# SAIC Motor

> SAIC Motor is a VC fund in Shanghai backing Automotive and Manufacturing. See 32 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, China
- Total investments: 32
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 41%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/saic-motor-co-ltd-/about/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/SaicMotormg
- Website: http://www.saicgroup.com

SAIC Motor is an automotive design company that focuses on the R&D, production, and sales of both passenger and commercial vehicles. SAIC Motor builds and sells passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Among them, SAIC Motor Passenger Vehicle Company, Shanghai Volkswagon, Shanghai General Motors, and SAIC-GM-Wuling are the passenger carproducers while SAIC Motor Commercial Vehicle Company, Nanjing Auto Corporation, Sunwin, and SAIC-IVECO Hongyan Commercial Vehicle Company make vans, buses, and trucks.SAIC Motor was founded in 1955 and headquartered in Shanghai, China.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Angel | $425k–$500k |
| Series B | $41M–$1.1B |
| Series D | $70M–$1.4B |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Automotive | 10 | 31% |
| Manufacturing | 8 | 25% |
| Software | 4 | 13% |
| Electronics | 4 | 13% |
| Electric Vehicle | 4 | 13% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 7 | 22% |
| Angel | 4 | 13% |
| Series D | 4 | 13% |
| Series C | 3 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 9% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 23 | 72% |
| United States | 3 | 9% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chen Hong | President, Deputy Chairman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chen-hong |
| Li Jirong | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/li-jirong |
| Wu Heng | General Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wu-heng-4934 |
| Xiao Guopu | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xiao-guopu |
| Xie Rong | Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xie-rong |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aerospace Yuxing | Aerospace Yuxing provides global space infrastructure construction and operation services. | $207.1M | Series D | Jun 16, 2026 |  |
| Red Bear AI | The Red Bear Platform is an innovative open source Large Language Model (LLM) application platform that focuses on providing users with solutions for quickly building and deploying production-level generative AI applications. | $30.5M | Series A | Apr 07, 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. |  | Series B | Sep 29, 2025 |  |
| CalmCar Vision System | CalmCar Vehicle Vision is a Chinese intelligent driving vision system provider. They are specialized in developing intelligent vision system for ADAS, autopilot and autonomous driving with functions of Lane Departure Warning (LDW), Front Collision Warning (FCW), Pedestrian Collision Warning(PCW), Blind Spot Detection (BSD) and Traffic SignRecognition (TSR). | $69.8M | Series D | Jul 03, 2025 |  |
| ZJeagles Comsemi | ZJeagles Comsemi is the designer and producer of optical communication chips designed for data centers and other industrial applications. | $41.4M | Series B | Jan 24, 2025 |  |
| Zhiji Auto | Zhiji Automobile is a pure electric vehicle brand jointly created by SAIC Group and Alibaba Group. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China. | $1.1B | Series B | Mar 01, 2024 |  |
| Zhejiang Lanneng | Zhejiang Lanneng is a proficient manufacturer of gas storage and transportation equipment combining R&D, production, sales, servicing, and system integration. |  |  | Oct 31, 2023 |  |
| TROES | TROES is a Canadian company to develop smart power energy storage technologies, products, and solutions in a 170 Billion market to help middle-market project developers, power distributors, and power consumers to unlock numerous project opportunities with considerable payback which are not existed previously due to high project cost, lack ofexpertise and low development efficiency by using our patented modularized energy storage hardware and software. |  | Seed | Jul 12, 2023 |  |
| Qingtao Development | Qingtao Development is a high-tech enterprise, focuses on the industrialization of top new energy material technology. | $379.7M | Series G | May 31, 2023 |  |
| Sunwoda Electric Vehicle Battery | Sunwoda Electric Vehicle Batter provides electric vehicle battery pack solutions for new energy vehicle companies through advanced lithium battery integration technology. | $360.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 32 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [YF Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yf-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Shang Qi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shang-qi-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Temasek](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/temasek) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [General Motors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-motors) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hyundai Motor Company](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyundai-motor-company) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Legend Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/legend-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does SAIC Motor invest in?

SAIC Motor invests primarily in Automotive, Manufacturing and Software startups, most often at Series B and Angel stage. Most of the 32 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is SAIC Motor's check size?

SAIC Motor typically joins rounds of $425k–$500k at Angel, $41M–$1.1B at Series B and $70M–$1.4B at Series D. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds SAIC Motor participates in.

### How do I contact SAIC Motor?

Public channels for SAIC Motor 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 SAIC Motor?

The team at SAIC Motor includes Chen Hong (President, Deputy Chairman), Li Jirong (Director) and Wu Heng (General Manager), among 9 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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