
Agricultural Bank of China
No. 69 Jianguomen Nei Avenue, Beijing, Dongcheng District, 100005, China
Overview
The predecessor of Agricultural Bank of China is Agricultural Cooperative Bank established in 1951. Since the late 1970s, the Bank has evolved from a state-owned specialized bank to a wholly state-owned commercial bank and subsequently a state-controlled commercial bank. The Bank was restructured into a joint stock limited liability company in January 2009. The Bank was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, respectively in July 2010, which marked the completion of their transformation into a public shareholding commercial bank. Being one of the major integrated financial service providers in China, the Bank is committed to catering to the needs of Sannong and capitalizing on the synergy between the Urban Areas and the County Areas. The Bank strives to expand into the international market and provides diversified services so as to become a first class modern commercial bank. Capitalizing on the comprehensive business portfolio, extensive distribution network and advanced IT platform, the Bank provides various corporate and retail banking products and services for a broad range of customers and carries out treasury operations for their own accounts or on behalf of customers. Their business scope includes, among others, investment banking, fund management, financial leasing and life insurance. At the end of 2012, the Bank had total assets of RMB13,244,342 million, deposits of RMB10,862,935 million and loans of RMB6,433,399 million. Their capital adequacy ratio and non-performing loan ratio were 12.61% and 1.33%, respectively. The Bank achieved a net profit of RMB145,131 million in 2012.
- Total investments
- 5
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 3
- Active investors
- 5
Sector focus
- Banking
- Finance
- Financial Services
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Hongqing Technology
Participated · Equity · Jul 2026
Hongqing Technology describes itself as an integrated satellite constellation solution provider offering systematic full-chain services for low-Earth orbit projects. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Beijing E-Town’s aerospace district, the company produces flat-panel stackable satellites and operates a Shanghai testing and development base and an Xiong’an intelligent satellite manufacturing base. It has in-house subsystems such as the Jinwu-200 krypton Hall thruster and has flown test satellites on Landspace rockets. Hongqing filed the Honghu-3 constellation with the ITU in May 2024, proposing 10,000 satellites across 160 planes, and aims to produce between 100–500 satellites annually by 2026. The company is majority-owned by Landspace and, following the latest financing, has raised over ¥2.5 billion to date to support operations, R&D and team expansion.
- Windrose Technology
Participated · Series C · Feb 2026
Founded in 2022, Windrose Technology focuses on “zero-carbon long-haul smart transportation” by producing large electric trucks such as its flagship Global E700, which carries a 700 kWh battery enabling a 670 km range at 49-ton gross weight and supports megawatt-level fast charging that adds 400 km in 35 minutes. The company has already obtained vehicle certifications in China, the United States, and Europe, and has begun large-scale deliveries to key Chinese customers while targeting major roll-outs in Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific by 2026. Its customer list includes Decathlon, Rémy Cointreau, Nestlé, and Kühne + Nagel, among others. Windrose operates a global headquarters in Antwerp, Belgium and is building assembly facilities in Belgium, France, and the United States, complemented by renewable-energy-powered charging infrastructure. A second-generation truck with an 800 km+ range is under development to extend the firm’s technological lead. Although current revenue figures were not disclosed, the company notes successful endurance tests in harsh environments ranging from the Chilean Andes to Australian grades and U.S. comparative trials against Tesla and Volvo trucks. Management is also considering future public listings in the U.S. and Europe.
- SpacemiT
Participated · Series B · Jan 2026
Founded in November 2021, Hangzhou-based SpacemiT develops next-generation high-performance CPUs built on the open-standard RISC-V instruction set. Its chips are tailored for edge artificial intelligence workloads, enabling real-time processing on devices ranging from smart home products and smartphones to industrial sensors and autonomous robots. The company’s inaugural octa-core 64-bit RISC-V AI chip, the K1, launched in 2024 and has already shipped more than 150,000 units for open-source hardware, AI devices, and robotics applications. SpacemiT is currently preparing to mass-produce its second-generation K3 chip in April after completing tape-out last year. The firm provides integrated hardware-software optimization solutions that support large language model development and seeks to drive broader adoption of RISC-V within China’s growing AI ecosystem. Proceeds from its latest funding are earmarked for boosting the computing power of upcoming chips and expanding its engineering talent pool to capitalize on the surge in edge AI demand.
