惠尔智能 develops integrated autonomous driving software and hardware and offers one-stop solutions for autonomous sweeping vehicles, autonomous logistics delivery vehicles, and autonomous passenger cars. The company recently completed a new financing round. According to the article, the new investors come from an overseas well-known industrial listed company. Proceeds from the financing are earmarked for technology innovation, team expansion, and promotion of its overseas strategy. The article does not disclose financing amount, instrument type, revenue, users, or other operating metrics. No founding year, location, or past-round details are provided in the article. Whale Dynamic is developing Nuro-like driverless delivery vans that omit the steering wheel and driver’s seat. Founded in 2018 and based in Shenzhen, it contracts a Chinese manufacturer to produce its vehicles, which are priced at around $20,000 each. The company employs about 30 people and plans to expand its team following a recent seed financing. Whale Dynamic aims to test its first prototype in some Chinese cities in May and intends to target U.S. express delivery services and supermarkets, with an eventual plan to base the firm in the U.S. Its business model is to sell ready-to-use vehicles and provide software-as-a-service while leaving operations to clients, which the company says should limit sensitive data collection. For U.S. expansion the firm emphasizes security compliance by planning to use U.S. cloud services and keeping its China team focused on hardware; key suppliers include Ouster, Innoviz, Nvidia and Intel.

Total raised

$3M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Mar 2022