36氪 was informed that Beijing Nebula Interconnect Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Nebulas Internet”), a provider of vehicle-road collaboration solutions, announced that it has received more than 100 million yuan in Series B+ financing. This round of financing was funded by Zhongguancun Science City Technology Growth Fund, Qualcomm Ventures, Changjiang Capital co-investment, StarBridge Capital continues to serve as the exclusive financial advisor for this round. This is the first time that the company has won the favor of the capital market after half a year after the B round of financing in March this year. The new financing will help Nebulas to run “acceleration” in the intelligent network league track, and continue to consolidate the company’s leadership in the vehicle-road collaboration industry. Ministry status.
Nebulas Internet Receives Over 100 Million B+ Round of Financing
It is reported that the new round of financing will be mainly used to upgrade the whole series of “Cheluyun” products, especially to deepen the research and development of vehicle mass-production-level V2X software and hardware platforms and polish the commercial scenarios; accelerate the expansion of market resources, build high-quality projects, and join hands with Partners jointly build a large-scale networked application ecosystem; further absorb industry talents, continue to empower industry development, and maintain a leading position in the industry.
Nebulas Internet was established in 2015, focusing on intelligent network connection and vehicle-road collaborative application services, actively promoting the industrialization of cutting-edge technologies, focusing on C-V2X vehicle networking standard research, technological innovation, product development, production services, and launched the vehicle road. The overall solution for vehicle collaborative safety assistance (C-DAS) and road traffic active control in a collaborative environment has become an important support for autonomous driving, smart transportation, and smart city construction. It is a high-tech enterprise driven by innovation.
As an emerging high-tech industry, intelligent networked vehicles are still in a period of rapid growth, with huge growth potential, and competition in various sub-tracks is particularly fierce. Under the complex market environment and the repeated impact of the epidemic, Nebulas Internet has continued to increase the construction of innovative products by virtue of its in-depth cultivation in the field of vehicle-road coordination, and has made a strong attack on the target market to promote mass production applications and smart transportation construction. The intelligent network league track ran out of “acceleration”, showing the strength of Nebula and gaining the attention and favor of capital.
“Nebulas Internet has always been committed to promoting the development of the vehicle-road coordination industry, participating in the development of many national standards, industry standards, group standards and research reports related to the Internet of Vehicles, leading and promoting the establishment of domestic intelligent network and vehicle-road coordination related technical standard systems. Industry standards and consensus; at the same time, strengthening internal strength, facing the new market environment, implemented large-scale and in-depth organizational changes; in terms of technology products, built a full-stack C-V2X service capability, from the lowest level of vehicle regulations Advanced modules, to intelligent roadside equipment and in-vehicle terminals, as well as edge computing, vehicle-road collaborative cloud services, and vertical industry application scenario solutions built on the basis of software and hardware product systems, and constantly consolidate technical strength.” Chairman of Nebula Interconnection Pan Jun said.
Nebulas Internet Product System
“From a long-term perspective, traffic should be efficient and orderly, and everyone yearns for a safe and comfortable traffic environment, which can save a lot of time for travel. To achieve such a traffic environment, in addition to improving the ability of the vehicle itself, it is also necessary to The evolution of the external traffic environment.” Pan Jun introduced to 36氪: “Because smart cars are still discrete and random individuals on the road, it is difficult to define each node with a unified model in the complete system, in order to solve the complexity of the system. And uncontrollability, it must be a way of integrating vehicle, road and cloud to improve the intelligence of the entire transportation system.”
Vehicle-road coordination establishes an information exchange channel between people, vehicles and roads, which can not only improve the safety, efficiency and comfort of travel, but also promote the development of high-level autonomous driving. Traffic is safer, more efficient, and more convenient to provide strong guarantees. On the other hand, this information can also better serve the future commercialized autonomous driving field.
The country is also increasingly aware of the importance of vehicle-road coordination for the smart transportation system. At the end of 2021, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the “Notice on the Second Batch of Pilot Cities for the Collaborative Development of Smart City Infrastructure and Intelligent Connected Vehicles”, namely ” “Shuangzhi” pilot city. The two ministries and commissions jointly acted to develop a total of 16 cities in two batches to create “dual intelligence” pilot projects.
This year, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Hefei and other smart cities have issued a series of outlines and regulations to promote the ecological construction of intelligent network connection. It is the first in the country to carry out large-scale, multi-scenario demonstration applications, and services such as perception, decision-making, and control based on the integration of vehicles, roads, and clouds have achieved full coverage in the demonstration areas, promoting the rapid development of smart transportation.
Pan Jun further said: Nebulas is not only providing cost-effective products and solutions for the current market, but also focusing on the frontier market areas that will develop rapidly in the future. At present, the construction of “dual-smart” cities is undoubtedly an important focus in the field of vehicle-road collaboration. Driven by application scenarios, it means that Shuangzhi will be the first to start the laying of large-scale hardware facilities. A large market weight, and Nebulas already has a product system and solutions that fully respond to market needs to adapt to market changes.
