Investment and funding heat up alongside spring temperatures | Unity Ventures Spring Chronicle
Portfolio companies have raised more than 5 billion yuan in total funding.
This is a spring letter from Unity Ventures, collecting updates from our portfolio companies over the past three months. Spring has always symbolized hope, and especially this year, the momentum of entrepreneurship and investment has risen alongside the temperature. In Q1, our portfolio companies announced over RMB 5 billion in total funding.
Happy spring!
Unity Ventures Portfolio Funding Updates
"Independent Variable Robotics" announced two funding rounds in one month, building foundational models for the physical world
"Independent Variable Robotics" announced in January the completion of its RMB 1 billion A++ round led by ByteDance, HSG, and others. In February, it secured another round of several hundred million RMB led by industrial investors including SAIC Financial Holdings and CICC-SAIC Fund. It is the only embodied AI company in China backed by all three major tech giants: Meituan, Alibaba, and ByteDance. (Learn more)
"D-Robotics" completed $120 million B1 round, accelerating the development of an embodied AI-native technology base
D-Robotics announced the recent completion of its $120 million B1 round. Following its $100 million Series A in 2025, D-Robotics has raised a total of $220 million across its A and B rounds. This round brought together industry giants, strategic investors, and top-tier institutions, with Synstellation Capital, DiDi, and Meituan Longzhu co-investing, to fully support D-Robotics' full-stack software and hardware R&D and product iteration. (Learn more)
"Noetix Robotics" announced RMB 1 billion Series B, embarking on a new journey into the consumer humanoid robot market
Noetix Robotics announced the completion of its Series B round, led by CD Capital, a CATL-affiliated industrial investment platform, with Unity Ventures, CASID, Jingguosheng Fund, and others participating. The cumulative Series B funding has reached nearly RMB 1 billion, which will advance delivery preparations and accelerate large-scale deployment in the consumer market. (Learn more)
"Wei Guang Dian Liang," founded by former vivo star product manager Song Ziwei, secured over RMB 100 million in funding
"Wei Guang Dian Liang" recently announced the completion of its Pre-A round of over RMB 100 million, co-led by HSG and BlueRun Ventures, with Ant Strategic Investment, CDH Investments, and Anyu Capital participating, and Unity Ventures continuing to increase its investment. Wei Guang Dian Liang is developing its first AI-native fashion terminal, likely in the form of a full-length mirror, with its fashion AI agent integrating high-frequency daily scenarios such as mirror-checking and outfit coordination. (Learn more)
"TTC" completed a new round of funding in the tens of millions of dollars, using agents to drive intelligent upgrades across the entire job search and recruitment chain
TTC announced the completion of its Series A round of tens of millions of dollars. This round was led by HouXue Capital, with Baidu strategic investment. In 2025, TTC has cumulatively served over 1,000 AI technology companies and leading tech giants, recommended tens of thousands of positions, and achieved year-on-year revenue growth of over 50%, with strong business momentum. (Learn more)
"Star Ring Energy" completed RMB 1 billion Series A, setting a new record for single-round funding among domestic private nuclear fusion companies
Star Ring Energy announced the completion of its RMB 1 billion Series A round, led by Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Group and Shanghai Future Industry Fund, both under Shanghai SDIC, with CICC Capital and Shanghai Jiading Technology Investment Group as co-leads. The company plans to complete engineering verification around 2028 and begin construction of a commercial demonstration reactor, with a fusion power demonstration reactor expected to be operational around 2032. (Learn more)
"MatriQ" secured angel funding, advancing neutral-atom quantum computing industry deployment
MatriQ announced angel funding with participation from Unity Ventures. The company focuses on full-stack neutral-atom quantum computing solutions, covering modular design and integration capabilities from core devices and quantum algorithms to complete systems, continuously advancing the technical deployment and systematic engineering of neutral-atom quantum computing. (Learn more)
"Flight Era" announced completion of seed and angel rounds, developing heavy-payload, long-endurance eVTOL products
Flight Era announced the consecutive completion in late August last year of its seed round invested by Unity Ventures and its angel round invested by industrial partner Huanuo Starry Sky, securing tens of millions of RMB within just three months of founding. As the first domestic company to adopt a "range-extended + full tilt-rotor" eVTOL configuration, Flight Era is committed to accelerating the commercial deployment of eVTOL in China. (Learn more)
"Baolian Intelligence" completed Series A, establishing new standards for high-end manufacturing quality with nanometer-scale measurement technology
Baolian Intelligence announced the completion of its Series A round with participation from Pine VC and Wuxi Venture Capital. Baolian's self-developed nanometer-scale laser measurement technology has been successfully integrated into the supply chains of global top manufacturers including Apple, becoming a core measurement equipment supplier for dozens of leading semiconductor, new energy, and high-end electronics manufacturing companies. (Learn more)
Unity Ventures Portfolio Major Events
"Independent Variable": Deploying in household services and automotive manufacturing, becoming a core partner in NVIDIA's AI ecosystem
Recently, Independent Variable Robotics has been exploring more possibilities for robot deployment in scenarios such as household services and automotive manufacturing, and was selected as a core partner in NVIDIA's AI ecosystem.
