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

According to a report by the Star Market Daily, multiple investment institutions have confirmed that DeepSeek’s Series A funding 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; the CATL ecosystem—including CATL 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.