DeepSeek's second funding round details revealed: raised 105.5 billion yuan, with nearly 30 institutions including Tencent and ChangXin Memory Technologies participating
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According to The Information, DeepSeek's second funding round has raised 105.5 billion yuan (approximately 15.8 billion US dollars), attracting nearly 30 investors, with state-owned capital contributing about 27%, a sharp increase from 2% in the first round. Tencent invested 10 billion yuan in each of the two rounds; CATL and its chairman Zeng Yuqun invested 5 billion yuan and 10 billion yuan in the two rounds respectively; and industrial parties such as ChangXin Memory Technologies, SMIC, vivo, Meituan, Geely, Midea, Luxshare Precision, Trip.com, and Xiaohongshu are also among the investors. The report, citing people familiar with the matter, said that rising prices for Nvidia's high-end chips and concerns about an AI bubble were the reasons DeepSeek doubled the size of its fundraising midway.
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10月30日,据The Information报道,DeepSeek第二轮融资的具体细节曝光。本轮融资已筹集1055亿元人民币(约合158亿美元),吸引近30家投资者参与,其中国资出资占比约27%,较首轮融资的2%大幅提升。
从投资方来看,腾讯控股(00700.HK)、宁德时代(300750.SZ)仍是两大主要投资方。腾讯在两轮融资中均出资100亿元,宁德时代及其董事长曾毓群两轮分别出资50亿元和100亿元。其他产业投资者还包括长鑫存储、中芯国际(688981.SH)、vivo、美团-WR(83690.HK)、吉利汽车(00175.HK)、美的集团(000333.SZ)、立讯精密(002475.SZ)、携程(TCOM.US)和小红书等,部分企业单家投资金额在10亿至30亿元之间。
财闻就投资相关问题询问腾讯方面,截至发稿,暂未获得回应。
国资方面,中国国家人工智能产业投资基金本轮再次出资10亿元,与首轮金额相同。中国移动(600941.SH)、中国电信(601728.SH)、中金公司(601995.SH)、中信证券(600030.SH)和中国人寿(601628.SH)等机构也参与投资,单家出资金额在20亿至80亿元之间。据The Information披露,国有投资者本轮出资占比约27%,两轮融资累计占比约19%。
此外,VC机构也参与其中。北京砺思资本(Monolith Management)两轮分别投资30亿元和75亿元,IDG资本两轮累计投资65亿元,博裕资本在第二轮投资35亿元。
从两轮融资累计金额来看,科技企业贡献约42%,国有投资者占比约19%,风险投资和私募股权机构位列其后。
对于融资规模扩大,The Information援引知情人士称,英伟达(NVDA.US)高端芯片价格持续上涨,以及对AI产业泡沫的担忧,是DeepSeek中途将募资规模扩大一倍的原因。
值得注意的是,DeepSeek首轮融资采用了特殊的投资安排。除国家人工智能产业投资基金外,其他投资者均需将资金投入梁文锋持有的实体,放弃投票权,并承诺锁定股份五年,除非DeepSeek提前上市。
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