Nebula Interconnection Solutions
At present, Nebulas Internet has created a number of benchmark projects in the construction of “dual-smart” cities. The pilot application pilot of “C-V2X” autonomous driving in Hefei Binhu National Forest Park Park, which is constructed and operated in Hefei, was selected as the first pilot project of intelligent transportation pilot application.
Based on the C-V2X multi-terminal interconnection technology, the project has invested in vehicle-road collaboration equipment to build an intelligent network-connected cloud platform, relying on the real-time interconnection of intelligent roadside terminals, intelligent vehicle-mounted terminals and cloud control platforms, as well as the self-developed C-DAS assisted driving by Nebulas Internet. Voice reminder to improve the vehicle’s ability to perceive dangerous factors, endow the vehicle with a “smart brain”, create innovative application scenarios based on vehicles, vehicles, vehicles, people, vehicles and platforms, realize global perception and intelligent management of smart parks, and build parks All-round intelligence, digitization and networking. It is not only a model of a vehicle-road collaborative smart park, but also the first batch of replicable national intelligent network park construction templates.
In addition, Nebulas Internet has also participated in the construction of pilot areas for the Internet of Vehicles in Liuzhou, Tianjin, Chengdu, Xiangyang, Wuxi, Chongqing Liangjiang New Area, etc., completed the renovation of intelligent networked roads, and established the construction of public basic service platforms in the pilot areas of the Internet of Vehicles, including the Development and Reform Commission, The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology and many other key government construction projects.
In terms of mass production and application of C-V2X products in OEMs, Nebulas Internet is also accelerating its pace. At present, it has established cooperation with dozens of OEMs and Tier 1 enterprises in China, and has authorized over 3 million sets of V2X software protocol stacks. Focusing on the different application requirements of intelligent networked vehicles, we develop and customize different forms of intelligent vehicle terminals suitable for front and rear installations, adapt to different models, support the electronic and electrical architecture of new intelligent networked vehicles, and integrate with domestic roadside and cloud vehicles. Coordinate technology evolution for synchronous matching.
Talking about the future, Pan Jun said: “As a provider of full-stack vehicle-road collaboration solutions, products and operational services, Nebula has always maintained its original aspiration of ‘solving safety and efficiency issues with technology’. It has obtained two capitals within one year. The blessing fully demonstrates the market’s high recognition of Nebulas. This round of financing will further enhance Nebulas’ industrial service capabilities, accelerate the company’s strategic advancement, focus on ‘dual-smart’ cities, and pilot areas for the Internet of Vehicles, and fully empower the V2X scale of OEMs Mass production and application, serve the China strategy of intelligent networked vehicles that integrates vehicles, roads, and clouds.”
Investor’s View:
Zhu Ping, general manager of Zhongguancun Science City Technology Growth Fund Manager, Zhongguancun Science City Innovation and Development Co., Ltd., said: Nebulas Internet has the earliest research and industrialization team of vehicle-road collaboration technology in China, and its V2X solutions cover vehicle-road-cloud communication, perception and algorithms In other respects, it provides services for a number of intelligent networked demonstration areas, pilot areas, and OEMs. With the iteration of communication technology, vehicle-road collaboration technology will be fully deployed, thereby solving the safety and economic problems that restrict the promotion of autonomous driving. Although the integration of vehicle, road and network is the future trend, there are still many ways to go, but the Nebula team is highly professional, stable and practical, and has profound technical background. We hope to join hands with Nebula to jointly accelerate the intelligent network of Zhongguancun Science City Linked ecological construction.
Shen Jin, Vice President of Qualcomm Global and Managing Director of Qualcomm Ventures China, said: “The coordinated development of vehicles and roads is an important strategy to support the transformation of China’s intelligent networked automobile industry and intelligent transportation industry. In collaboration with leading companies, we have been deeply involved in C-V2X technology and product research and development. We are very happy to invest in and support Nebulas Internet’s innovation in the field of vehicle-road collaboration, accelerate the pace of C-V2X large-scale commercialization, and jointly open a new era of intelligent networked vehicles .”
Chen Yong, investment director of Changjiang Capital, said: “ Vehicle-road synergy can improve driving safety and improve traffic management efficiency, which is an industry consensus after the development of bicycle intelligence is blocked. At present, the demonstration effect of vehicle-road coordination is gradually emerging, and it is in the first-tier cities to penetrate into second- and third-tier cities, gradually from closed to semi-closed, partially open roads, and infiltration of key intersections. As an important component of new infrastructure, large-scale commercialization can be expected in the future. . Relying on the excellent team from Tsinghua University, Nebulas Internet has a V2X full-stack product matrix, leading the industry in the number of projects and application scenarios. At the same time, it is the first to deploy the car-end pre-installation market. It is about to achieve large-scale pre-installation mass production, and the future can be expected. We look forward to long-term cooperation with the company, continue to serve the company well, and help the company to grow in value.
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