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PropTech Weekly is a new section launched by 36Kr Future Real Estate Editorial Board.
This column focuses on the scientific and technological innovation forces that are changing the real estate industry, not only around residential and commercial real estate, but also in a broad sense of space- and real estate-based technology and service innovation.
This article is the eighteenth issue of propTech Weekly update, and we summarize the latest investment and financing, market and policy developments at home and abroad in the past week (2022.06.13-06.17). If you are interested in the companies, institutions, products, tracks mentioned in this article, or are engaged in related entrepreneurial innovations, and want to seek coverage or cooperation, please feel free to contact us:
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36Kr debuted | Strange Fire Technology power meta-universe infrastructure;
Large company dynamics| Jingdong Group set up Jingdong Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province;
Overseas Market | Satellite Vu provides satellite data services to the UK property market;
Industry policy | Shenzhen Longhua plans to purchase the meta-universe virtual digital person project.
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Strange Fire Technology received tens of millions of yuan of angel round financing from Linear Capital
Founded in November 2020, The company is one of the earliest batch of layout NFT technology research in China, and is the first meta-universe company to build a set of trusted digital commodity casting, programming and virtual space to build an overall solution. As of May this year, it has served more than 1,000 enterprises, brands and individual art studios as a whole.
Rarefy, a one-stop NFT tool developed by Strange Fire Technology, can help users complete a series of technical support, so that users can achieve the desired effect by simply dragging and dropping. In addition to technical services for individual creators, the important business of Strange Fire Technology also comes from the B-end market, serving many B-end enterprises and business scenarios, including Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, AW2022 Shenzhen Fashion Week, Red Star Macalline, World Illustration Competition, Encrypted Salted Fish, Virtual Online Concert and so on. While completing the realization of online traffic through NFT digital collection, you can also use the offline scene to obtain the meta-universe medal and other gameplay drainage, and these B-end landing cases further expand the practical commercial value of the NFT digital collection.
"Asparagus" received millions of dollars in angel round financing to make the workflow video
Asynchronous video recording collaboration software "Asparagus" announced that it has received millions of dollars of angel round financing from Global Founders Capital, founder Guo Xiaoli believes that with the popularity of short videos, the video track has gradually matured, and because of the catalysis of the global epidemic, remote office has become a recognized office method in the industry, and the video industry is currently in the transition node from C-end entertainment to B-end office.
Asynchronous video focuses on non-immediate communication needs, recorders can record live videos and desktop operation videos, after recording can be shared with viewers many times, saving meeting time and improving efficiency. Most of the usage scenarios of asynchronous video are product introduction, work report, sales empowerment, corporate training, online course recording, game recording and other scenarios.
Oriental Yuhong invested in Qingyun New Materials with a round of financing of more than 100 million yuan
Jiangsu Qingyun New Material Technology Co., Ltd. has recently completed more than 100 million yuan A round of financing, this round of financing led by Hillhouse Venture Capital, construction waterproof listed company Oriental Yuhong, CICC Capital's fund, CITIC Environmental Industry Fund, Green Capital to follow the investment, the funds raised will be mainly used for large-scale production line construction.
The company's main business is the research and development, production and sales of flash spinning metamaterial Kunlun ®Hypak®, which is a high-strength and waterproof and breathable special fiber material, arranged through the form of non-woven fabrics. The company's team began the research and development of the material in early 2014, during which it has experienced from the laboratory to the pilot production line, and now the large-scale production line has been put into construction.
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Big company dynamics
Wanda Hotel's Greek project hosted the Meta-Universe Signing
On June 10th, the signing ceremony of Wanda Hotels & Resorts and Overseas Asset Management Group Beautyland Group in Athens, Greece was held at the Meta-Universe venue. This is a unique joint release between the two sides to break the space restrictions during the epidemic and carry out in the virtual space of the meta-universe.
