Woofun AI reports that DeepSeek has successfully closed its inaugural financing round, securing approximately 51 billion yuan, equivalent to $7.5 billion USD. This substantial capital influx propels the company's post-financing valuation to nearly 400 billion yuan. The investment syndicate features a diverse array of prominent entities, including Guozhi Investment, Tencent, NetEase, JD.com, CATL, Zhengxin Valley Investment, Shixiang Technology, Monolith Capital, and IDG Capital.

Founder Leung Man-fung emerged as the dominant backer, contributing roughly 20 billion yuan to lead the round. Tencent followed with an investment of approximately 10 billion yuan, while CATL committed around 5 billion yuan. Other key participants included NetEase, JD.com, Monolith Capital, and IDG Capital, each injecting about 3 billion yuan. Smaller but significant contributions came from Zhengxin Valley Investment and Shixiang Technology at 1.5 billion yuan each, alongside a 980 million yuan allocation from the National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund.