# Next VPU

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/next-vpu

- Industry: Electronics
- Headquarters: Shanghai, China
- Website: www.nextvpu.com
- Total disclosed funding: $43M
- Latest round: Series D (Oct 11, 2025)
- Investors on record: 7

## About

Based in Shanghai, China, and founded in 2016, NextVPU (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd., trading as Next VPU, is a technology company that engages in the research and development of artificial intelligence and computer vision systems. The company has an office in Shaoxing and branches in Germany and Japan. In 2017, the company released Angel Eye smart glasses. In 2018, the company released the AI vision processing chip NE-N171. In 2019, the company released an AI reader. As of 2022, the company has more than 300 employees. It has applied for more than two hundred domestic and foreign patents. In March 2026, NextVPU (Shanghai) Co.,Ltd. raised venture funding from Jiuzhi Capital.

The company's main products include AI smart chips, smart depth cameras and angel eye series products. Angel Eye Smart Reader provides services such as converting text information into speech. The company's products are used in professional security, assisted driving, robotics, smart retail and other fields.

The company generates revenue by doing research, development and sales of its products and other related services.

## Funding rounds

- Series D, Oct 11, 2025 — Jiuzhi Capital
- Series D, Aug 31, 2023, $14M — WestSummit Capital, Changzhou Municipal Government Investment Fund Management
- Series C, Jun 2, 2022 — WestSummit Capital, ICBC Capital Management
- Series A, Jan 11, 2019 — Sirius Holding Group, Beijing Yucen Shengjing Management Consulting
- Series A, Oct 24, 2018, $29M — CETC HiK Fund

## Investors

- CETC HiK Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cetc-hik-fund) — Series A
- Sirius Holding Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sirius-holding-group) — Series A
- Beijing Yucen Shengjing Management Consulting — Series A
- WestSummit Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/westsummit-capital) — Series C, Series D
- ICBC Capital Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/icbc-capital-management) — Series C
- Changzhou Municipal Government Investment Fund Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/changzhou-municipal-government-investment-fund-management) — Series D
- Jiuzhi Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/jiuzhi-capital) — Series D