband communication systems and accelerating the production of ground terminal products.
Jiutian MSI (hereinafter referred to as Jiutian) is a company that 36Kr continues to pay attention to. Founded in 2015, the company is currently positioned as a service provider for the entire industrial chain of small satellites. Due to the changing trend of global Internet constellations and the inclusion of satellite Internet in the scope of "new infrastructure" for the first time by the National Development and Reform Commission, it is listed as the communication network infrastructure together with 5G, Internet of Things and industrial Internet, so we choose this time for business adjustment-the Internet of Things will continue to promote the deployment of independent constellations (the deployment period may be extended), and the more important direction is to promote satellite broadband services, that is, to carry out batch satellite development according to national strategy and market demand, and land satellite Internet applications with business partners …… ()
36Kr was informed that Fuya Intelligent, the developer of UAV automatic inspection system, completed tens of millions of RMB Series A financing in November last year, which was jointly invested by China Huijin and Weisi Capital. This round of financing is mainly used for research and development, marketing investment and stocking. Previously, the company had obtained the Pre-A round of financing led by Shanghai Zhongfu Equity Fund.
Fuya Intelligent was established in 2018, and mainly developed an automatic patrol inspection system for UAVs for industrial applications, including hardware products, automatic airports, automatic flight algorithms for UAVs, and AI image recognition and cloud management and control platforms. Its UAV is provided by DJI, and the company is also an industrial eco-enterprise in DJI. Based on FUYA’s full range of products, UAV inspection realizes the whole process automation of inspection site, flight process and image recognition, and customers can remotely control and complete inspection work in the office or car … (See here for more).
Financing disclosure:
36Kr learned that Suzhou Beikang Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Beikang Medical), which specializes in the reproductive field, has completed the 150 million RMB Series C financing. This round of investment is invested by Bohua, Juming Venture Capital and yingtan Jin Hu.
Beikang Medical mainly focuses on the field of assisted reproduction. At present, it has operated four independent medical laboratories in China, established 31 joint laboratories with large medical institutions in many provinces and cities, and carried out business cooperation with more than 200 medical institutions in China, as well as global business cooperation with many overseas institutions such as Italy, Canada and Southeast Asia.……(See more here)
36Kr learned that Quanrong Medical Technology, a clinical trial SaaS service provider, announced that it had obtained tens of millions of A+ rounds of financing, and the lead investor was Power Capital. WinX Capital is the exclusive financial advisor of Kaicheng Capital.
The main product of Quanrong medical science and technology is clinical trial management system, and its core ability is to help improve the quality and efficiency of all aspects of clinical research. Mainly for hospitals, drug research and development departments of pharmaceutical factories, independent drug research units with clinical research functions, contract research organizations (CRO) and clinical trial site management (SMO).……(See more here)
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As a popular category in the current beverage market, coffee has been loved by a large number of young consumers and urban consumers for its refreshing function, and has become a daily consumer product with high consumption rigidity. According to enterprise survey data, during the epidemic period, the price of coffee rose instead of falling. In March this year, coffee futures hit $1.29/pound, which was 30% higher than the low in February. Consumers who desperately hoard groceries are the main drivers of the net increase in coffee demand.
The American start-up brand "Taika", which was born in early 2019, saw a new trend in the hot coffee market. By reducing caffeine content and adding adaptive ingredients, the brand launched a health coffee drink that "improved coffee function". During the epidemic, more than 80% of the brand’s sales in March came from office collective ordering.……(See more here)
According to foreign media reports, Omsom was launched today, and the amount of start-up funds is unknown. Investors include Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, Brita Rosenheim, partner of Better Food Ventures, and Peter Livingston, founder of Unpopular Ventures.
Omsom is a food company with Southeast Asian flavor, which was founded in 2020 by Vanessa and Kim Pham, aiming to provide Asian flavor seasonings for consumers.……(See more here)
Financing disclosure:
36Kr learned that the self-heating hot pot brand "Mo Xiaoxian" has recently completed tens of millions of yuan in Series A financing, which is exclusively invested by Jinding Capital and exclusively financed by Qingtong Capital. This round of financing will be mainly used for offline channel expansion, whole industry chain optimization, brand building, etc., hoping to gain more market share and build a new generation of professional national self-heating hot pot brand.
Mo Xiaoxian was founded in 2017, and in 2018, it became the number one brand in Taobao’s self-heating hot pot category.During the epidemic, the public was isolated at home, and the demand for instant food products soared. Mo Xiaoxian also seized the opportunity to quickly start brand awareness, and sales increased by nearly 400% year-on-year. Founder Wang Zhengqi said that since the hot pot broke out in 2017,It has grown into a tens of billions market in three years.This time, it ushered in a rare market education opportunity, so that more consumers began to contact and try self-heating products. In 2020, Mo Xiaoxian’s sales are expected to reach 800 million RMB …(See more here)
According to foreign media, the bamboo fiber commodity brand "Ettitude" has received a new round of financing of 1.6 million US dollars, and the participants include Drumbeat Ventures and TA Ventures, which will be used to promote sales and marketing.
Ettitude is a DTC brand that sells high-grade bamboo fiber bedding and pajamas. Its products come from factories in Zhejiang, China Province and are made by dissolving crushed bamboo into fibers through a nontoxic closed-loop system. Ettitude’s online sales model has not affected its sales during the epidemic, but has continued to grow.……(See more here)
According to foreign media reports, recently, "Rebag" received a $15 million Series D financing, which was led by Novator, a private equity company founded by Icelandic entrepreneur Thor Bjorgolfsson, and the existing investor General Catalyst participated. So far, the company’s total financing has reached $68 million.
