Per Editor: Yang Huan
Today, China's venture capital market has gradually moved from the barbaric growth of the "big gold rush" era to the era of intensive farming and meticulous farming.
The Cultural and Creative Alchemy Room has prepared a wealth of chengdu local and national cultural and creative investment and financing information and industry hotspot information for everyone to choose from in the new era.
The Cultural and Creative Alchemy Room includes three sub-rooms of "Cultural and Creative Investment and Financing", "Cultural and Creative Hot Search" and "Authoritative Release", which place the weekly investment and financing overview of the national cultural and creative industry, important information on the cultural and creative industry and important policy guidance.
Cultural and creative alchemy room
Issue 108 | 2022.04.25-2022.05.01
Cultural and creative investment and financing
According to IT Orange data, there were a total of 103 investment and financing-related events in China last week (April 25 to May 1).
Among the "first-tier cities", the number of investment and financing cases in Beijing remained stable at 17, with 9 and 5 cases in Shenzhen and Shanghai respectively, and 4 cases in Guangzhou.
Among the "new first-tier cities", the number of investment and financing-related events in Hangzhou reached 13, followed by Suzhou with 9, Nanjing and Wuhan with 8 and 7 respectively, and Chengdu with 1.
Tabular data source: Orange data
One of the investment and financing related events in Chengdu last week was Borns in the healthcare industry.
Sichuan Boens Medical Technology Co., Ltd. completed the B round of financing, and the investor is the elite era. Previously, Borns received angel investment and Series A funding in 2016 and 2018, respectively.
According to public information, Sichuan Borns Medical Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2016, is a leading domestic medical robot and automation equipment R & D and manufacturer, is a collection of medical device research and development design, production and sales, service as one of the high-tech enterprises, focusing on minimally invasive surgical robots and medical artificial intelligence core technology research and development, manufacturing and clinical applications.
Of the 103 investment and financing-related incidents last week, the cultural and creative sector accounted for a total of 21.
In terms of industry distribution, there are 7 cases in the local life industry, 3 cases in the entertainment media industry and the education industry, 2 cases each in the e-commerce retail, meta-universe and enterprise service industries, and 1 case each in the game and advertising and marketing industries.
In terms of urban distribution, Beijing and Nanjing each accounted for 4 cases, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Jinan and Xiamen all had 2 cases, and Shenzhen, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Kunming and Putian each accounted for 1 case.
Cultural and creative hot search
Tide play brand Joy Box completed tens of millions of yuan angel round financing
Recently, the Huanxi Box FANCY BOX tide play brand has announced the successful completion of tens of millions of angel round financing.
Huanxi Box FANCY BOX is a global tide play collection brand under Xiamen Huanxi Box Culture Communication Co., Ltd. The company focuses on the four major areas of artist mining, IP incubation operation, consumer reach and trend play culture promotion and cultivation, and builds a trend toys full format tide play operation platform.
Image source: Joy Box Mini Program
VS·work has received tens of millions of yuan investment in the pre-A round, and it will be the provider of virtual space in the meta-universe
Meta-universe engine company VS·work recently announced the completion of the pre-A round of tens of millions of yuan financing.
Under the epidemic situation, in order to solve the problem of the sense of presence of online exhibitions, VS.work has developed alternative virtual spaces and collaboration tools for different offline scenarios to prepare for the creation of a virtual universe. In terms of specific business, VS·work is positioned as a virtual space provider, and its services to customers mainly lie in virtual space leasing.
DOC Coffee obtained strategic investment from Shuyi Roasted Immortal Grass, which accounted for 23.5% of the shares
Recently, Changsha chain brand DOC Coffee has received strategic investment, and the investor is Shuyi Xiancao.
DOC Coffee is a chain coffee brand operator, the brand takes the classic + creative route, biased towards the young trend. The main color is yellow, and the menu has a total of 21 products, of which creative coffee accounts for 13 models.
