中科时代获3亿元B2轮融资，创2025年工业计算赛道最大单笔融资｜硬氪首发

Financing Information - The company "Zhongke Shidai" has completed a Series B2 financing round, raising 300 million RMB [1] - Investors include Yueke Financial, Guangzhou Development Zone Investment Group, Bank of China Capital, and existing shareholders such as Bojiang Capital, Lenovo Ventures, Zhuoyuan Asia, and Guoxin Guozheng [1] - The funds will be used to enhance the iteration and innovation of general industrial intelligent computing terminals, expand the ecosystem of the dual-domain operating system (MetaOS), improve the functionality and user experience of the unified development environment (MetaFacture), and innovate the real-time operating core (MetaCore) [1] Company Overview - "Zhongke Shidai" was established in 2022 and is headquartered in Shenzhen [2] - The company specializes in industrial intelligent computers that integrate real-time control, motion control, smart vision, edge computing, configuration display, human-computer interaction, and robotics, achieving global leading levels in real-time task response speed and multi-axis synchronous motion control [2] - The self-developed dual-domain operating system (MetaOS) ensures hard real-time deterministic execution of control tasks while being compatible with a rich IT ecosystem [2] Market Potential - The global industrial computing market is estimated to reach approximately 80 billion USD by 2025, with a projected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 5.4% over the next five years [3] - By 2030, the global industrial computing market is expected to exceed 100 billion USD, with China accounting for over 35% of the global market share by 2025, estimated to be between 1900 billion to 2200 billion RMB [3] - The Chinese industrial computing market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10%-15% over the next five years, driven by manufacturing transformation, reaching 3500 billion to 4000 billion RMB by 2030 [3] Company Performance - Since its establishment, "Zhongke Shidai" has achieved over threefold revenue growth year-on-year [4] - The company focuses on high-end control fields such as semiconductor, energy, and precision processing, forming close collaborations with multiple benchmark and strategic clients [4] - The company’s products are well-suited for the emerging field of embodied robotics, which requires high-speed, high-precision, and high-integration computing platforms [4] Team Background - The founding team comes from the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and includes members from Alibaba Damo Academy, Beckhoff, Siemens, and Schneider [5] - The team is led by Dr. Ma Jun, a serial entrepreneur with a strong technical background in operating systems, automation control, and industrial software algorithms [5] - The company has received multiple accolades, including being named a "potential unicorn enterprise" in Shenzhen by 2025 and winning first place in the HICOOL Global Entrepreneurship Competition [5] Company Insights - The company positions its industrial intelligent computers as next-generation industrial controllers that integrate automation and computing technologies, significantly enhancing industrial computing efficiency [6] - The operating system's performance metrics, such as latency and jitter, are significantly better than traditional industrial controllers, allowing for higher production line speeds [7] - Future development will focus on high-end markets and international expansion, with plans to introduce a new product line for embodied robotics [8] Investor Perspectives - Investors recognize the urgent need for high-performance, domestically developed solutions in the industrial control system market, which has been dominated by foreign companies [9] - The investment in "Zhongke Shidai" is seen as a strategic move to support the transition of Chinese manufacturing towards intelligent, high-end, and autonomous solutions [10] - The company’s products are expected to break the monopoly of foreign firms in the mid-to-high-end industrial control sector, contributing to the industrial upgrade in the Greater Bay Area [10]