# NIO Capital

> NIO Capital is a VC fund in Shanghai backing Automotive and Manufacturing. See 104 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Total investments: 104
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 47%
- Fund size: $400M
- Last fund: Mar 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/13243931/
- Website: http://www.niocapital.com/en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NIOCapital/

NIO Capital is a fund manager investing in themes reshaping the automotive, new energy and technology sectors.Established in 2016 and sponsored by NIO, NIO Capital leverages its unique access to global & Chinese innovation, comprehensive market understanding and flourishing ecosystem to create category-leading companies in fields such aselectric vehicles, autonomous driving, shared mobility, new energy network, new materials and more.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.4M–$74M |
| Series B | $15M–$296M |
| Series C | $14M–$120M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Automotive | 23 | 22% |
| Manufacturing | 21 | 20% |
| Energy | 11 | 11% |
| Electronics | 10 | 10% |
| Transportation | 8 | 8% |

77 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 23 | 22% |
| Series B | 23 | 22% |
| Series C | 11 | 11% |
| Seed | 8 | 8% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 8 | 8% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 63 | 61% |
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Guang Yang | Fundraising Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guang-yang-c9a1 |
| Ian Zhu | Managing Partner | 15 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-zhu |
| Guan Yufan | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guan-yufan |
| Sean Zhang | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sean-zhang |
| William Li | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-bin-li |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hangzhou Xynova Technology Co. | Hangzhou Xynova Technology Co. develops robotic components, including dexterous hands, rotary actuators, and linear actuators. | $73.8M | Series A | Jul 17, 2026 |  |
| Zhuji Dynamics | Zhuji Dynamics is a general-purpose footed robot company that focuses on the R&D and manufacturing of sports intelligence and footed robots | $200M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 13, 2026 |  |
| LimX Dynamics | Zhuji Dynamics is a general-purpose footed robot company that focuses on the R&D and manufacturing of sports intelligence and footed robots | $200M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 13, 2026 |  |
| SiliconFlow | Silicon Mobile Technology is an AI ​​infrastructure company that specilaizes in large models inference and deployment system to reduce the cost in the AIGC and LLM industries. | $295.8M | Series B | Jun 16, 2026 |  |
| Volant Aerotech | Volant Aerotech is a company specializing in the R&D, manufacturing, and service of passenger eVTOL, an electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft. | $147.4M | Series C | May 27, 2026 |  |
| Yanhe Technology | Yanhe Technology provides solar power generation technology-related services. |  | Series A | May 15, 2026 |  |
| Zero One Auto | Zero One Auto is a new energy-efficient heavy-duty truck developer company.Zero One Auto creates new energy-efficient heavy-duty vehicles with advanced autonomous driving characteristics. The first batch of products is separated into two models, with an emphasis on the new energy heavy-duty truck short-distance freight market. | $174.8M | Series B | Mar 11, 2026 |  |
| FangQing Technology | Fangqing Technology is a company mainly engaged in multiple areas of the communications equipment and software industry. Its core business activities include software development and sales, software outsourcing services, information system integration services, and computer system services. | $144.5M | Seed | Mar 09, 2026 |  |
| Contango | Contango is a hydrogen energy production and applications company that provides catalysts and testing equipment. | $14.5M | Series A | Mar 05, 2026 |  |
| NIO GeniTech | NIO GeniTech is a chip development company that focuses on intelligent driving chip development and related technologies and delivers computational power equivalent to four mainstream smart driving chips. | $330.2M | Series A | Feb 26, 2026 |  |

10 of 104 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does NIO Capital invest in?

NIO Capital invests primarily in Automotive, Manufacturing and Energy startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 104 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is NIO Capital's check size?

NIO Capital typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$74M at Series A, $15M–$296M at Series B and $14M–$120M 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 NIO Capital participates in.

### How do I contact NIO Capital?

Public channels for NIO Capital include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. 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 NIO Capital?

The team at NIO Capital includes Guang Yang (Fundraising Director), Ian Zhu (Managing Partner) and Guan Yufan (Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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