RoboSense and BOP Named to PEDaily's 2022 Venture50 List; MetaX Selected for Rongzhong Finance Annual Rankings | Xinwen NEWS
The Heart Capital team congratulates the three companies that made the list.
On January 11, 2023, Zero2IPO and PEDaily unveiled the 2022 Venture50 rankings. Heart Capital portfolio companies RoboSense and BOP were recognized — RoboSense made both the "2022 Venture50 Wind & Cloud" list and the "Digital Technology Venture50" list, while BOP landed on the "New Consumption Venture50" list.
This year's awards maintained the dual-list structure of the Wind & Cloud and New Sprout TOP 50 rankings, alongside sector-specific lists. The Wind & Cloud list targets unlisted companies at Series B or beyond, or founded before 2019. As hard-tech industries have advanced, with technological innovation continuously powering underlying infrastructure and tech-enabled production capacity spreading across digital technology, healthcare, new consumption, and carbon neutrality, dedicated lists were created for each of these sectors this year.
On January 12, Rongzhong's 2022 China Equity Investment Rankings were also released. Heart Capital portfolio company MetaX was named to both the "Best Venture Capital Case in China" and "Top 30 Most Watched New Economy Companies by VCs" lists.
Rongzhong Finance, a leading Chinese media platform for equity and industrial investment, focuses on covering China's new economy development and the full chain of innovative investment. 2023 marked the 12th year of its annual capital markets conference.
RoboSense and MetaX represent Heart Capital's past deployments in new mobility and digital intelligence. As a global leader in intelligent LiDAR systems, RoboSense delivers intelligent LiDAR with information comprehension capabilities through a closed loop of hardware, perception software, and chip technology. In November 2022, RoboSense launched the E1, a high-performance fully solid-state blind-spot detection radar — a revolutionary product following its long-range M1 LiDAR that completed "the final piece of the puzzle" for the new era of automotive LiDAR. Smart vehicles finally gained all-around perception. RoboSense has secured production program partnerships with 10+ global automakers including BYD, GAC, FAW Hongqi, Chery Automobile, Great Wall Motor, Xpeng Motors, Zeekr, WM Motor, Lotus Technology, and Lucid. Its automotive front-mounted mass production programs cover more than 50 vehicle models across sedans, supercars, coupes, SUVs, and heavy trucks — making it the LiDAR company with the most OEM orders in the industry. In 2022, cumulative expected orders for RoboSense's full LiDAR series exceeded 10 million units. Meanwhile, MetaX, a pioneer in domestic GPU chips, has racked up honors this year. Beyond its Rongzhong listing, it also received the "Metaverse Industry Application and Pioneer Technology Award" in the semiconductor chip category from Cailianshe and was named a "WISE2022 New Economy King Annual Enterprise" by 36Kr. With high-performance GPU chips and software solutions, MetaX has entered the GPU rendering market, covering applications including scientific computing, cloud gaming, digital twins, metaverse, and autonomous driving — providing powerful computing support for digital intelligence transformation and driving the digital economy forward. BOP, founded in 2019, is an oral care brand focused on microecological science. BOP is committed to holistic oral microecology regulation, addressing oral problems caused by microbial imbalance. It adheres to sustainability principles, seeking long-term oral-friendly solutions through pure, effective next-generation oral care products that prevent future dental diseases and fundamentally improve oral health for Chinese consumers. Heart Capital is rooted in China, focused on early-stage technology and digitalization investments, deeply engaged across industry chains, and dedicated to helping more Chinese entrepreneurs go global.
Founded in 2022, Heart Capital is a China-based early-stage technology and digitalization venture fund founded by Yan Han, formerly a founding partner at Lightspeed. The team comprises founding partners, the CFO, and core investors from Lightspeed, alongside seasoned industry investors from Cainiao and Baidu. Past investments include Series A bets on Full Truck Alliance (NYSE: YMM), Xpeng Motors (NYSE: XPEV, HK: 09868), as well as FinVolution (NYSE: FINV), 06810.HK, RoboSense, World Logistics, LandSpace, Lanhu, Micro-nano Starry Sky, Starfield, and others. Rooted in China with a global outlook, Heart Capital seeks to find world leaders who will disrupt the future. The firm champions the value of "people" and "heart," and looks forward to accompanying more young Chinese entrepreneurs onto the world stage.
