This October sensor industry financing monthly report, including charts, company financing amounts, financing rounds and investors and other types of information. We hope to provide valuable information and content for those who are interested in the development of the sensor industry.
Edit: Perceptual Core Vision
According to incomplete statistics from the editorial department of Perception Core Vision, a total of 22 sensing industry chain related enterprises were accepted for financing/listing/listing applications in October.
The following is the monthly report chart of the sensor industry financing in October 2022 (in no particular order, clickable to enlarge, incomplete statistics):
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The MEMS industry listed corps has added new recruits
The IPO raised 6 billion yuan
| Goertek Microelectronics IPO today, raising 3.191 billion yuan
On October 19, Goertek Microelectronics Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Goertek") passed the deliberation meeting of the GEM Listing Committee of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and the MEMS industry listing corps is about to add new recruits.
Founded in October 2017 and registered in Laoshan District, Qingdao, Goertek is a semiconductor company focusing on the research and development, production and sales of MEMS devices and microsystem modules, the main products include MEMS sensors and microsystem modules, which are widely used in consumer electronics fields such as smart phones, smart wireless headsets, tablet computers, smart wearable devices and smart homes, as well as automotive electronics and other fields.
| Gaohua Technology Innovation Board IPO inquiry! 90% of revenue comes from high-reliability sensors
On October 19, Nanjing Gaohua Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Gaohua Technology) updated its IPO on the Science and Technology Innovation Board, replying to the earlier questions raised by the Shanghai Stock Exchange about the company, such as the advanced products and technologies, and the difficulty of research and development of high-reliability sensors.
In 2000, Li Weiping, Shan Lei and Yu Dequn co-founded Gaohua Technology, focusing on the research and development, design, production and sales of sensors, mainly developing pressure, acceleration, temperature and humidity, displacement and other sensors and sensor network systems. In this IPO, Gaohua Technology publicly issued no more than 333.2 million new shares, raising 634 million yuan.
| Canrui Technology went public, and magnetic sensor chips have entered the vehicle supply chain
On October 18, Shanghai Canrui Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Canrui Technology) was listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board, with an issue price of 112.69 yuan per share, issuing 19.2768 million shares, raising a total of 2.172 billion yuan, 622 million yuan more than the original plan.
Founded in 2005, Canrui Technology started as a smart sensor chip and has 17 years of sensor technology accumulation. In addition to home, mobile phone and security fields, Canrui Technology's switching magnetic sensor chips have entered the vehicle supply chain and are expected to become a new profit growth point.
02Hot track: a total of 11 sensing technology companies have been financed and 4 have raised 100 million yuan
According to the incomplete combing of the perception core vision, among the financing enterprises in the sensing industry in October, there were 11 innovative companies focusing on sensor technology and products.
From the perspective of financing 100 million yuan enterprises, in addition to 2 undisclosed enterprises, 4 of them have raised 100 million yuan, namely Anzhijie, Yirui Semiconductor, Supercrystal Technology, and Hanguang Microna.
From the perspective of the establishment time of the enterprise, there are 6 sensor companies that have been established for about 3 years, accounting for more than half of the total financing enterprises of sensor companies.
From the perspective of financing rounds, only Yizhiliangxin, which is committed to the research and development and production of MEMS gas flow meters, is in the angel round. The enterprises in the scope of the A round of financing include 4 enterprises: Ben Technology, Zhongke Integration, Shenglang Microelectronics, and Qingyan Zhixing. The enterprises in the B round range of financing include 2 enterprises: Xiantu Intelligent and Hanguang Micro-nano. The enterprises in the C round range of financing include Anzhijie, Guangzi Technology, Yirui Semiconductor and Chaojing Technology.
It is worth mentioning that this month, the financing of 3D visual sensing track enterprises is very popular, with a total of 4 companies financing tens of millions to more than 100 million yuan. The capital market is very optimistic about its future development prospects.
The details of this monthly report focus on financing companies in the field of sensor technology, which are summarized as follows:
| Robot "hand-eye" product providers such as this technology completed tens of millions of yuan
On October 14, Ruben Technology received tens of millions of yuan in Series A+ financing. Ruben Technology is committed to the research and development of cutting-edge robot motion planning technology and 3D vision sensor products and standard solutions. The company's core hand-eye expert team has more than ten years of R&D accumulation and practical experience in the field. At present, the company has launched hand-eye products and hand-eye standard solutions, and has reached cooperative relationships with a number of integrators and equipment vendors.
