# SENIOR

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/senior-3

- Industry: Automobiles, Other Vehicles & Parts
- Headquarters: Beijing, China
- Website: www.senior.auto
- Total disclosed funding: $74M
- Latest round: Series C (Jul 16, 2026)
- Investors on record: 15

## About

Founded in 2020 and based in Beijing, China, Zhejiang Siqian Intelligent Driving Technology Co., Ltd., trading as SENIOR, is a driverless technology developer that focuses on port unattended card transportation. The core team has more than 10 years of experience in the construction and commercial operation of mass-automated driving software and hardware systems, who graduated from Tsinghua University, Peking University, and Purdue. It has four branch offices in Shanghai, Ningbo, Zhuhai, and Suzhou. Some enterprises, such as Greely Auto, BYD, Xiamen Port, and Jiangsu Port, have cooperated with the company. In September 2026, it closed a Strategic Investment from Yueda Shanda Equity Investment Fund Management.

SENIOR is mainly involved in the field of full-stack driverless and has technologies of environment perception, decision planning, high-precision positioning mapping, intelligent hardware, simulation, and end-to-end cloud collaboration. Its self-developed technology includes multi-sensor fusion sensing technology, multiple fusion positioning technologies, and safety-oriented planning control technology. The company is also engaged in the research and development of the port's full-stack unmanned truck transportation solution. Its products include technology cloud platform, customized self-developed hardware equipment, Polaris positioning and timing module, and safety domain control units.

The company generates revenue through its driverless technology for logistic vehicles, along with hardware sales and related services.

The company will use the funding in September 2026 to to upgrade its world model capabilities, continuously optimize autonomous driving systems, and expand into related application scenarios, thereby accelerating the deployment of physical AI in heavy-duty operational contexts.

## Funding rounds

- Series C, Jul 16, 2026, $44M — Industrial Securities Capital, Qingdao Yidaotongda Investment Management
- Series B, Sep 29, 2025 — China CITIC Financial Asset Management, Zhengzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Investment Fund, Zhejiang Financial Holdings
- Series B, Jan 3, 2024 — Leaguer Group, Zhejiang Innovation Industry Private Equity Fund Management
- Series A, Nov 14, 2022, $14M — GF Xinde Investment, Cherish Capital, Winreal Investment, Tsinghua Innovation Ventures, Zhihqing Industry, Lakeside Capital
- Series A, Dec 21, 2021, $16M — GF Xinde Investment, ByteDance Ltd., Jinbang Capital, Cherish Capital
- Seed, Nov 16, 2020 — Cherish Capital

## Investors

- Cherish Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cherish-capital) — Seed, Series A
- GF Xinde Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gf-xinde-investment) — Series A
- ByteDance Ltd. — Series A
- Jinbang Capital — Series A
- Winreal Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/winreal-investment) — Series A
- Tsinghua Innovation Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/tsinghua-innovation-ventures) — Series A
- Zhihqing Industry — Series A
- Lakeside Capital — Series A
- Leaguer Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/leaguer-group) — Series B
- Zhejiang Innovation Industry Private Equity Fund Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/zhejiang-innovation-industry-private-equity-fund-management) — Series B
- China CITIC Financial Asset Management — Series B
- Zhengzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Investment Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/zhengzhou-hi-tech-industrial-investment-fund) — Series B
- Zhejiang Financial Holdings (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/zhejiang-financial-holdings) — Series B
- Industrial Securities Capital — Series C
- Qingdao Yidaotongda Investment Management — Series C