COVID-19 epidemic is raging, and all walks of life are facing unprecedented challenges, which is even more difficult for new enterprises. On the one hand, the delay of rework time after the start of the year means the interruption of income and cash flow, but the rent, salary and interest still have to be paid. At this time, if the enterprise reserves are insufficient and the capital turnover is difficult, it will naturally face the test of life and death; On the other hand, investment institutions that have been particularly cautious in 219 may further upgrade their risk aversion and conservatism in 22 due to the epidemic, which is even more unfavorable for start-ups that are in urgent need of financing.

for this reason, when the new forces in the automobile industry donated money and materials to help fight the "epidemic", it aroused the collective praise of the industry. At the same time, those companies that successfully raised funds in January have also received extensive attention from the industry. Because at this critical time, financial support is like a "life-saving straw" for many enterprises to tide over the crisis. Whoever catches it will have a better chance to tide over the epidemic. I have to say, how lucky are those companies that got the financial blessing in January.

so, in January, which enterprises in the field of automobile travel got financing? A few days ago, Geshi Automobile made a summary, and the details are as follows:

From the information on the table, it is not difficult to find that these enterprises have received different amounts of capital blessings. It is said that luck and hard work are twins, and there has never been a pie in the sky. So, why can these enterprises get the blessing of funds at the beginning of 22? Let's take a look at the financing situation and development process of some enterprises.

Wo Sai Technology

On January 7th, the world's leading laser radar manufacturer, Wo Sai Technology, announced the completion of the C round of financing. This round of financing was jointly led by Bosch Group of Germany and Lightspeed, followed by Anson Semiconductor, Qiming Venture Capital, Detong Capital and Axiom of Singapore, with a total financing of 173 million US dollars. This financing has also set a new record for the highest single financing in the lidar industry.

As early as January 215, Hesai Technology completed the multi-million-dollar angel round financing invested by Yuanzhan Capital, Rice Venture Capital and PreAngel.

Subsequently, in May 217, it obtained a series A financing of 11 million yuan led by Gundam Investment, with the investment of Door Venture Capital, Pangu Venture Capital and Yuanzhan Capital. It is reported that this round of financing mainly has two purposes: one is to speed up the construction of Pandar scale production line and meet the demand of existing orders as soon as possible; Second, invest heavily in a new generation of lidar under development-Panda? GT。 This financing is the single largest amount of financing obtained by China's local lidar.

after a lapse of one year, hesai technology completed its round b financing, which raised 25 million yuan, led by Lightspeed China and Baidu. This round of financing is mainly used in two aspects: upgrading Pandar? 4 and other mechanical lidar output to meet the growing market demand; Accelerated solid-state lidar Pandar? GT mass production, and make it meet the car classification standards as soon as possible.

image source: hesai technology official website

hesai technology was established in San Jose, Silicon Valley, USA in 213 and settled in Shanghai in 214. Is a company specializing in research and development and manufacturing of laser radar for robots and unmanned vehicles. As the eyes of autonomous driving, lidar plays an important role in promoting autonomous driving on the road.

in p>217, hesai independently developed a number of products, such as Pandar64, PandarGT (micro-galvanometer solid-state laser radar) and Pandora (multi-sensor fusion), and won the favor of more than 1 top autonomous driving and robotics companies around the world. Products are distributed in 68 cities in 18 countries and regions. More than 6% of them are exported to Europe and the United States. Among the 65 companies that have obtained the license of unmanned open road test announced by DMV in California, more than 5% are already customers of Wo Sai.

AutoX

On January 2th, Gaspar got the information that Autox had completed the Pre-B round of financing around January, and the financing amount reached tens of millions of dollars. The new round of financing was completed by PE Private Equity M&A Fund, led by Shenzhen Qianhai Hongzhao Fund, and followed by Chaoshan Capital Shenzhen Yuemeite Group. According to AutoX? CEO Xiao Jianxiong revealed that the company is about to start the B round of financing.

AutoX was established in Silicon Valley in September 216, and completed the seed round financing in November of the same year. The investor was Danhua Capital, and the financing amount has not been disclosed. Then in March 218, a round of financing invested by Renzhi Capital was completed, and the specific financing amount was unknown.

September p>219? AutoX throws a blockbuster. Announced the completion of the $1 million A+round of financing, which was led by Dongfeng Motor with tens of millions of dollars, Alibaba Entrepreneur Fund and Silicon Valley Incubator Plug? and? Play China Fund, Hong Kong HKSTP Science and Technology Development Fund and other domestic and foreign institutions followed suit. It is reported that this financing is one of the largest financing in the field of autonomous driving in China in 219. The investment of Dongfeng Motor, the leading investor, is as high as tens of millions of dollars, which is the largest investment of China OEM in this field.

allegedly, as the main character? L4／L5? Auto-driving solution provider, AutoX? Was the first to obtain the US Department of Transportation? DOT? And? NHSTA? L4? China Driverless Company certified by Class-I Driverless Safety Standard. Its excellent strength also makes? AutoX has had a huge market in China since its establishment. This cooperation with PE institutions will help AutoX better leverage local resources in Shenzhen.

TELECOM

In January this year, Qingdao Teruide Electric Co., Ltd. disclosed the latest progress of TELECOM, its holding subsidiary: with the consent of all parties, it will subscribe for the newly-increased registered capital of TELECOM with a total price premium of 1.35 billion yuan. After this financing, the market valuation of TELECOM is about 7.8 billion yuan. This capital increase includes CDH Xinjia and Venus? Growth, State Fund, Guoxin Capital, Guangzhou Xinye, Shenzhen Gaopeng, Henghuitai, Zhongchuang Yongte, Qingdao Jinyang, Qingdao Honghu, etc.

