Baidu Venture
BV百度风投
Baidu Venture (BV百度风投) is Baidu Group's market-oriented venture capital arm, founded in 2017 and focused on AI from day one — per a Linear Capital roundtable transcript, it describes itself as having "lived through the whole of AI 1.0 and witnessed the arrival of 2.0" . As of 2023 it had backed 200+ projects globally, spanning AI's underlying technology, B2B and consumer applications, and AI-adjacent hard tech ; elsewhere's records show portfolio companies including Zhiyuan Robotics and Shengshu Technology . Among Chinese CVCs it carries a mixed reputation — one 2026 CVC review quipped that Baidu-backed star founders rarely volunteer that they took Baidu's money .
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Flying Robot Company DiffRobotics Completes Hundreds of Millions of Yuan in A2 Funding | 5Y News
Connecting flying robots to every industry, and bringing them into every home.
Moving Forward Along New Coordinates｜Vital Monthly
Advisory Vitality
The Second Half of AI Won't End With Just One Supermodel｜A Conversation With Kevin Ding, Pyromind Founder/CEO
In the Second Half of AI, It Won't Boil Down to One Supermodel | A Conversation with Pyromind Founder/CEO Kevin Ding
Current Robotics: Humanoid Intelligence Starts with Humans | Oasis Capital
I need to translate this Chinese text to English. "参赞" can mean several things: - A counselor/diplomat (参赞 is a diplomatic rank: counselor/minister-counselor) - To participate and assist/advise "生命力" means vitality, life force, vigor. Given the context of elsewheres.news covering China's tech, VC, and creator economy, this appears to be a title or heading. Without more context, I'll consider the most likely interpretations: If this is about a diplomatic figure discussing vitality: "Counselor on Vitality" or "A Counselor's Take on Vitality" If this is using "参赞" in a more literary/archaic sense of participating in/admiring: "In Praise of Vitality" or "On Vitality" However, looking at this as a potential title for a piece about assessing or reflecting on vitality (perhaps in a business/cultural context), a more natural English rendering might be: "**The Vitality Counselor**"
ZhenFund led the latest funding round for Qisuan Guangqi, advancing the development of optical computing chips and systems
Funding will be directed toward core technology R&D, product iteration, and talent development.
"Deep Principle" Closes Nearly RMB 1 Billion in Total Series A Funding, Linear Capital Continues to Increase Stake | Linear Portfolio
Leading globally in AI scientist capabilities and industrial implementation.
MaHui | Sand.ai Raises Over $100M Across Two Rounds, Existing Investor Source Code Capital Continues to Increase Stake
Source Code Capital led the seed round of Sand.ai in 2024 and was one of the company's earliest institutional investors.
HYQubit Completes Series A+ Round, Accelerating Full-Scale Commercialization of Trapped-Ion Quantum Computing
Advancing quantum computing from scientific exploration toward industrial application.
Ola Dimensions Closes Hundreds of Millions in Angel Round, Using "Trainable" Paradigm to Rebuild Physical-World Data Loop for Home Embodied Artificial Intelligence | Unity Ventures Portfolio News
The third funding round completed in three months
Dongsheng Fusion Raises $100 Million in New Funding Round, Co-Led by Qiming Venture Partners
J&T Global Express is committed to developing strong magnetic field compact fusion power plant technology using "deuterium-helium-3" as fuel.
VAST Nears $200 Million in Series A Funding, Unveils World Model in Parallel | Oasis Vitality
Project Eden: A General World Model Research Initiative
5Y News | Oula Wanxiang Raises Hundreds of Millions of RMB to Build "Raise-Your-Own" Home Embodied Intelligence Robots
Closed several rounds of financing within two months.
Ola Dimensions Closes Hundreds of Millions of Yuan in Funding: Former Huawei Embodied AI "Employee No. 1" Zhou Shunbo Ventures Into "Tamagotchi-Style" Home Embodied AI Robots | New Unity Ventures Portfolio Company
Zhou Shunbo is the only Huawei "Genius Youth" recruit whose research proposal centered on intelligent robots.
"You've got a shovel that can dig up gold — you're definitely not lending it out first" | A Conversation with Kaiwuji's Lu Ziheng: Using AI to Invent New Materials
As long as you're still stirring things up, there's still hope.
"Boundless Dynamics" Closes New Funding Round, Signs Over 500 Million Global Order with Envision Group | Linear Portfolio
The first nine-figure RMB overseas order for embodied manipulation intelligence.
