Yafeng Niu
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Yafeng Niu is the founder of Dairui Technology (戴乐科技), the Shenzhen-based company behind the smart-instrument brand AeroBand. He started the venture in college with a 150,000-yuan entrepreneurship-competition prize and has spent roughly a decade building smart instruments for global markets . In a 2026 funding announcement, his firm closed a Series A round of nearly 100 million yuan led by Oasis Capital (绿洲资本), with Niu framing AeroBand's mission as closing the gap between people's growing need for emotional outlets and the high barrier to entry of traditional instruments . As of early 2026, he was overseeing second-generation product development, biweekly software iterations, and expanded offline presence in Europe and the U.S. .
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