Just in October 2025, LINKHOU completed a Series A financing round exceeding 100 million RMB($14M), led by investors including Jinding Capital and Boxiang Capital. On February 2, Suzhou LINKHOU Robot Co., Ltd. announced the completion of a Pre-B round of financing exceeding 100 million RMB($14M). This round of financing was led by NIO Capital, while also introducing new institutions such as a fund under CRRC Capital and Frontier Investment. Existing shareholders Boxiang Capital and Jinding Capital continued to make additional investments. This is already the second large-scale financing obtained by Linghou Robot within a short period. Just in October 2025, the company completed a Series A financing of over 100 million RMB($14M) led by Jinding Capital, Boxiang Capital, and others. LINKHOU company LINKHOU Robot was founded in 2015, with its technological accumulation traceable back to 2011. It was originally the R&D department of the listed company Bozhong Precision Industrial Technology Co., Ltd. The company has over 400 employees, including more than 200 R&D personnel. After Chairman Dong Hao fully took over the company in 2023, he promoted a strategic transformation of the enterprise, establishing a dual-driver development model of “Industrial Automation + Embodied Intelligence.” In the field of industrial automation, LINKHOU’s self-developed products such as machine vision systems, direct-drive motors, industrial robots, and mobile robots have been widely applied in industries including 3C electronics, semiconductors, automotive, and new energy, forming a solid business foundation. In the field of embodied intelligence, the company has launched a series of core components including vision modules, joint modules, and domain controllers, and has achieved scaled delivery of nearly 2,000 complete machines. LINKHOU robot module NIO Capital’s lead investment in LINKHOU this time continues its systematic layout in the robotics and embodied intelligence sectors. In September 2025, NIO Capital also took a stake in the embodied intelligence large model company Yuanli Lingji. Unlike automakers like Tesla and XPeng, which are actively developing humanoid robots in-house, NIO itself maintains a cautious attitude towards directly entering the robot manufacturing field. William Li, founder of NIO, has explicitly stated: “There is undoubtedly a future for robots, but we won’t start doing it today. Rather than entering the field now, we are more interested in which company’s robots will use our chips.” This also hints at NIO’s differentiated strategy of participating in cutting-edge technology through investment while focusing on its main automotive business. XPeng’s new-generation IRON robot The capital attention received by LINKHOU is not an isolated event but a microcosm of the entire automotive industry accelerating its entry into the robotics track. Represented by Tesla, XPeng Motors, and GAC Group, some companies regard self-developed robots as a strategic core equally important as intelligent electric vehicles. Represented by Hyundai Motor, BMW, Mercedes-Benz Group, and SAIC Motor, others quickly address technological gaps by investing in or acquiring equity in robotics companies. Currently, more than ten Chinese automakers have successively entered the humanoid robot track.