# Ideate Investments

> Ideate Investments is a VC fund in Shanghai backing Manufacturing and Semiconductor. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 30%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ideate-investments/
- Website: http://www.ideate-investments.com/

Ideate Investments is a VC fund in Shanghai focused on Manufacturing and Semiconductor. Ideate Investments invests in founders with purpose, co-driving meaningful growth with our time & resources in post-investment enablement.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.4M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 30% |
| Semiconductor | 2 | 20% |
| B2B | 1 | 10% |
| Apps | 1 | 10% |
| Cooking | 1 | 10% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 4 | 40% |
| Series A | 3 | 30% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 20% |
| Series D | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 9 | 90% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pinpianyi | Pinpianyi is a Hangzhou-based start-up developing smart procurement platform for convenience stores, helping them minimize procurement cost and logistics cost. So far it has provided services for over 10,000 offline stores, connecting with more than 1,000 suppliers. |  | Series D | Oct 19, 2024 |  |
| Shengjisheng Semiconductor | Shengjisheng Semiconductor is committed to facilitating the localization of vital semiconductor machinery. It offers technical assistance and replacement parts associated with the production of semiconductors. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 07, 2023 |  |
| SideChef | A mobile app born from the desire to combine tech and kitchen know-how to help everyone feel more confident in the kitchen.SideChef makes cooking easier by providing step-by-step photo and video guided instructions for over 15,000 Smart Recipes. Allowing our users to always feel confident in the kitchen, even when trying something new.With over300 food blogging and 7 Smart Kitchen Technology partners our content and technology allows us to connect with users directly in their kitchens, empowering them to create recipes for every occasion and become part of their everyday cooking routine.With key features such as grocery list generation, grocery ordering through our partners AmazonFresh and JD.com, Smart Kitchen Connection and automation, Scheduling, Dietary Specifications and many more, we at SideChef believe cooking great food for ourselves and the ones we love is key to a life better lived.Proud to have been awarded Best App by Google in 2017.Founded in 2013 by Kevin Yu, and officially launched in 2014, SideChef has engaged with users in 170 countries, and has been downloaded over 900,000 times. | $6M | Series B | Mar 01, 2023 |  |
| Anhui Yufeng Intelligent Technology Co. | Anhui Yufeng Intelligent Technology Co. is a manufacturer of electric forklifts, palletizing, and stacking equipment. |  | Series B | Nov 16, 2022 |  |
| HiPhi | HiPhi is a brand platform that features vehicle selection, purchasing, usage, and aftersales services. The HiPhi range include smart all-electric vehicles with a lightweight hybrid aluminum-steel construction and sustainable vegan leathers and recyclable materials. | $22M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Lizhu Intelligent Equipment | Lizhu Intelligent is a semiconductor equipment R&D company, mainly engaged in the production, processing, manufacturing and research and development of intelligent equipment, semiconductor equipment and parts. |  | Series B | Dec 30, 2021 |  |
| InDeco China | InDeco is a one-stop Internet space solution provider that transforms the traditional decoration industry chain with Internet thinking and provides one-stop decoration services from space design, material matching, product selection to construction process control. |  | Series B | Apr 22, 2019 |  |
| Yiyong Health | Yiyong Health is a Healthcare company. | $7.1M | Series A | Aug 08, 2018 |  |
| OK Car Insurance | OK Car Insurance is a third-party service provider that helps consumers buy auto insurance online and insurers improve risk profile and generate more profits. It roots deeply in car usage scenes, connecting services such as auto insurance, traffic violation, and fueling. It also creatively developed auto insurance services for car stickers, trafficjams, and others. Its user’s loyalty and interactions are far higher than the industry's average level.The domestic initiative mobile phone IoV (Internet of Vehicles) product OKDrive SDK from the company has obtained a patent. It allows users have access to user's driving behavior data without the help of intelligent hardware, which is a leading technique for domestic mobile network.The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China. | $11.3M | Series A | Jul 14, 2016 |  |
| CloudCross.com | CloudCross.com is a digital marketing platform that develops new product systems based on the market environment. | $1.4M | Series A | May 01, 2013 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CITIC Capital Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citic-capital-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Citic Juxin](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citic-juxin) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CY Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cy-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Danen Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danen-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dinghang Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dinghang-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Electrolux](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/electrolux) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ideate Investments invest in?

Ideate Investments invests primarily in Manufacturing, Semiconductor and B2B 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 Ideate Investments's check size?

Ideate Investments typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$11M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ideate Investments participates in.

### When did Ideate Investments last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ideate Investments closed in Oct 2024. Shizune tracks 10 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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