# Ecovacs

> Ecovacs is a VC fund in Suzhou backing Robotics, Manufacturing and Industrial Automation. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Suzhou, China
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ecovacs-robotics-inc-
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/EcovacsRobotics
- Website: http://www.ecovacs.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/ecovacs.global

Ecovacs is a VC fund in Suzhou focused on Robotics and Manufacturing. At ECOVACS ROBOTICS, they care about innovating solutions to enhance your lifestyle. Based on deep understanding of use cases and consumer experiences, they design robots that help you to “live smart, enjoy life”.With over 20 years of design and industry-leading research, they have led the market as homes become more intelligent and responsive.They are building a world where your home asks less of your attention, becomes more seamless and powerful, and frees you to spend more time doing what you love.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.4M–$21M |
| Series B | $14M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 8 | 53% |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 33% |
| Industrial Automation | 4 | 27% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 20% |
| Computer | 2 | 13% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 8 | 53% |
| Series B | 3 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 13% |
| Angel | 1 | 7% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 12 | 80% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zhicheng Power | Zhicheng Power is a fully automatic life service provider that specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of household intelligence robots and other smart equipment, offering one-stop fully automatic life service solutions to all consumer families. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 16, 2025 |  |
| Inspire-Robots | Inspire-Robots provides robot core components as well as intelligent operation solutions. They specialize in the research and development, production, and sales of micro linear actuators and EOAT, which include robotics, biomedical automation, industrial automation, education, scientific research, and other fields. | $14.3M | Series B | Sep 29, 2024 |  |
| Realman | Realman manufactures ultra-lightweight humanoid robotic arms and  developed flexible, humanoid, extremely cost-effective, safe and efficient, and low-threshold robotic arm devices. To ensure that the robotic arm is closer to the usage circumstances of common people, |  | Series A | May 15, 2023 |  |
| LenzTech | LenzTech is a leader of image recognition technology in the consumer goods and retail industry with the biggest crowdsourcing platform. | $19.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 19, 2022 |  |
| YiChao YiLiao | YiChao YiLiao is a developer of minimal invasive surgical instruments. |  | Series A | Feb 01, 2021 |  |
| SEER Robotics | Shanghai Seer Intelligent Technology is a firm that provides a product portfolio for integrators, mobile robots, and digital software. | $9.7M | Secondary Market | Sep 16, 2020 |  |
| SEER Robotics | Shanghai Seer Intelligent Technology is a firm that provides a product portfolio for integrators, mobile robots, and digital software. | $9.5M | Series A | Sep 16, 2020 |  |
| SynSense | SynSense is a leading-edge neuromorphic computing company. It provides dedicated mixed-signal/fully digital neuromorphic processors which overcome the limitations of legacy von Neumann computers to provide an unprecedented combination of ultra-low power consumption and low-latency performance. SynSense is founded in March 2017 based onadvances in neuromorphic computing hardware developed at the Institute of Neuroinformatics of the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich. aiCTX is developing “full-stack” custom neuromorphic processors for a variety of artificial-intelligence (AI) edge-computing applications that require ultra-low-power and ultra-low-latency features, including autonomous robots, always-on co-processors for mobile and embedded devices, wearable health-care systems, security, IoT applications, and computing at the network edge. |  | Series A | May 06, 2020 |  |
| Opnous | Opnous is a smart sensing AI technology company that focuses on innovation and develops turn-key system solutions.OPNOUS provides sensing IC & Systems including Smart ToF, 3D Imaging Processing, Illumination Driver and Visible Medical & Systems. The company provides a full set of Algorithm & Solutions for 3D Face Recognition, 3D GaitRecognition, 3D Gesture Recognition, 3D SLAM Recognition. |  | Series A | Apr 24, 2019 |  |
| Emotibot Technologies | Emotibot Technologies designs and develops emotional intelligence systems for robots.The company provides robots with multi-modal emotion recognition and machine learning platforms. The systems offer humanized conversations, vision understanding, and affective computing. The systems can be used in mobile devices, speakers, homes, automobiles,wearables, and headsets.Emotibot was founded in 2015 by Kenny Chien and is based in Shanghai. | $30M | Series B | Dec 11, 2018 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hidden Hill Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hidden-hill-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IDG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idg-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ningbo Meishan Bonded Port Area Huilidaoqin Investment Management Center](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ningbo-meishan-bonded-port-area-huilidaoqin-investment-management-center) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Yunqi Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yunqi-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Advantech Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advantech-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Archer Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archer-investment-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ecovacs invest in?

Ecovacs invests primarily in Robotics, Manufacturing and Industrial Automation startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ecovacs's check size?

Ecovacs typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$21M at Series A and $14M–$30M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ecovacs participates in.

### When did Ecovacs last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ecovacs closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 15 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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