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On January 22, 2024, Shenzhen Gecko New Energy Automobile Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Gecko Motors") announced the completion of hundreds of millions of yuan in Pre-A round of financing for Gecko Motors' R&D investment in new energy commercial vehicles. This round of financing was led by Investment Holding Donghai, followed by Shenzhen Pingshan District Industrial Capital Investment, Guohai Securities Investment, Particle Future Fund, Shuimu Chunjin Capital, Wise Fund (LP includes Mingzhi Technology, Hang Lung Group, etc.), Shenzhen Bay Angel Fund III (LP includes CIMC Vehicles, etc.).
Gecko Motors is a new energy commercial vehicle company with a digital chassis as the core. Based on the modular, digital and ecological strategic platform technology, it provides forward-developed chassis and commercial vehicle products for global automotive OEMs and automobile operators with new energy vehicle manufacturing and delivery capabilities. At the beginning of its establishment, it had a full-wire control skateboard chassis solution, and received investment and support from the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain such as CATL, Alter, Underground Railway, and J&T.
In July 2023, the company delivered China's first forward-developing smart logistics vehicle, the JMC Jinhu EV48, to the market. At present, the customers who are delivering are metro railway, cargo lala, China Post, SF Express, etc. Gecko Motors is developing a general-purpose digital chassis suitable for multiple scenarios and China's first vehicle-grade new energy commercial vehicle equipped with a skateboard chassis, which will be mass-produced and delivered in 2024. As of the closing of the Pre-A round of financing, Gecko Motors has received nearly 200,000 sales orders worldwide.