| Zhongke Fusion has received tens of millions of A+ round investment to develop MEMS micromirrors and intelligent SoC chips
On October 8, China Science and Technology Fusion obtained tens of millions of A+ round financing. Zhongke Fusion is a 3D visual SOC and MEMS chip module developer, which opens up the full-perception intelligent technology chain from the underlying core manufacturing process and drive control technology of MEMS to the top-level core architecture and deep learning algorithms. Founded in 2018 and incubated in the Suzhou Institute of Nanotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Science and Technology Fusion enters the 3D imaging market with MEMS structured light 3D perception modules to provide 3D vision sensor solutions.
| An Zhijie completed a series C financing of more than 100 million yuan, focusing on millimeter-wave radar and visual fusion sensing
On October 10, An Zhijie raised more than 100 million yuan in Series C financing. Anzhijie is a sensor product developer, committed to the development and application of millimeter-wave radar sensor products, as well as the integration of vision sensors and multi-sensor products, so that they are widely used in intelligent cars, intelligent transportation, intelligent security and drones and other fields.
| Shenglang Microelectronics completed tens of millions of yuan of pre-A round financing
On October 20, Shenglang Microelectronics completed a pre-A round of financing of tens of millions of yuan. This round of financing will be used for talent introduction and commercialization of a variety of sensor chips, while further advancing the company's research and development of high-performance analog chip products. Shenglang Microelectronics is a high-performance analog and mixed-signal chip designer, committed to becoming a designer of analog and mixed-signal chips and a provider of high-end sensor solutions.
| Yizhiliang received angel round financing to focus on the research and development of MEMS gas flow meters
On October 24, Yizhiliangxin obtained an angel round of financing, led by Loucheng Guofa Fund, a subsidiary of Guofa Venture Capital. Yizhiliang is a MEMS gas flow meter R & D manufacturer, engaged in the research and development and industrialization of smart gas measurement core devices and products, providing users with MEMS gas measurement core technology and intelligent IoT product solutions.
| Guangzi Technology received tens of millions of C1 round investment to develop high-performance optical communication and optical sensing chips
On October 10, Guangheng Technology completed a series of A+ financing of more than 50 million yuan. Focusing on intelligent manufacturing, Guangheng Technology is committed to building the core hardware platform of optical inspection system to provide customers with high-precision real-time laser detection solutions for national production. The company has established Guangdong Province Fiber Laser Detection and 3D Imaging Engineering Technology Research Center.
| Focusing on the R&D and production of sensing and control ICs, Yirui Semiconductor completed a series C financing of 150 million yuan
On October 28, Cosemi completed a series C financing of RMB 150 million. It is understood that this round of financing funds will be mainly used for capacity expansion, talent introduction and research and development investment. Founded in July 2014, Cosemi focuses on the R&D and production of sensing and control ICs. Since its establishment, the cumulative shipment of various products of the company has exceeded 600 million, covering hundreds of customers at home and abroad, covering automotive, industrial, home appliances, medical and communications markets.
| Supercrystal Technology completed a new round of financing of nearly 100 million yuan, committed to the industrialization of high-end infrared detectors
On October 19, Supercrystal Technology obtained strategic financing. Supercrystal Technology is a manufacturer of compound semiconductor materials and optoelectronic devices, focusing on providing users with independent development of high-performance compound semiconductor materials and semiconductor optoelectronic devices, with IDM-style chip production lines from material design, material epitaxy, chip manufacturing, device packaging to component testing.
| Qingyan Zhixing received tens of millions of yuan in Series A financing
On October 27, Qingyan Zhixing (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. announced the completion of tens of millions of yuan in Series A financing, led by TusStar. This round of funds will be mainly used for investment in the research and development of new generation products and rapid expansion of the team. Founded in 2020, Qingyan Zhixing focuses on the three major businesses of UWB digital key, UWB cockpit radar and UWB parking and navigation, and is positioned as a first-tier supplier of automotive electronic parts.
| Fairway completed the B3 round of strategic financing
On October 10, Fairway Intelligent received B3 round of strategic investment from SenseTime Guoxiang Capital and other institutions. Xiantu Intelligent is a developer of unmanned autonomous driving technology, independently developed road-based radar system, closed road automatic driving system and security system, through computer vision, machine learning and other technologies to assist car owners to complete services including lane departure warning, forward collision warning, pedestrian detection, vehicle distance monitoring, blind spot monitoring and fatigue warning.
| Hanguang Micronano received 100 million yuan in Series B+ financing to accelerate the industrialization of microfluidics in China
On October 14, Hanguang Microna completed the B+ round of financing of 100 million yuan. Hanguang Micro Nano focuses on the research and development and product manufacturing of microfluidics and biochips, is an innovator in microfluidics and micro-nano manufacturing, and is an industry-leading supplier of medical diagnostic microfluidic solutions, including thousand-level R&D laboratories, 10,000-level micro-injection molding production workshops and GMP-compliant immunological, biochemical and molecular diagnostic chip production workshops.