- WM Motor
Participated · Debt Financing · Feb 2021
WM Motor designs and manufactures mainstream smart electric vehicles and operates two fully self-owned, highly automated factories to integrate R&D and production. The company has delivered over 80,000 vehicles to date and reported total vehicle deliveries of 34,068 units from January to October 2021. Its product line includes the W6—claimed as the world’s first mass-produced vehicle with L4 autonomous driving and Automated Valet Parking—and the M7 sedan, with mass production and delivery of the M7 expected to commence in 2022. WM Motor plans to use new funding to accelerate development of autonomous driving and other smart technologies, expand sales and service channels nationwide, and ramp production and deliveries. Management said the business showed resilience amid the global chip shortage and expects to boost sales next year with investor and partner support. WM Motor is a dominant player in China’s mainstream electric vehicle market, producing smart EVs that emphasize advanced smart cockpits and an integrated electric powertrain system. Its lineup includes the W6 SUV, launched in April 2021, which the company says is the first smart BEV equipped with L4 Automated Valet Parking (AVP); a new sedan was scheduled for launch in mid-October 2021. WM Motor operates two fully self-owned, highly automated factories and integrates in-house R&D and manufacturing to support vehicle safety and reliability. The company has delivered over 70,000 vehicles cumulatively and sold 29,043 vehicles from January to September 2021, exceeding its full-year 2020 sales. Despite industry chip shortages, WM Motor secured its supply chain, continued deliveries, and reported a positive cash gross profit. The company is focused on expanding sales and service channels and further developing autonomous driving and other smart technologies to enhance the user experience. WM Motor is a Shanghai-based electric-vehicle startup founded in 2015 that builds and sells the EX5 electric SUV. The company has delivered more than 41,000 EX5 units to date. WM Motor secured an 11.5 billion yuan (≈$1.8 billion) line of credit from local banks to support its near-term growth. The funding includes a first tranche of 3.5 billion yuan and comes from 11 lenders. WM Motor said it will use the funds to invest in product innovation, technology development, intelligent manufacturing, channel expansion and digital marketing. The company is moving closer to a planned public listing on Shanghai’s Star board. WM Motor is a Shanghai-based company that develops electric vehicles. On Tuesday it announced the completion of a Series D financing round. The round totalled ¥10 billion (about $1.47 billion). The deal is described as the largest financing to date for a Chinese electric-vehicles developer. The article does not provide details on investors, operating metrics, or future plans. WM Motor is a Chinese electric-vehicle maker that began selling the EX5 electric SUV in China in spring 2018. The EX5 is offered with three battery variants for ranges of about 300, 400, or 460 kilometres and is powered by a motor rated at 160 kW and 315 Nm torque. The company says it plans to launch about one electric vehicle per year under the Weltmeister/WeiMa label and will upgrade its technology, products, new retail modes and intelligent manufacturing in 2019. WM Motor has a cooperation with BorgWarner providing electric drive technologies including the eDM module that drives the EX5. Founder, chairman and CEO Freeman Shen is cited discussing the firm’s product and technology plans. Financially, the company has raised capital for manufacture and R&D and is directing fresh funds primarily into research and development and intelligent-vehicle efforts with partners.
- Royole Corporation
Participated · Debt Financing · Sep 2017
Founded in 2012 and based in Shanghai, Royole develops flexible-display and flexible-sensor technologies and has commercialized both hardware and licensing. Its most visible recent product is the FlexPai foldable smartphone, slated for a December release and priced around $1,300 USD. Tech reviewers confirmed the device functions as a folding phone, though they noted the display material shows crinkles, has lower clarity, and the handset is relatively chunky when folded. Royole emphasizes being first to market with a working foldable screen, beating larger competitors like Samsung to shipable hardware. Beyond consumer phones, the company sells licenses for industrial applications such as automotive and media and says it has already sold many licenses. Royole also launched a $30 million developer program to spur content and apps for the new form factor. Royole manufactures next-generation human-machine interface technologies and products, including advanced flexible full-color AMOLED displays, novel transparent flexible sensors, and smart devices such as the Moon 3D mobile theater. Its thin full-color AMOLED flexible display measures about 0.01mm thick with a 1mm bending radius. The company says it has filed more than 1,200 core technology intellectual property rights over the past five years. Since 2015 it has been developing a $1.7B international flexible display campus in Shenzhen with an annual production capacity expected to exceed 50 million flexible display units. Royole intends to use the newly raised funds to invest in R&D, production, and sales. The firm was co-founded in 2012 by three Stanford and Tsinghua engineering graduates including CEO Dr. Bill Liu and is based in Fremont, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Royole Corporation designs and manufactures advanced flexible displays, flexible sensors, and smart devices using proprietary flexible electronics technologies. Led by Founder and CEO Dr. Bill Liu, the company also provides IP licenses, services, and solutions for display and flexible-electronics applications. Royole has amassed over 500 issued and pending patents and related know‑how across materials, processes, devices, circuits, software, and product design. The company operates offices in Fremont, California, Hong Kong, and Shenzhen, China. It intends to use the new funding for research and development, production, sales, and other fields to advance its product and commercial efforts.