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Hongtai Aplus
Venture capital · Beijing, China · Asia Pacific
Hongtai Aplus is a Chinese investment firm founded in 2014 by Yu Minhong, founder of New Oriental, and Sheng Xitai, former chairman of Huatai United Securities. It manages over RMB 30 billion and invests across advanced manufacturing, information technology, new materials and new energy, life sciences, and technology-driven consumer sectors.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsadvanced manufacturinginformation technologynew energynew materialslife sciencesconsumer
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Or find every investor that fitsHongtai Aplus lists 22 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Growth, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (18%), AI & Machine Learning (18%) and Robotics & Hardware (9%). 95% of its companies are based in China. It invests most often alongside 5Y Capital, CMC Capital and Cervin.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Hongtai Aplus, 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 Hongtai Aplus' whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 22. 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 roundHongtai Aplus does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 25% |
| Series B | 25% |
| Growth | 50% |
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 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 4 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 57th | 23 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 10th | 18% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 18% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 18% | 18% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 9% | 1% |
| Media & Entertainment | 9% | 4% |
| Education | 9% | 7% |
| Food & Agriculture | 6% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 6% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 6% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| 5Y Capital | 1 |
| CMC Capital | 1 |
| Cervin | 1 |
| Communitas Capital | 1 |
| DRIVE Catalyst | 1 |
| Duke Capital Partners | 1 |
| Eminence Ventures | 1 |
| Empower Investment | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers22100%
- 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 Hongtai Aplus 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 Hongtai Aplus| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Sept 2026 | Series B | |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 29 Jun 2026 | Series C+ |
Round details for Hongtai Aplus
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Hongtai Aplus' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
22 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company develops, produces, and provides services for general-purpose intelligent robots. | Robotics & Hardware | Jun 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| AiFi provides a spatial intelligence platform for retail, venues, and travel industries | AI & Machine LearningReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company develops, produces, and sells glass products. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company designs and provides AI chips and solutions for various applications, including smart displays, smart sensors, and automotive electronics. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| DUCO Robotics manufactures and supplies various types of collaborative robots and robotic systems for industrial applications | Robotics & HardwareIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jul 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Hanyi Fonts creates and sells fonts, and also provides font customization services for businesses. | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Innogen Medical Technology Co., Ltd. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative drugs for metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides integrated brand operation services, including e-commerce operation, supply chain, and consumer operation, to help domestic and foreign brands achieve sales success in China and overseas markets. | E-commerce & MarketplacesMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops digital products, including games and other interactive entertainment products. | Enterprise SoftwareGaming | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Moore Threads develops and sells various AI and GPU products, including servers, graphics cards, and software | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Nengchain provides digital energy management services and solutions for logistics companies and gas stations | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Orbbec develops and provides 3D vision and AI vision technology products and solutions | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops, produces, and sells automotive pressure sensors. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Shark Fit is a company that provides healthy food products, including protein meat, grains, and low-calorie snacks. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and applies acoustic AI technology to various fields, including industry, energy, and healthcare. | AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company generates 3D models from text prompts or images using artificial intelligence. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Sept 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| The company provides various semiconductor equipment and process solutions for substrate thinning, grinding, polishing, and other applications. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Fengmai Energy develops and invests in new energy assets and provides management services | EducationEducation | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- apluscap.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 11 Feb 2026
- Companies checked
- 22
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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