03 Hot track: 4 software companies such as EDA received high financing
Although the EDA industry accounts for a small proportion of the entire integrated circuit industry market size, it supports and affects the integrated circuit industry with a scale of about 10 billion US dollars. Benefiting from the technological iteration of advanced processes and the demand of many downstream fields, the global EDA market has shown a steady growth trend, and the industry has continued to boom. According to statistics, the global EDA market has continued to grow from US$6.536 billion in 2012 to US$13.275 billion in 2021, with a compound annual growth rate of 8.2%. Details of this month's financing are as follows:
| Pinwei Intelligent completed tens of millions of yuan in pre-A round financing
On October 13, Pinwei Intelligent completed a pre-A round of financing of tens of millions of yuan. Pinwei Intelligent is a factory intelligent solution provider, focusing on factory intelligent solutions in semiconductor, PCB, LED, photovoltaic cells and other electronic fields, mainly through automation software, intelligent process management software to improve the intelligent manufacturing capabilities of pan-semiconductor and PCB and other electronic industry factories.
| Testo Technology completed tens of millions of yuan in Series A financing
On October 21, Testu Technology completed a series A financing of tens of millions of yuan, which was exclusively invested by SDIC Ventures.
Testo Technology focuses on the development of back-end domestic EDA software, and is committed to solving the electromagnetic compatibility and signal integrity problems caused by the increase in the operating frequency of integrated circuits in the post-Moore era, as well as new physical problems brought about by chip process and material innovation, such as power integrity and thermal stability.
| Uplift Software received hundreds of millions of yuan in Series D financing
On October 25, Uplift Software obtained hundreds of millions of yuan in Series D financing. Uplift Software is a professional software company that provides overall solutions for semiconductor, photovoltaic and LED high-tech manufacturing industries, including manufacturing execution system (MES), statistical process control system (SPC), equipment automation scheme (EAP), formula management system (RMS), data analysis system (EDA), fault detection classification (FDC) and manufacturing data platform (MDM) and other products, services and technical consulting.
| Rikan Xinji completed tens of millions of yuan of early financing
On October 26, Rikan Xinji completed two rounds of early financing of tens of millions of yuan. Rikan focuses on the field of electronic design automation (EDA) in the field of integrated circuits, aiming to create a domestic independent EDA digital signoff full-process and full-chip optimization system for integrated circuit design.
04 Hot track: equipment and materials 4 companies received financing up to hundreds of millions of yuan
As the upstream industry of the semiconductor industry chain, semiconductor materials and equipment belong to the supporting industry of chip manufacturing and packaging and testing, so they are often called the "shovel sellers" of the entire industry, and are the real gold panning field. Details of financing in both areas this month are as follows:
| Xinrui Technology completed a series A financing of 100 million yuan
On October 9, Xinrui Technology completed a round of financing of 100 million yuan. Xinrui Technology is a semiconductor equipment R & D company, its independent research and development, production of semiconductor special equipment, and agent sales of domestic and foreign semiconductor manufacturing equipment, while providing second-hand equipment upgrading, disassembly and assembly machines and consumables trading services.
| Shiyu Precision completed hundreds of millions of yuan of strategic equity financing
On October 15, Shiyu Precision completed a strategic equity financing of hundreds of millions of yuan. Shiyu Precision is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the research and development and manufacturing of semiconductor automation equipment. Its main products include ball planting equipment, chip appearance inspection and sorting machine, precision chip placement machine, laser marking machine, substrate conveying equipment, AGV+Robot automation system, customized various automation systems, etc.
| Flutter Quantum completed tens of millions of yuan in pre-A round financing
On October 27, Plang Quantum completed tens of millions of yuan of pre-A round of financing, Plover Quantum is a semiconductor nano new material technology service provider, committed to the research and development, production and sales of semiconductor quantum dot luminescent materials, new quantum dot displays and semiconductor thin film process equipment, which can be widely used in optoelectronics, microelectronics, new displays, third-generation semiconductors, sensors, life science, material science and other fields.
| Di Dao Microelectronics completed tens of millions of yuan in Series A financing
On October 12, Di Dao Microelectronics completed tens of millions of yuan of Series A financing. This round of funds will be used for product research and development, promotion, supplementary operating funds, etc. It is understood that Di Dao Microelectronics is a photoresist and supporting material provider. Di Dao Microelectronics products focus on the field of semiconductor and flat panel display lithography processes, mainly including semiconductor cleaning agents, flat panel display photoresists and semiconductor photoresists (i, g, KrF, ArF).