The entire presentation was preserved and available for consultation on the Decentraland Metacosmation Platform (coordinates -56, -135). Ning Qifeng, chairman of the board of directors of Wanda Hotel Development, said that Wanda Hotel is based on the Chinese market and is committed to creating a benchmark for a national service hotel with Chinese guests as the mainstay and respect for the habits of Chinese guests, Beauty Land Group has been working in Athens for many years, and believes that the entry of Wanda Hotel will inject elements of Chinese culture into the local market, bring warm and humble Chinese hospitality to overseas guests, and also bring a familiar and convenient stay experience for Chinese people traveling abroad.
Jingdong Group established Jingdong Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province
On June 18, Zhongshan Municipal People's Government signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Beijing Jingdong Century Trading Co., Ltd. The two sides will cooperate in nine major areas to achieve the integration of Zhongshan's industrial upgrading and Jingdong's high-quality resources. The cooperation direction includes the establishment of a smart city digital economy industry innovation base, the joint construction of the Zhongshan Urban Governance Modernization Center, the supply chain digital innovation demonstration benchmark, the Jingdong Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park, the Jingdong Intelligent Supply Chain Operation Center, the exploration of new consumption models and urban consumption promotion systems, the digital transformation of government and enterprise procurement, supply chain finance and auction service innovation.
In terms of industrial cooperation, Jingdong Group plans to set up a smart city digital economy industry innovation base in Zhongshan, cooperate with the government and upstream and downstream enterprises in the service industry chain, and provide a series of services from industrial design, intelligent manufacturing, supply chain management to channel channels, etc., to achieve the transformation and upgrading of Zhongshan's industrial structure and comprehensively enhance the manufacturing value of Zhongshan.
Fat Turtle Found House Network received millions of yuan of angel round financing
On June 13, the news that "Fat Turtle Looking for Housing Network" received millions of yuan of angel round financing, and the investor of this round was Early Pedestrian Venture Capital. This round of financing will be mainly used for offline store construction, team building, system optimization and so on. Fat Turtle House Network belongs to Luoyang Fat Turtle House Information Technology Co., Ltd., which is positioned as a personal real estate life service platform without intermediary fees. Fat Turtle mainly obtains accurate real estate supply and demand users with zero intermediary fees, and creates vertical plates around the four user attributes of buying a house, seller, renting and renting, forming a closed loop, and empowering platform users with grass sharing and the latest information.
Bubble Mart opens its first pop-up store in the United States
On June 18th, Bubble Mart's first pop-up store in the United States was officially opened in South Coast Plaza, California, which is the first time that Bubble Mart has laid out offline channels in the United States, and with the opening of the South Coast Plaza store, Bubble Mart has pressed the acceleration button of North American market expansion. This year, following the opening of the first store in London, the United Kingdom, and the first store in New Zealand, Bubble Mart's offline layout in the United States has also opened the curtain.
In December last year, the Bubble Mart APP "POP MART Global" was officially launched in the United States, the main functions include the online mall and the POP MART community, users can purchase Bubble Mart products directly on the app, while sharing and interacting in the community.
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Overseas markets
Indian startup SolarSquare raised $4 million to focus on rooftop solar systems
SolarSquare, an Indian startup that focuses on residential and commercial solar panels, recently announced a $4 million round of funding, and despite India's efforts to promote solar power in recent years, less than 1% of households currently have a rooftop solar system installed. SolarSquare hopes to accelerate the development and utilization of solar energy, helping individuals and families install solar panels.
Co-founder Shreya Mishra said: "Traditional coal power is highly polluting, expensive, and a lot of energy is lost during transmission. We believe that the future of the energy sector is a distributed powerhouse, where every home has its own solar panels, and that the energy supply is not only much cheaper than buying electricity from the grid, but also very environmentally friendly." SolarSquare, which started out selling rooftop solar systems to businesses, turned to single-family homes and apartments a year and a half ago.
