# T-chef Tech

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/t-chef-tech

- Industry: Industrial Machinery
- Headquarters: Shenzhen, China
- Website: www.t-chef.cn
- Latest round: Series B (May 8, 2026)
- Investors on record: 3

## About

Based in Shenzhen, China and founded in 2018, Shenzhen Zhigu Tianchu Technology Co., Ltd., trading as T-chef Tech, is a technology company focusing on the research and development, production and sales of intelligent cooking equipment for Chinese dishes and the turnkey solution of smart kitchen. Founder and CEO Kaiping Geng established the company to standardise professional cooking through automation. The company has 5,000 square meters of production and research space and has regional sales and service centers throughout the country. In July 2026, T-chef Tech raised CNY 100 million in strategic investment led by China Merchants Venture Investment Management, with participation from Transition Capital, Yunqi Partners, Genesis Capital, and QF Capital.
The company works with restaurants, corporate canteens, schools, hospitals, hotels, food processing facilities, and catering operators to provide cooking robots, seasoning robots, smart kitchen systems, food safety management platforms, cloud kitchen software, kitchen automation equipment, and integrated smart kitchen solutions. Its products include large, medium, and small intelligent cooking robots as well as kitchen management and food safety applications.
T-Chef Tech generates revenue through the sale and deployment of cooking robots, seasoning robots, smart kitchen equipment, kitchen automation systems, software platforms, installation services, maintenance services, and integrated kitchen solutions.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, May 8, 2026 — China Merchants Venture Investment Management
- Series A, Dec 16, 2025 — QF Capital
- Angel, Jun 28, 2022 — Heroad  Investments

## Investors

- Heroad  Investments (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/heroad-investments) — Angel
- QF Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/qf-capital) — Series A
- China Merchants Venture Investment Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/china-merchants-venture-investment-management) — Series B