36Kr learned that "Zhongqi Anchain" announced the completion of tens of millions of yuan of A financing, this round of financing led by Qulian Technology, Kelly E Fang and old shareholders Ivy Capital, Distributed Capital followed by Investment, Yiren Capital as the exclusive financial advisor. This round of financing will be mainly used for the upgrading of the underlying technology, the further expansion of the product line, and the improvement of the operation service system.
"Zhongqi Anchain" is a long-term company tracked by 36Kr, which has previously reported on the Pre-A round of financing of "Zhongqi Anchain" and reported in detail on its products. (For detailed reports, see link: https://36kr.com/p/980258610548098)
Founded in 2020, ZhongQi An Chain is a financial technology company incubated by ZhongAn Insurance. "Zhongqi Anchain" is committed to using technology to empower supply chain credit synergy, providing "finance + scenario + technology" supply chain financial service solutions, optimizing supply chain management for core enterprises with the integration of industry and finance resources, business model consulting, financial technology output, and joint operation support, helping funders accurately identify risks, and solving financing problems for small and micro enterprises in the upstream and downstream of the supply chain.
The supply chain structure is becoming more and more complex, and opportunities for credit synergy have been born in many fields, and from the perspective of the role of synergists, they can be roughly divided into core enterprises (credit carriers), collaborative enterprises (credit monetization parties) and upstream and downstream of collaborative enterprises (credit demanders).
Supply chain finance scenarios are diverse and complex, and the pain points of core enterprises, funders, upstream and downstream enterprises are complex. Due to the relative lack of mature and effective tools for supply chain credit coordination at present, it is difficult for the supply chain financial platform to play a full role, which is mainly reflected in: restricting the role of credit carriers (core enterprises); credit realization parties (capital sources) are trapped in the difficulty of expanding active high-credit enterprises, and there are differences between policy support requirements and traditional business models, and it is difficult to achieve rapid customer expansion and flexible circulation of funds; and credit demand parties (upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain) as weak separate entities and limited credit. In the industrial chain, it is impossible to obtain high-quality funds for business expansion through business association with core enterprises.
In view of the above pain points, as a provider of credit platform services and solutions, based on the high-quality credit of core enterprises, "Zhongqi Anchain" builds an operation and management plan for supply chain assets and financial products at the enterprise end through online business, data transparency, risk control scenarios, asset visualization, operation intelligence and the underlying blockchain blessing, thereby promoting the development of the supply chain network.
Enterprise offerings
Talking about the company's business progress in the past year, Yang Sheng, founder and CEO of "Zhongqi Anchain", told 36Kr that the company has served intelligent manufacturing, energy bulk, construction, retail chains, agriculture, textiles, insurance and other industries since its inception, and is currently in the process of continuously expanding industry application scenarios, while focusing on the consumption and manufacturing industries with a relatively high degree of digitalization.
With the continuous growth of the company's business development, "Zhongqi Anchain" has also enriched the company's business model and service methods. On the one hand, the company's products have expanded from standard software services to full-scenario consulting services and operation support services, which has also brought about a steady improvement in customer experience and loyalty; on the other hand, the company has also achieved significant customer growth and the creation of large benchmark customers, accumulating a number of head customers in different industries.
Talking about the changes in business models, Yang Sheng told 36Kr that "Zhongqi Anchain" has been constantly exploring business models since its inception, and at present, in addition to providing services in the mode of project customization, the company has refined and developed cloud-native standardized product components, and began to pilot the SaaS model for charging, so as to provide services for mid-waist customers.
Therefore, in the revenue composition of the "Zhongqi Anchain", the proportion of one-time charges has gradually decreased, and the proportion of SaaS fees and continuous operation support services has gradually increased.
"Zhongqi Anchain" has more than 50 employees, of which R&D personnel account for more than half. Speaking of future development planning, Yang Sheng, founder and CEO of "Zhongqi Anchain", said that in the future, the company will deploy in major provincial capital cities across the country to expand the operation system and enhance the customer experience.