British startup Sitellite Vu provides satellite data to the UK property market
Uk-based startup Sitellite Vu will provide climate change data to the UK property market from its thermal monitoring satellite through a partnership with Landmark Information Group. Satellite Vu and Landmark have agreed to jointly develop geospatial information products for the UK property market related to the thermal efficiency of buildings monitored by Vu satellites.
This data will be distributed across Landmark's customer network to test, validate, and market geospatial information products. Anthony Baker, CEO of Satellite Vu, said the partnership would allow investors, property developers and building owners to assess the energy efficiency of their buildings and take steps to improve them.
The cross-border logistics spelling platform "Pinman" received tens of millions of yuan of Series A financing
Guangzhou Tuowei Tianhai International Logistics Co., Ltd. has completed tens of millions of yuan A round of financing, and the investor of this round is Shenzhen Venture Capital. The financing funds will be mainly used in two aspects: First, continue to deepen U.S. customs and landing allocation, and expand to countries in Europe, RCEP and other regions to build a global digital transportation network; The second is to increase investment in digital construction and build a global technology supply chain delivery platform.
The company was founded in 2010, is a typical cross-border logistics freight forwarding enterprises, the development process, Tuowei Tianhai found that the demand for international logistics for digitalization has gradually become prominent, since 2013, the company officially opened its exploration of digitalization, in 2017, launched a cross-border spelling platform "Spelling Full", intended to build a cross-border logistics industry "Ctrip" platform, combined with the cross-border e-commerce industry fragmentation, fragmentation of the development trend, through the big data intelligent algorithm to achieve international goods door-to-door spelling operation, Support one-stop cross-border logistics services such as online price checking, online order placement, online insurance, national door-to-door collection, and order visual trajectory inquiry.
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Industry Policy
National Development and Reform Commission: Strengthen the layout of nationally integrated big data centers
Recently, Meng Wei, a spokesman for the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a press conference that the next step is to continue to promote the construction of key projects. On the one hand, it is necessary to speed up the project of improving the basic network of small and medium-sized cities in the central and western regions, and select a number of small and medium-sized cities in the central and western regions with outstanding industrial characteristics and a good development foundation to provide centralized support. On the other hand, it is necessary to accelerate the deep integration of 5G, artificial intelligence, big data and the real economy, build a number of important integrated infrastructure and computing infrastructure, and actively explore new technologies, new industries, new formats and new models. At the same time, we will strengthen the layout of the national integrated big data center, increase support around planning, network, energy use, etc., support the construction of the "East Number West Calculation" project, and promote the construction of various hub nodes to take effect as soon as possible.
Meng Wei said that in order to dig deep into the value of digital elements and expand the space for the development of the digital economy, the National Development and Reform Commission is taking the lead in formulating the basic system document of data elements.
The establishment of the "Virtual Reality and Meta-universe Industry Alliance" was launched
Led by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, together with nearly 70 ecological partners such as Huawei, Baidu, BOE, SenseTime, and telecom operators, the Virtual Reality and Meta-Universe Industry Alliance was formed on the basis of the framework of the Virtual Reality Industry Promotion Association. Next, the Alliance will organize multi-perspective and multi-theme discussions and exchanges, carry out systematic research on technologies, industries, standards, applications and other technologies in meta-universe-related fields, encourage members to cooperate in the above key areas, and rely on the "Meta-universe White Paper 2022" released by the Chinese Academy of Information and Communications Technology to consolidate industrial consensus and promote the healthy and orderly development of ecology.
Shenzhen Longhua District intends to purchase the meta-universe virtual digital human project
Shenzhen Longhua District Government Service Data Management Bureau released the "Shenzhen Longhua District Government Service Data Management Bureau Meta-universe Virtual Digital Person Project Intention Disclosure", the project content includes: in-depth adaptation to Longhua characteristics, planning longhua District "meta-universe" idol personality, world view, etc., character 3D modeling, motion capture, post-production, and create three short videos, supporting the operation and publicity of major communication platforms, to create a logo, popular Longhua "meta-universe" idol.
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