# HOPU-Arm Innovation Fund

> HOPU-Arm Innovation Fund is a VC fund in London backing SaaS, Analytics and Automotive. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2020
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hopu-arm-innovation-fund

HOPU-Arm Innovation Fund is an investment firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Analytics | 1 | 33% |
| Automotive | 1 | 33% |
| Car Sharing | 1 | 33% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 1 | 33% |
| Series D | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 1 | 33% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Idriverplus | IDRIVERPLUS, founded in 2015, is deeply involved in developing a “brain” that allows vehicles to be self-driving. It is one of the few Chinese domestic companies providing multi-functional solutions for autonomous driving systems. The company’s team of professional talents continues to advance technologies related to OEMs, electronics, theInternet, artificial intelligence, and manufacturing. The company’s cumulative test mileage for autonomous driving vehicles exceeds 400,000 km. IDRIVERPLUS is one of the first enterprises to mass-product and commercialize the autonomous driving vehicles, and it stays at the forefront of the industry. |  | Series C | May 27, 2020 | http://www.idriverplus.com/ |
| Appier | Appier is a technology company providing an AI-powered platform to brands and retailers to help increase customer engagement. The company makes it easy for businesses to use artificial intelligence to grow and succeed in a cross-screen era. It also offers a platform that facilitates real-time bidding and programmatic media buying, artificialintelligence, data, and cross-screen targeting solutions. They also provide deep learning to help publishers and brands discover new audiences for their products. Its products help retailers retain customers and advertisers understand and capitalize on consumer tendencies, predicting user behavior using its AI platform. Using a technology known as automated machine learning, which enables clients to better target users without the hassle of hiring specialized AI engineers. | $80M | Series D | Nov 26, 2019 | http://appier.com |

2 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Insignia Ventures Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insignia-ventures-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [JAFCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jafco-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pavilion Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pavilion-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pavilion Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pavilion-capital-57b7) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Temasek](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/temasek) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- TGVest Capital — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does HOPU-Arm Innovation Fund invest in?

HOPU-Arm Innovation Fund invests primarily in SaaS, Analytics and Automotive startups, most often at Series C and Series D stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did HOPU-Arm Innovation Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for HOPU-Arm Innovation Fund closed in May 2020. Shizune tracks 3 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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