Independent Variable partnered with 58 Group's 58 Daojia platform to launch a new intelligent housekeeping service in Shenzhen, where a "golden duo" of a cleaning professional and a robot arrives at the door — currently the fastest commercial deployment in a household scenario in the industry.
On March 16, Independent Variable signed an embodied AI and robotics joint research and strategic cooperation agreement with Shenyang Automotive Group, marking Independent Variable's official entry into core automotive production processes. It will empower multiple key processes in automotive production, driving the leap from "automation" to "intelligence" in automotive manufacturing.
On March 16 local time, NVIDIA held its GTC conference in the United States. In the highly anticipated "AI for Robotics" segment, nine leading global embodied AI companies including Physical Intelligence, Figure, Skild AI, and Independent Variable Robotics were selected as core partners in NVIDIA's AI ecosystem. Among them, Independent Variable was the only embodied AI model representative company from China.
"Noetix Robotics" delivered "Xiao Bumi" on-site at AWE
Noetix Robotics brought its high-performance, RMB 10,000-range consumer humanoid robots "Xiao Bumi" and "Xiao Wantong N2" to AWE 2026, the China Appliance and Electronics World Expo, and delivered the first batch of "Xiao Bumi" units to users on-site. At the same time, Noetix Robotics and JD.com jointly announced they would deepen cooperation to jointly promote the popularization of humanoid robots for civilian use. The "robots" from Noetix Robotics that appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage are now entering thousands of households. (Learn more)
"Nuvision Technology" released Chimo® M06, the world's smallest silicon-based micro-display product enters mass production and delivery
Nuvision Technology officially released its new-generation micro-display Chimo® (芯眸®) M06, providing key hardware support for AR glasses to enter the consumer market. The product has completed terminal glasses verification and achieved mass production and delivery. As the world's first mass-production-grade 2.5μm silicon-based micro-display product loaded into terminals, Chimo® M06 enables AR glasses to enter everyday consumer wearable form factors with extreme lightweight design, ultra-low power consumption, and high performance, solving the industry pain point of the difficulty in balancing "performance, battery life, and weight."
The Chimo® series has formed a complete layout from monochrome (M series) to multi-color (P series). In Q2 2026, Nuvision will launch the Chimo® P series to cover broader micro-display needs and terminal application scenarios. (Learn more)
"Bitfantasy" launched NIMO smart glasses, opening for orders on April 1
Bitfantasy launched the NIMO smart glasses, reconstructing the smart glasses wearing experience from the product foundation. Technical investments including a 0.03cc ultra-miniature optical engine, invisible grating volume holographic waveguide technology, ultra-low power consumption miniaturized Micro LED chip, custom miniature steel-shell battery, and distributed weight design all revolve around one goal: getting smart glasses to the stage of "can wear every day, willing to use long-term."
On April 1, the official website Bitfantasy.com.cn and WeChat official account officially opened for orders. You can click on the NIMO official account to enter the store and place an order. The official website and official WeChat account are the only official ordering channels. Starting April 15, products will be shipped in order of payment. RMB 2,499 includes prescription lenses, with all-day wearing comfort. (Learn more)
"Prometheus Biosciences" announced PMG1015 received FDA approval to initiate Phase IIb clinical trials
Prometheus Biosciences announced that its globally first-in-class monoclonal antibody drug PMG1015 received FDA approval to initiate a 52-week global multi-center Phase IIb clinical trial. This approval is an important milestone in Prometheus Biosciences' development, establishing the company's leading position in this innovative biopharmaceutical field. (Learn more)
"Green Voltis" partnered with China Gas and SANY Heavy Industry to expand the global new energy landscape, signing an MoU for an ultra-large-scale solar-plus-storage project in Romania
Green Voltis, a Europe-leading AI-native virtual power plant energy optimization company, officially signed a tripartite strategic cooperation agreement with China Gas and SANY Heavy Industry. At the signing ceremony, an MoU was also reached for a large-scale solar-plus-storage project in Romania, with Green Voltis providing the EMS system solution and serving as Optimizer responsible for multi-market trading and operational services for the entire project. Green Voltis's AI-driven platform Aether AI can achieve continuous, stable optimization of revenue levels through intelligent optimal trading strategies and automatic trade frequency calibration. (Learn more)
