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NIO Capital
Venture capital · Shanghai, China · Asia Pacific
NIO Capital is a professional investment institution founded in 2016 that focuses on industrial change driven by low-carbon and digital technology and business model innovation. It invests mainly in new energy, automotive and hard technology, and provides portfolio companies with multi-dimensional support through its industry network.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningSpace & DefenseRobotics & Hardware
In its own wordsnew energyautomotivehard techmobilitylow carbondigitalization
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Or find every investor that fitsNIO Capital lists 3 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (60%), Space & Defense (20%) and Robotics & Hardware (20%). 67% of its companies are based in China. It invests most often alongside Future Capital Discovery Fund, Creator Fund and FreeS Fund.
Counts come from funding rounds that name NIO Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundNIO Capital 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 | 0% |
| Series B | 67% |
| Growth | 33% |
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 | 3 | 0 |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Future Capital Discovery Fund | 2 |
| Creator Fund | 1 |
| FreeS Fund | 1 |
| GGV Capital | 1 |
| Glory Ventures | 1 |
| HSG | 1 |
| Shunwei Capital | 1 |
| Ventech China | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3100%
- 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 60% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 20% | 3% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 20% | 1% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Future Capital Discovery Fund
Compare NIO 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 NIO Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Jun 2026 | Series B | |
| 29 May 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 2 Feb 2026 | Series B |
Round details for NIO Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in NIO Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
3 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company develops and sells various types of robots, including humanoid robots and robotic systems. | Robotics & Hardware | Feb 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| The company provides AI infrastructure for large language models and multimodal models | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Jun 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| Volant develops and manufactures electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft for commercial passenger transport and other applications | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | May 2026Series C+ | Funding round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- niocapital.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 2 Feb 2026
- Companies checked
- 3
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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