# NavInfo

> NavInfo is a VC fund in Beijing backing Automotive and Information Services. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, China
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 21%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/navinfo/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/navinfo
- Website: http://www.navinfo.com/en/aboutus/index.aspx
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/navinfo.group/

NavInfo is a VC fund in Beijing focused on Automotive and Information Services. NavInfo(Shenzhen Stock Exchange code: 002405), China Leading Digital Map, Telematics and Dynamic Traffic Information Service Provider，Geography related Business Intelligence Solutions Provider, has been consistently committed to offering professional and high-quality geographical information products and services to global customers. Over adecade’s development, NavInfo has become a large group corporation owning 8 wholly-owned companies, 6 holding companies and 5 joint stock companies. Moreover, As China’s largest digital map provider and the fourth in the world, both its products and services have been fully met the diversified requirements in such areas as automotive and consumer electronics navigation, Internet and mobile Internet, government and enterprise applications. While in the global marketplace, NavInfo’s digital map, dynamic traffic information and vehicle network service have gained widespread recognition and be well received from numerous clients home and abroad.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for NavInfo. Shizune tracks 2 team members at NavInfo. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/navinfo?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Angel | $142k–$425k |
| Series B | $7.1M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Automotive | 7 | 37% |
| Information Services | 4 | 21% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 21% |
| Software | 2 | 11% |
| Geospatial | 2 | 11% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 8 | 42% |
| Series B | 4 | 21% |
| Seed | 2 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |
| Series C | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 14 | 74% |
| Sweden | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leon Hong | Chief Technology Officer CTO, Connected Vehicle BU | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leon-hong |
| Patrick Cheng | Chief Executive Officer & Founding member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-cheng-66e5 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ruizhu Technology | Ruizhu Technology is focused on 3D ranging technology in the field of lidar. It is a Sino-foreign joint venture founded by foreign A-class experts and jointly invested by leading listed companies in the industry, government-industry funds, and venture capital. The company's workplace is in Zhongguancun, Haidian District. The founding team hasworked closely with two Nobel Prizes. |  | Angel | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| MINIEYE | MINIEYE develops a vehicle visual sensing system to help drivers better understand the road and make driving safer. The system detects free space and various traffic objects, including vehicles, pedestrians, lanes, traffic lights and sighs.MINIEYE's in-cabin sensing technology is able to analyze the conditions and behaviors of passengers anddrivers through monitoring eyelid, gazing direction, movement of head and body, and in-cabin objects. The company's mission is to reduce traffic accidents and protect the safety of both drivers and passengers while improving the automation degree of vehicles. | $38.3M | Series C | Oct 28, 2020 |  |
| HoloMatic | HoloMatic is a startup company dedicated to providing autonomous driving solutions based on cutting-edge artificial intelligence and automotive industry technologies. HoloMatic is one of the few companies in possession of a complete layout of autonomous driving technologies, from the wire control, multi-sensor to core algorithm modules.Meanwhile, the company provides solutions targeted at mass production, as an effort to accelerate the industrialization of autonomous driving. |  | Series A | Aug 27, 2020 |  |
| Listening to the companion | Kaola FM provides audio programs covering news, finance, entertainment, automobile, and audio books |  | Series B | Dec 03, 2019 |  |
| MINIEYE | MINIEYE develops a vehicle visual sensing system to help drivers better understand the road and make driving safer. The system detects free space and various traffic objects, including vehicles, pedestrians, lanes, traffic lights and sighs.MINIEYE's in-cabin sensing technology is able to analyze the conditions and behaviors of passengers anddrivers through monitoring eyelid, gazing direction, movement of head and body, and in-cabin objects. The company's mission is to reduce traffic accidents and protect the safety of both drivers and passengers while improving the automation degree of vehicles. |  | Series B | Apr 08, 2019 |  |
| AutoAI | AutoAI is an intelligently networked system developer and operator for a new generation of self-driving cars, which was established by many well-known domestic investment institutions and leading Internet companies. | $104M |  | Jan 31, 2019 |  |
| HoloMatic | HoloMatic is a startup company dedicated to providing autonomous driving solutions based on cutting-edge artificial intelligence and automotive industry technologies. HoloMatic is one of the few companies in possession of a complete layout of autonomous driving technologies, from the wire control, multi-sensor to core algorithm modules.Meanwhile, the company provides solutions targeted at mass production, as an effort to accelerate the industrialization of autonomous driving. | $20M | Series A | Dec 14, 2018 |  |
| Autolink | Autolink is a vehicle intelligent terminal solution provider. | $7.1M | Series B | Sep 21, 2018 |  |
| LiangDao | LiangDao is an intelligent evaluation service provider company for autonomous driving. It provides industry customers with a full-stack lidar perception system, including vehicle-level lidar hardware, perception function development, test verification, and data services. The company is dedicated to collaborating with partners to widely apply lidarsystems in the fields of intelligent driving and intelligent travel, as well as to escort future intelligent travel with safe and dependable technologies and products. It has an international perspective and the ability to carry out global projects. Customers include world-renowned car manufacturers, auto parts manufacturers, and well-known technology companies in the field of autonomous driving in China. | $425K | Angel | Jul 11, 2018 |  |
| OneTwoThree | OneTwoThree creates and produces gadgets for intelligent positioning to give customers location-aware services. The location tracking gadgets made by their company make use of intelligent technology to guarantee location monitoring accuracy, giving users peace of mind as they monitor the safety and whereabouts of their children, elderly loved ones,and pets. On the app associated with the devices, they also offer intelligent security settings that permit alerts, SOS calls, vibration alarms, and other features. | $425K | Angel | Apr 25, 2018 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [IDG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idg-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BAI capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bertelsmann-asia-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NIO Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nio-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Advantech Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advantech-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atomico](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atomico) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beijing Industrial Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beijing-industrial-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does NavInfo invest in?

NavInfo invests primarily in Automotive, Information Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Angel and Series B stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is NavInfo's check size?

NavInfo typically joins rounds of $142k–$425k at Angel and $7.1M–$15M 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 NavInfo participates in.

### How do I contact NavInfo?

Public channels for NavInfo 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 NavInfo?

The team at NavInfo includes Leon Hong (Chief Technology Officer CTO, Connected Vehicle BU) and Patrick Cheng (Chief Executive Officer & Founding member). 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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