Founded in 24, Teruide is a Sino-German joint-stock enterprise, mainly engaged in three fields: power equipment manufacturing, automobile charging ecological network and new energy microgrid. In 29, Teruide successfully went public. Before the deadline, the company had total assets of 12.8 billion and more than 1 subsidiaries.

established in September 214, TELECOM, as the main operator of Teruide's vehicle charging ecological network, is a provider of new energy vehicle charging solutions, focusing on the research and development, design, construction and operation of intelligent charging systems for electric vehicles and value-added services of the Internet. Users can realize the functions of charging reservation and settlement, vehicle driving condition, health condition, energy consumption, historical operation record and trajectory through the APP.

TELECOM is the world's first intelligent charging system for electric vehicles? Charging stations are located in nearly 3 cities all over the country, covering most areas, and the technical level has reached the international leading level.

TELECOM announced that the subscription for this capital increase will be used for the operation and development of TELECOM or other purposes approved by TELECOM's board of directors. He also said that this capital increase will greatly enhance its capital strength and future business development ability, further promote and improve the strategic layout of the company's business in the charging field, promote the rapid development of the company's related industrial chains and business profitability, and improve the core competitiveness and comprehensive strength of listed companies.

Joby? Aviation

On January 15th, Joby, a California flying car startup? Aviation announced the completion of the C round of financing with a financing amount of 59 million US dollars (about 4 billion yuan). Led by Toyota Motor Corporation, Intel Capital and JetBlue? Technology? Ventures, Toyota AI Venture Capital, etc.

Joby? Aviation company was founded in 29, and its headquarters is in Santa Cruz, California. The company is owned by JoeBen, founder of Joby, a photo and electronic parts manufacturer. Bevirt founded it. Its A round of financing was led by Capricorn Investment Group in 216, but it has not yet been announced.

in February p>218, Joby? Aviation completed a $1 million series B investment. This round of financing is funded by Intel capital (Intel? Capital? ), with strategic investors including EDBI headquartered in Singapore and JetBlue Aviation Technology Venture Capital (JetBlue? Technology? Ventures) and Toyota AI venture capital. In addition, the new investor Allen? & ? Company investment company, AME? Cloud? Ventures capital and angel investor Ron? Conway, as well as the existing investor Capricorn Investment Group (Capricorn? Investment? Group), 8VC venture capital, famous investor Sky? Dayton and Paul? Sciarra also participated in this round of financing.

with the $59 million raised this time, Joby? Aviation's total financing has reached $72 million.

it is reported that Joby? Aviation is an electric flying taxi company, which focuses on creating a brand-new transportation solution to go beyond the limitation of ground infrastructure and arrive from point A to point B in a safe, sustainable and faster way. The company's proprietary aircraft is a manned eVTOL with a speed of 2 mph and a cruising range of 15 miles. Because the flying car adopts electric drive system and multi-rotor design, Joby? Aviation says it is 1 times quieter than a traditional plane when taking off and landing, and it is almost silent when flying overhead.

In the future, Joby will continue to use the self-developed electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft and part of Toyota's automobile manufacturing experience to develop electric air taxi service to solve the problems of urban congestion and long commuting time. ?

image source: Joby? Aviation

Shuttl

On January 15th, ShuttTL was awarded a C+ round of financing of 57 million rupees, which was financed by SIG? Global? India? Fund? LLP、Ventures、Ideaspring? Capital investment.

shutl was established in 215, and completed the seed round financing of 1.5 million rupees in March of that year, the angel round financing of 19 million rupees in June and the A round financing of 2 million dollars in December.

June p>218? In the Pre-B round of financing, 76 million rupees (about 11 million US dollars) were raised. Investors include a number of industry giants and investment institutions including e-commerce giant Amazon. It is reported that Dentsu Venture Capital in Japan and Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed, which have invested in the company before? Venture? Partners and Time Internet Limited also participated in this round of financing. In October of the same year, Shuttl announced the completion of a series B financing of 73 million rupees (about 1 million US dollars), led by the venture debt company Trifecta? Capital。

April p>219? Shuttl? Completed $5 million in strategic financing. The lead investor is the United States? VC? New? Atlantic? Ventures。 In October, it was completed again? Series C financing, * * * 42 million US dollars (about 2.97 billion rupees), Tsusho, the trade department of Toyota Group? Corporation) and SMBC Trust Bank (Mirai? Creation? Fund? II's entrusting bank) participated in the investment.

in November p>219, Shuttl announced the completion of a series c+financing of 1.287 billion Lu, with investors including Toyota? Tsusho? Corporation and SMBC? Trust? Mirai, a fund owned by Bank? Creation? Fund-II。 After this financing, the company's valuation in this round of financing transactions reached 13.285 billion rupees.

founded by Singh, a graduate of Indian Institute of Technology, and Malviya, a graduate of Indian Institute of Technology Jaipur, the company is committed to providing a low-carbon and low-cost transportation solution for the city. Currently operating in NCR, Delhi, it provides shuttle service for more than 5 lines and about 6 buses, with an average of about 3, rides per day. In addition, Shuttl also provides services for enterprises and provides vehicle rental.

Summary: In difficult times, these enterprises are undoubtedly lucky with external funds. However, this round of financing can only solve their temporary needs, and they need to continuously improve their product strength and profitability in the future, and at the same time, they need to win the favor of more investors.

This article comes from the author of Chejia, car home, and does not represent car home's standpoint.