Possibly the World's Smallest VC
Small in stature, big in dreams.
"You wouldn't lend out a shovel that can dig up gold" | A Conversation with Lu Ziheng of Kaiwu Ji: Using AI to Invent New Materials
"Shenpu Intelligence" Closes New Financing Round of Several Hundred Million Yuan, Led by Linear Capital | Linear Portfolio
Using family-like commercial scenarios as an entry point.
Harness Payment, Unlocking the Era of Agent Autonomous Payments | Interview with Clink Founder
402's Yesterday and Today
16 Companies Making Agents More Useful Are Raising Funding
Product-Agent Fit
5Y News | Weifen Zhifei Raises Hundreds of Millions of RMB in Series A1 Funding to Accelerate R&D and Commercialization of Embodied Flight Intelligence
WeDifferential Intelligence has closed a Series A1 funding round worth several hundred million yuan.
VAST Closes $50 Million Series A to Build World Models and UGC Interactive Platform | Oasis Vitality
To start a business, you have to "believe first" rather than "see first."
MaHui Member AI-Native Community Nie Ta Raises Over $10M in Pre-A+ Round, Existing Investor Source Code Capital Continues to Increase Stake
Everyone gets to make their own "Disney"
"Deep Principle" Closes Series A2 Round, Joins OpenAI and Others in *Science* to Discuss AI4S Exploration | Linear Portfolio
AI4S shouldn't stop at the "selling shovels" stage.
Cambridge PhD Turned Miner: When AI Meets the "Ten Million Dollars per Drill" Industry | A Conversation with Ziheng Xiang: Founder/CEO of DeepOptica
Elon Musk is exploring space; he wants to explore what's beneath the earth.
"Boundless Dynamics" Raises Hundreds of Millions of RMB in Angel+ Round, with Linear Capital, HSG, Hillhouse and Others Continuing to Back | Linear Portfolio
Our first-generation self-developed robotics platform has already been deployed in real-world customer scenarios.
DeepWisdom Raises $220 Million in One Year, Finally Launches First Product
Not just writing code, but launching a company.
A New Map of the World Is Unfolding | Unity Ventures New Year Edition
The Old Rules No Longer Apply, a New Continent Emerges
"Deep Principle" Closes Over 100 Million RMB Series A to Power Global Materials Science with AI | Linear Portfolio
We've made substantive commercial progress with leading industry clients.
"Boundless Dynamics" Closes 300 Million Yuan Series A, Co-Led by HSG and Linear Capital | Linear Portfolio
Focus on the R&D and iteration of foundation models driven by high-value scenarios.
ZhenFund angel project "Teable" announces completion of several-million-dollar angel round, launches world's first multidimensional spreadsheet agent | Z News
The new funding will be used to accelerate global expansion and continue investing in the underlying engine and product R&D.
5Y News | Differential Intelligence (微分智飞) Closes Pre-A and Pre-A+ Rounds, Accelerating Tech Buildout in Aerial Embodied Intelligence
Building the next-generation foundational model for aerial embodied intelligence.
The AI Investment Mid-Game: Talent Wars, Faith Divides, and Super Opportunities
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Yunqi Capital Leads Tens of Millions of RMB Seed Round in "BenZhi JiHuo" to Accelerate On-Device AI Deployment | Yunqi Capital
AGI continues to grow
"Grainite" Closes Series B3 Round to Accelerate AI-Native 3D Graphics Engine R&D | Linear Portfolio
Advancing the AI transformation of 3D engines and their deployment in automotive and industry-specific scenarios.
The Only AI4S Company Invited Worldwide, "Deep Principle" Attends Davos Summer Forum Panel Discussion | Linear Portfolio
and was selected as a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum at Davos in 2025.
The Answer Isn't on the Old Map | 5Y News Monthly
The big news from last month.
5Y News | Differential Intelligence Flight (Weifen Zhifei) Completes Two Consecutive Funding Rounds to Accelerate Embodied AI Development for Aerial Robots
When the sky is truly illuminated by autonomous intelligence, humanity's imagination of space and creativity will be redefined as well.
Linear Capital's seed-round lead portfolio company Deep Principle has closed a nine-figure RMB Pre-A strategic financing round, with existing investor Linear Capital increasing its stake.
Leading the AI4S Track, Igniting an Intelligent Revolution in the Microscopic World
2024, When Everyone Stands at a Crossroads: 96 Investors' Decisions
Deciding is easy. Waiting is hard.
