# Changan Automobile

> Changan Automobile is a VC fund backing Automotive and Autonomous Vehicles. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jiangbei, China
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/%E9%95%BF%E5%AE%89%E6%B1%BD%E8%BD%A6/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/globalchangan
- Website: http://www.globalchangan.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/globalchangan

Changan Automobile is a VC fund in Jiangbei focused on Automotive and Autonomous Vehicles. Changan Automobile is among Top 4 Chinese automobile groups. With a history of 156 years, Changan Automobile has 34 years’ experience in auto-making. Changan has 16 production bases and 35 vehicle and engine plants globally, and 10 key overseas markets. In 2014, total production and sales of Changan-branded vehicles exceeded 10 million.Changan's production and sales volume in 2016 hit 3,000,000 units. By Jun of 2018, Changan-branded vehicle users have exceeded 16.7 million. Changan was selected into “CCTV National Brand Program” twice, as the leader of Chinese automotive brands.Changan Automobile is committed to building world-class R&D capability. For 5 sessions in the past 10 years, Changan has been NO.1 in R&D capability in China’s automotive industry. Changan has over 11,000 R&D personnel from 17 countries, nearly 500 are senior experts, 14 experts are elected into China’s Recruitment Program of Global Experts. We have built a globally collaborative R&D network with various priorities, connecting the R&D centers in Chongqing, Shanghai, and Beijing of China, Turin of Italy, Yokohama of Japan, Nottingham of UK and Detroit and Silicon Valley of USA. To ensure all products meet customers' demand for driving for 10 years and 260,000 kilometers, Changan has established a product development system and test validation system.Changan Automobile has launched a series of classic products including RAETON series, CS series, EADO series, Alsvin series, Honor, Oushang, CX70. With “hi-tech and trendy, efficient and clean, safe and smart” guiding product design, Changan has been vigorously developing new energy vehicles and intelligent vehicles.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $377M–$1.4B |
| Series B | $43M–$425M |
| Series C | $874M–$1.5B |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Automotive | 4 | 40% |
| Autonomous Vehicles | 2 | 20% |
| Sales | 1 | 10% |
| Energy | 1 | 10% |
| Battery | 1 | 10% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 30% |
| Series A | 2 | 20% |
| Series C | 2 | 20% |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 20% |
| Series D | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Ko | Chief Software Engineer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-ko-1c5a |
| Li Hongzhang | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/li-hongzhang |
| Lloyd Gencay | Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer & Purchasing Chief Expert | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lloyd-gencay |
| Matthew Jones | Chief Engineer Advanced Quality | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-jones-1db3 |
| Sidney Levy | Senior Director Design and Innovation | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sidney-levy-3bb8 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DeepBlue Auto | DeepBlue Auto is new energy vehicle brand. | $873.5M | Series C | Dec 25, 2025 |  |
| Avatr | Avatr operates as an electric vehicle brand. | $1.5B | Series C | Dec 17, 2024 |  |
| Chenzhi Technology | Chenzhi Technology focuses on the research and development of automotive intelligent wire-controlled chassis systems. | $77.7M | Corporate Round | Oct 10, 2024 |  |
| Tailan New Energy | Tailan New Energy is co-founded by lithium battery R&D experts introduced by the national high-level overseas talent project and a senior domestic industrialization team, focusing on the technological development and industrialization of new solid-state lithium batteries and key lithium battery materials. |  | Series B | Aug 26, 2024 |  |
| Avatr | Avatr operates as an electric vehicle brand. | $425.2M | Series B | Aug 30, 2023 |  |
| Indiemicro | Indie microelectronics combines R&D, testing, platform development, application development, technical support, and sales centers. Sales and technical support centers have been established in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Taipei with a focus on supporting semiconductor products for Great China customers. | $43M | Series B | Dec 12, 2022 |  |
| Avatr | Avatr operates as an electric vehicle brand. | $377.3M | Series A | Aug 03, 2022 |  |
| Zongmu | ZongMu Technology was founded in January 2013. Headquartered in Pudong ZhangJiang high-tech park of Shanghai, ZongMu has RD centers in Beijing and ShenZhen respectively. Through its innovative solution and excellent service to the local market, ZongMu has shipped multiple SurroundView ADAS (Advanced Driving Assistance System) in main stream OEMautomotive markets, becoming the leading SurroundView ADAS solution vendor for China domestic market and formed strategic partnership with multiple OEM car makers and their tier1 suppliers. | $190M | Series D | Jun 03, 2021 |  |
| T3 Mobile Travel Services | T3 Mobile Travel Services offers car-sharing services powered by renewable energy.T3 is purely market-driven, with a mission to build what it calls a “smart mobility ecosystem” by combining the data capability of its technology partners with the manufacturing know-how of its automakers. | $1.4B | Series A | Mar 28, 2019 |  |
| DS Automobiles | DS Automobiles engages in the sales and service business of the automotive. | $510.3M | Corporate Round | Jan 12, 2018 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bank of Communications](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bank-of-communications) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Chongqing Yufu Holding Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chongqing-yufu-holding-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dongfeng Motor Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dongfeng-motor-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Southern Industrial Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/southern-industrial-asset-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alibaba Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alibaba) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bocom Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bocom-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Changan Automobile invest in?

Changan Automobile invests primarily in Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles and Sales startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Changan Automobile's check size?

Changan Automobile typically joins rounds of $377M–$1.4B at Series A, $43M–$425M at Series B and $874M–$1.5B at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Changan Automobile participates in.

### How do I contact Changan Automobile?

Public channels for Changan Automobile include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Changan Automobile?

The team at Changan Automobile includes David Ko (Chief Software Engineer), Li Hongzhang (Founder) and Lloyd Gencay (Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officer & Purchasing Chief Expert). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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