DeepSeek Funding Details Revealed: $10.55 Billion Raised, Valuation ~$61.55 Billion, with Nearly 30 Investors Participating

The Information reported that DeepSeek’s second round of funding has been disclosed: the total funding amount is RMB 105.5 billion (approximately US dollar 15.8 billion), with a valuation of RMB 615.5 billion; nearly 30 institutions participated in the investment. Tencent Holdings contributed RMB 10 billion in each of the two rounds, firmly establishing itself as a major investor; CATL and its chairman Zeng Yuqun invested RMB 5 billion and RMB 10 billion respectively across the two rounds. The industrial capital consortium further expanded—ChangXin Memory Technologies, SMIC, vivo, Meituan, Geely Automobile, Midea Group, Luxshare Precision Industry, Ctrip, and Xiaohongshu all joined this funding round, with several contributing between RMB 1 billion and RMB 3 billion per investment. State-owned capital support significantly increased—the China National AI Industry Investment Fund injected another RMB 1 billion in this round, matching its initial contribution.