Rongbao | Major Acquisition in Innovative Drugs; Laser Chips, Quantum Computing, and Global Payment Platform Secure New Funding
"Every step forward feels like a bloom."
Huayi Quantum Secures Over 100 Million Yuan in Pre-A Round to Accelerate Development of Novel Ion-Trap Quantum Computer
Committed to achieving sustained, rapid growth in qubit scale.
Baidu Ventures' Gao Xue: Nothing Stays the Same — That's the Destiny of AI Investing
You never know what tomorrow will bring.
Destruction Precedes Creation: Rebooting the Era of General Artificial Intelligence
On August 22, Chinese tech think tank *Jazzyear* hosted the "2023 Jazzyear Gravitational Force X Tech Industry Investment Conference" in Beijing. Dozens of industry leaders gathered to discuss cutting-edge topics, using AI and other hard-tech investments as a starting point to analyze emerging trends in the tech industry and explore new directions, opportunities, and futures for the sector. In 2023, generative AI led by ChatGPT has swept across the globe, ushering in a second wave of artificial intelligence.
Linear Capital early-stage portfolio company **Gritworld** announced the completion of its Series B2 funding round, led by **BYD**.
Exploring how 3D graphics engine technology is pushing the new frontiers of consumer-end graphics.
A Complete Map of China's Industrial Investment: When the Gears of Fate Begin to Turn
Seven sectors, 200 investments, 500 funds — all in nine charts.
Xinchen AI Secures Another Strategic Investment from Outfit7, Launches Self-Developed General-Purpose "Xinchen Large Model" | BlueRun Ventures
Building a General-Purpose Large Model with Both IQ and EQ
Linear Capital Perspective | GPT Is a Pandora's Box or Aladdin's Lamp, Depending on Human Understanding and Action on Technology
We think of ChatGPT as a genie lamp that you can ask endless questions of.
5Y News | Silicon-Based Lithium Battery Anode Materials Company *GruEnergy* Closes New Funding Round
Silicon-carbon anode products are set for mass production.
BlueRun Ventures Continues to Double Down, Xinchen AI Secures Another Strategic Investment | BlueRun Ventures
Enhancing LLMs' Unstructured Data Processing Capabilities
Exclusive | The General-Purpose LLM Startup Wave: The First Battle Is About to End
Contestants, take your positions.
Wire | ExoMotus Unveils World's First Muscle Exosuit: Lightweight, Smart-Customized, and Clinically Validated for Precision Assistance
"Today, Fourier Intelligence is redefining the wearable rehabilitation robot."
Three Funding Rounds in One Year: This "Crossover" Graphics Engine Is Hot in VC Circles
For Particle World, Wu Xiaomao has an ambition: to become a world-class company. By AI Planet (ID: ai_xingqiu) Author: Sun Yuan
Source Code Capital Portfolio | Nutshell Therapeutics Announces $40 Million Series A+ Round, Existing Shareholder Source Code Capital Continues to Increase Stake
Advance the conformation-based drug discovery platform and innovative pipeline across all fronts
Allosteric drug discovery company Nutshell Therapeutics has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by Source Code Capital.
Currently the only platform-type allosteric drug discovery company in China driven by computational methods
FreeS Family Funding News · May | Chicecream, ACC Super Accessories, DataPipeline, and Ganying AI Secure Funding
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Source Code Capital portfolio company WeiMai announced the completion of a $100 million Series C+ funding round, with existing shareholder Source Code Capital continuing to increase its stake.
Making healthcare services more accessible, now covering 160+ cities across China with deep partnerships with 1,000 public hospitals nationwide.
DataPipeline Raises Tens of Millions of RMB in Series A+ Round, Serving Starbucks and Longfor | FreeS Fund Investment News
Better understand data, apply data, and respect data with reverence.
Agricultural Big Data Service Provider "MaiFei Technology" Raises Over 100 Million RMB in Series A Funding | FreeS Fund Investment News
Achieve intelligent perception of crop physiological states.
Eleven Breakthroughs in Early Summer: Even Now That We're Grown Up, We Still Believe "Creating Is Endlessly Fun" | FreeS Fund Blackboard · May
Every bit of growth is worth commemorating.
MaiFei Technology Raises RMB 25 Million in Pre-A Round | FreeS Fund Deal News
Empowering modern agriculture.
6 Companies Close Funding Rounds, 2 Make Latest Global Unicorn List | Source Code Capital Monthly · January
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