Image source: DOC Coffee official WeChat public account
KUMO KUMO completed tens of millions of yuan Pre-A round of financing
Recently, cheesecake chain brand KUMO KUMO announced that it has completed tens of millions of yuan Pre-A round of financing, which is exclusively invested by Qingrui Venture Capital.
KUMO KUMO is a young brand with its first store opening in Metro City, Shanghai in 2020. Transparent and open workshops, high-quality ingredients, and the aroma of cheese baking that spread outside the store make waiting for a mellow cheesecake a treat.
The game companion software "Friends and Companions" APP obtained angel round investment
Recently, the game companion software "Friends and Companions" APP obtained angel round investment. Companion Play is a game companion software developer, according to the existing competitive online games to create an online play platform APP, users pay to buy play services for online game play, play service providers can be introduced by the guild (broker) and self-service registration audit and other ways to settle in and establish their own links for users to purchase.
The pre-made cuisine brand "Liantong Workshop" announced the completion of a 10 million yuan angel round of financing
On April 26, Shanghai Prefabricated Cuisine Brand Liantong Workshop announced the completion of an angel round of financing of 10 million yuan, led by angel investor Zhao Yurun. The amount of financing under the brand "Liantong Workshop" under Shanghai Liantong Network Technology Co., Ltd. will be used for factory category expansion and channel promotion, and it is expected to achieve 500 million yuan of operating income in the next year. Opened 1,000 stores.
Authoritative release
The State Council issued a document to continue to expand cultural and tourism consumption
The General Office of the State Council recently issued the Opinions on Further Releasing Consumption Potential and Promoting the Sustained Recovery of Consumption. In order to promote the consumption of cultural tourism, the Opinions deal with relevant points in many places.
Focusing on the strengthening of the rescue efforts of the main body of the insurance market, the "Opinions" make it clear that the relief support measures for special difficult industries such as catering, retail, tourism, civil aviation, highways, waterways and railway transportation will be implemented.
In terms of comprehensive innovation and quality improvement, focusing on stabilizing the basic consumption plate, the "Opinions" are clear, promote the innovation and development of time-honored brands, strengthen the identification, management and protection of geographical indication products, and cultivate more local brands.
In terms of promoting the healthy and sustainable development of consumption platforms, the "Opinions" proposes to encourage all regions to build a number of consumer agglomeration areas with perfect facilities, rich formats and healthy green around the themes of commerce, culture, tourism, sports and other themes, steadily and orderly promote the transformation of existing pedestrian street facilities and business upgrading, and actively develop smart business districts.
The Intellectual Property Information Service Center of the National Library of China was officially inaugurated
On April 26, the inauguration ceremony of the Intellectual Property Information Center of the National Library of China was held. After the Guotu Intellectual Property Information Service Center, it will work with the public library community to promote the construction of the intellectual property service system, do a good job in the low-level support of high-quality development of intellectual property rights and scientific and technological innovation, deeply cultivate intellectual property research and services in the field of culture and tourism, cultivate public awareness of intellectual property rights, create a strong intellectual property cultural atmosphere, and promote the construction of an intellectual property power.
Revenue of enterprises in cultural and related industries nationwide increased by 5.0% in the first quarter of 2022
On April 29, the official website of the National Bureau of Statistics released the revenue of cultural and related industry enterprises above designated size in the first quarter of 2022. It is reported that in the first quarter of 2022, 68,000 cultural and related industry enterprises above designated size across the country achieved operating income of 2,697.3 billion yuan, an increase of 5.0% over the same period of the previous year in terms of comparable caliber.
The country's first performance industry dispute mediation center was established
In order to further improve the comprehensive mechanism for the prevention and resolution of contradictions and disputes in the performing arts industry, the China Performance Industry Association recently set up a mediation center to resolve civil and commercial disputes within the industry and related matters by means of mediation. The center is also the country's first mediation body for the performance industry.
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