Liang Wenfeng personally invested approximately RMB 20 billion in DeepSeek’s Series A funding round.

TechFlow News, June 16: According to a report by the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, multiple investment institutions confirmed that DeepSeek’s Series A financing round has likely been finalized. Founder Liang Wenfeng personally contributed approximately RMB 20 billion, making him the largest single investor in this round; Tencent contributed approximately RMB 10 billion; Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) and its affiliated entities—including CATL itself and Puquan Capital—contributed approximately RMB 5 billion; NetEase, JD.com, Monolith Lisi Capital, and IDG Capital each contributed approximately RMB 3 billion; Zhengxin Valley Investment and Shixiang Technology each contributed approximately RMB 1.5 billion.