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BAI Capital
Venture capital · Beijing, China · Asia Pacific
BAI Capital is a venture capital fund in China whose team has invested in more than 200 companies since 2008. It was formerly Bertelsmann Asia Investments and conducted an independent fundraising at the end of 2020 with support from sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies and internet companies.
Invests inFintechEnterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsconsumerretailmediacontentindustrial technologysoftware
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Or find every investor that fitsBAI Capital lists 31 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 9 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 38% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (19%), Enterprise Software (16%) and AI & Machine Learning (16%). 40% of its companies are based in China. It invests most often alongside HSG, 5Y Capital and Granite Asia.
Counts come from funding rounds that name BAI Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not BAI Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 8 companies; its own site lists 31. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 13% |
| Series A | 38% |
| Series B | 38% |
| Growth | 13% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 7 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 69th | 31 companies |
| Recent activity | 93th | 8 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 55th | 13% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 83th | 13% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 11th | 19% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 19% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 16% | 8% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 18% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 12% | 6% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| Consumer | 7% | 3% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 5% | 1% |
| Media & Entertainment | 5% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| HSG | 4 |
| 5Y Capital | 3 |
| Granite Asia | 3 |
| Source Code Capital | 3 |
| Future Capital Discovery Fund | 2 |
| GSR Ventures | 2 |
| Monolith Management | 2 |
| UpHonest Capital | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers31100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare BAI Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with BAI Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Sept 2026 | Series C+ Led | |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 20 Jul 2026 | Series B | |
| 14 Jul 2026 | Series A | |
| 11 Feb 2026 | Series A | |
| 5 Jan 2026 | Series A | |
| 2 Sept 2025 | Series B |
Round details for BAI Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in BAI Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
31 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackLake provides an industrial AI platform to help factories make decisions and optimize production | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
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| ClearMotion develops and manufactures advanced suspension systems for vehicles | Mobility & LogisticsIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| ClipClaps works with a large group of professional content creators to foster a content-driven eco-system and allows users to watch videos and earn rewards. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Deepexi develops and provides AI-powered enterprise operating systems and intelligent solutions | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
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| Humanlaya AI challenges AI with high-complexity, real-world scenarios and verifies expert-level tasks that translate directly into measurable economic impact. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Sept 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| The company provides online video streaming services. | Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| JD.com, Inc. is a technology and services enterprise with a core focus on supply chain, operating across various sectors including retail, logistics, and health. | E-commerce & MarketplacesHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company designs and sells outdoor furniture and decor products. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and sells a wearable personal AI agent that captures and processes everyday moments into searchable memories and personal insights. | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Jan 2026Series A · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
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| Meshy generates 3D models from text or images using artificial intelligence. | AI & Machine LearningGaming | Jul 2026Series B | Page + round | |
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| Nex creates an active play system for kids and families with various games and a play pass | Enterprise SoftwareConsumer | Sept 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| OPay offers financial solutions including transactions, payments, and debit cards | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a distributed SQL database for transactional and AI applications. | AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools | Portfolio page | ||
| Reap provides a global financial infrastructure powered by stablecoins for businesses | FintechFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 13 Nov 2026- Site
- bai-cap.com
- Last read
- 13 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 2 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 31
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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