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NIO Capital

Founders William Li

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Total investments 73
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$52M
Portfolio companies 50
Rounds per year 9.12
Lead investments 17
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.32
Exits 1
Key employees 9
Stages of investment
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Automotive
  • Transportation
  • Information Technology
  • Manufacturing
  • Energy
Summary

NIO Capital appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2016. The main department of described VC is located in the Shanghai. The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in China.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the NIO Capital, startups are often financed by U.S.-China Green Fund, Sinovation Ventures, Shunwei Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Tencent Holdings, Gaorong Capital, UnityVC. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by GGV Capital, Tencent Holdings, SK China.

The fund was created by William Li. Besides them, we counted 9 critical employees of this fund in our database.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - China. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 3 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Momenta, Black Sesame Technologies, AutoAI. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Sensor, Reservations.

Deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually. The important activity for fund was in 2018. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 60 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. When the investment is from NIO Capital the average startup value is more than 1 billion dollars.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Qingchun Semiconductor

Electronics
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
28 Dec 2023 Baoshan, Shanghai, China

PCG Power

11 Dec 2023 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Enjing Technology

Automotive
Electric Vehicle
Sensor
$15M25 Oct 2023 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Youdi

Automotive
21 Sep 2023 Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

This Core Technology

Hardware
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
19 Jun 2023 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Ruitai Microelectronics

Electronics
Intelligent Systems
Semiconductor
$15M14 Jun 2023 Beijing, Beijing, China

Qingchun Semiconductor

Electronics
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
26 Apr 2023 Baoshan, Shanghai, China

Sion

Consulting
Information Services
12 Apr 2023 Pudong, Shandong, China

Bibo

Automotive
Autonomous Vehicles
Enterprise
$30M10 Apr 2023 Fengtai, Beijing, China
News
Innovusion Raises $66 Million in Series B Plus Financing to Accelerate the Global Adoption of Autonomous Transportation

– Innovusion raised $66m in Series B Plus financing.
– The round was led by Guotai Junan International Private Equity Fund (GTJAI) with participation from Shunwei Capital. Existing investors Nio Capital, F-Prime Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, and Temasek also participated in the round.
– Innovusion will use the new infusion of capital to increase the production capabilities of its automotive-grade LiDARs, expand their global footprint, and further broaden its research and development efforts to promote the widespread adoption of LiDAR technology across autonomous vehicles, smart infrastructure, and high-speed rail transit systems.

Innovusion Raises $66 Million in Series B Plus Financing to Accelerate the Global Adoption of Autonomous Transportation

– Innovusion raised $66m in Series B Plus financing.
– The round was led by Guotai Junan International Private Equity Fund (GTJAI) with participation from Shunwei Capital. Existing investors Nio Capital, F-Prime Capital, Eight Roads Ventures, and Temasek also participated in the round.
– Innovusion will use the new infusion of capital to increase the production capabilities of its automotive-grade LiDARs, expand their global footprint, and further broaden its research and development efforts to promote the widespread adoption of LiDAR technology across autonomous vehicles, smart infrastructure, and high-speed rail transit systems.

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Total investments 73
Average round size 52M
Rounds per year 9.12
Peak activity year 2023
Lead investments 17
Follow on index 0.32
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.81

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Qingchun Semiconductor

Electronics
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
28 Dec 2023 Baoshan, Shanghai, China

PCG Power

11 Dec 2023 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Enjing Technology

Automotive
Electric Vehicle
Sensor
$15M25 Oct 2023 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Youdi

Automotive
21 Sep 2023 Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

This Core Technology

Hardware
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
19 Jun 2023 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Ruitai Microelectronics

Electronics
Intelligent Systems
Semiconductor
$15M14 Jun 2023 Beijing, Beijing, China

Qingchun Semiconductor

Electronics
Manufacturing
Semiconductor
26 Apr 2023 Baoshan, Shanghai, China

Sion

Consulting
Information Services
12 Apr 2023 Pudong, Shandong, China

Bibo

Automotive
Autonomous Vehicles
Enterprise
$30M10 Apr 2023 Fengtai, Beijing, China
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