Robot Leasing Platform Qingtian Rent Secures Hundreds of Millions in Funding, With Ming Jia Capital Founded by Actor Huang Xiaoming as Investor

Source: China Securities Journal - Taurus

On March 18, Qingtian Rental, a robot leasing platform, announced the completion of two funding rounds: the “Angel Round” and the “Angel+ Round,” with a total financing amount reaching hundreds of millions of yuan. The “Angel Round” and “Angel+ Round” were led by Ocean Motor, Muhua Tech Innovation, Minzhu Mechanical and Electrical, with follow-on investments from Lehua Entertainment, Fuzhuo Investment, Mingjia Capital, Ruisiz Venture Capital, Tianji Investment, Jiaxing Nantou, and Zhixing Investment. Existing shareholder Dafen Industrial continued to subscribe oversubscribe.

According to reports, the funds from this round will be mainly used to establish a nationwide standardized fulfillment service network, upgrade the platform’s asset and dispatch systems, and leverage real-world scene data to empower the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain. During this financing round, Qingtian Rental introduced diversified industrial capital, aiming to achieve deep strategic cooperation with ecosystem partners in application scenarios, channel expansion, supply chain systems, and regional service networks through capital linkage.

Qingtian Rental CEO Li Yiyan revealed that most investors in this round not only provided financial support but also brought business cooperation opportunities. It is understood that this round of financing introduced cross-industry ecosystems in the pan-entertainment sector, including entertainment content company Lehua Entertainment and Mingjia Capital founded by actor Huang Xiaoming. In the future, the platform is expected to explore innovative leasing services combining “robots + entertainment” in high-exposure scenarios such as large commercial performances, concerts, and super IP events.

“Qingtian Rental is not just a simple equipment matching platform; we are building the ‘leasing infrastructure’ for the entire robot industry,” Li Yiyan said. Qingtian Rental will always base itself on an “open, inclusive, neutral” third-party platform, focusing on solving industry pain points such as upstream asset supply, downstream fulfillment and delivery, and scene deployment.

Currently, the robot industry is still in a stage of parallel technological evolution and commercialization exploration. As applications extend into real-world scenarios, market attention to scenario implementation, delivery fulfillment, and service system construction continues to grow. Against this backdrop, Qingtian Rental has secured three funding rounds within three months, indicating that capital is increasingly focusing on shifting from “technology” to “application.” To date, the platform has processed over 5,500 orders, with more than 3,000 robots available for dispatch across the platform, and over 20,000 city partners registered nationwide.