Ant Group Leads 500M Yuan Pre-A Into Humanoid Startup JoyIn蚂蚁集团领投5亿元，苏州若宇机器人完成Pre-A轮融资

Suzhou-based humanoid robot startup JoyIn reportedly closed a 500 million yuan Pre-A round led by Ant Group, the fintech affiliate of Alibaba. The round adds JoyIn to a growing list of Chinese humanoid startups attracting large early-stage checks in the weeks surrounding Unitree's IPO.

The same period saw LimX Dynamics close a $200 million pre-IPO round at a roughly $2.21 billion valuation, and Walden Robotics secure a $300 million seed at a $1.1 billion valuation. That cluster of deals put more than $1.2 billion in new humanoid capital to work in a single week, according to RoboZaps tracking.

Ant Group's participation signals that financial-sector players — not just industrial and strategic-tech funds — are now allocating to Chinese embodied AI. JoyIn's specific technology focus and product roadmap were not detailed in available sourcing, but the Ant backing suggests the company is positioning for commercial or consumer-facing robotic applications rather than pure research.