Founded in 2014, Rebag, located in new york, is an online trading platform for luxury handbags. Its founder and CEO is Charles Gorra. On the platform, consumers can browse and buy thousands of exquisite handbags and accessories from more than 50 designers.……(See more here)
According to foreign media reports, recently, the Indian furniture rental platform "RentoMojo" received $3.2 million in financing. The investors in this round of financing include Chiratae Ventures, Accel Partners, BCIP Venture Associates, Bain Capital and Renaud Laplanche. At present, Accel Partners owns 26% of the shares in RentoMojo, while Chiratae Ventures owns more than 25%. At the same time, it is understood that Bain Capital also owns nearly 9% of the shares.
In November 2014, Geetansh Bamania, Achal Mittal, Ajay Nain and Gautam Adukia jointly founded the furniture rental platform, a Bangalore-based start-up company that mainly provides rental services for household appliances, furniture, electronic products, bicycles and other products, thus helping users save money … (See here for more).
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The early enterprise customer management system, represented by SAP and Salesforce, helped users to improve their operational efficiency by opening up internal business flows and integrating data. However, with the development of the Internet and the intensification of competition in the consumer market, it has gradually become the focus to obtain omni-channel, all-contact consumer experience information and improve enterprise products and services based on it. This trend rose around 2010, and emerging concepts of enterprise customer management, such as customer experience management CEM and Customer Journey, appeared. These concepts were first developed in Europe and America, and usually accessed to enterprises in the form of SaaS. However, the domestic market lags behind foreign countries for 5-10 years, and in the last two years, the concept of CEM.
Shenzhen Vision Information Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Vision Information") officially introduced the self-developed product-Yunting CEM to the market in early 2019. In fact, Vision Information was established in December 2012. The company started from the big data collection business (Octopus Big Data), and has accumulated millions of enterprise end users. Based on the massive data, the company found that users had a need for further data analysis and management. As a result, the team developed Cloud Listening CEM in 2018.……(See more here)
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According to the statistics of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, the total social logistics in 2019 was 298.0 trillion yuan, up 5.9% year-on-year at comparable prices; Correspondingly, the total cost of social logistics in 2019 was 14.6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.3%, and the growth rate dropped by 2.5 percentage points over the previous year. Among them, the index reflecting logistics efficiency is the ratio of total social logistics cost to GDP, which was 14.7% in 2019. Although it was 0.1 percentage point lower than the previous year, it was still 3-4 percentage points higher than the global average. There is a lot of room for domestic logistics to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
Therefore, in recent years, there have been many companies in China that use digital means to help logistics enterprises improve their operating efficiency and promote the docking of upstream and downstream resources. Beijing wutong space-time network technology development co., ltd (hereinafter referred to as "wutong space-time") is a third-party platform company that starts with dedicated line logistics and matches the resources of vehicles and goods, and gradually cuts into opening up information flow and capital flow for upstream and downstream enterprises, forming an end-to-end logistics management platform covering delivery, transportation, settlement and other links … (Please click here for more information).
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36Kr learned that during the epidemic period, the Timing DAU exceeded one million, and the average usage time of users was close to one hour, which was outstanding-you know that the community product Soul was only 2 million+at the end of 2019.
This slogan helps users to "open their lives". The App was launched in 2017. It started from the online study room and included learning functions such as tomato clock, live class and work plan. After many product updates, Timing has gradually transformed into a vertical community for learning the track. In the community, users can study by video cloud, make friends and urge each other, share learning experience, and there are teachers in the community to provide course services … (See here for more)
Financing disclosure:
According to foreign media Edsurge, Finland’s School Day completed a seed round of financing of 1.1 million euros (about 1.2 million US dollars), which was led by Sparkmind.vc, followed by Lifeline Ventures and John Martin, former CEO of Sanoma Learning. This round of financing, the company will be used to develop business in the United States.
Schooday is a company that pays attention to school health. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Helsinki, the Netherlands, it was founded by Mika Kasanen to help teachers analyze the physical and mental health status of K12 students.The tools provided by School Day can be used to analyze students’ happiness index, which can be divided into five aspects: external conditions, social communication, quality education, health and professional skills, and further divided into 30 categories under this framework.……(See more here)
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"Scener" is an extended program, which is used to simulate the cinema scene. After installation, users can interact with friends remotely through video chat and watch their favorite programs at the same time. Recently, the company announced that it has cooperated with HBO to enable the common viewing function for HBO Now and HBO Go viewers. Using Google Chrome browser and opening the Scener Virtual Movie Theater application, users can watch their favorite programs while their friends appear in the video chat window.
Scener has been supporting Netflix since 2018, allowing users to comment while watching programs, making watching programs and movies as social as watching live games, and establishing a reputation among long-distance lovers in the early days. Since COVID-19 became popular around the world, Scener’s ratings on Netflix have increased by 15 times.……(See more here)
Today, the interventional medical device company Peijia Medical (09996-HK) is listed in Hong Kong, becoming the first high-end medical device company to land on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2020. The listing of Peijia Medical opened 74.48% higher to HK$ 26.8, with the latest total market value of HK$ 15.8 billion.
Peijia Medical, which focuses on the rapid development of interventional surgical medical devices in China, went public on May 5, and plans to sell 152.511 million shares at HK$ 15.36 each. After the IPO, the market subscription was hot, the public offering was oversubscribed by nearly 1200 times, and the frozen capital exceeded 260 billion yuan, reaching the top of this year’s new shares "frozen capital king"……(See more here)
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