June 17, according to The InformationDeepSeek It's finished its first roundFinancingTHE TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED WAS MORE THAN 50 BILLION YUAN YUAN, UPDATING THE LARGE MODEL OF NATIONAL PRODUCTION AND EVEN THE SINGLE-CYCLE FINANCING RECORD OF THE ENTIRE CHINESE AI INDUSTRY TO DATE。
OF THE PUBLICLY DISCLOSED DONORS, LIANG WENFENG HIMSELF TOOK THE LARGEST SHARE OF THE PURCHASE, CONTRIBUTING 20 BILLION YUAN YUAN; 10 BILLION YUAN YUAN YUAN IN TELECOMMUNICATION AND INVESTMENT; 5 BILLION YUAN YUAN IN NINGDEH-ERA; AND 3 BILLION YUAN YUAN EACH FOR KYEONGDONG, YEUNG AND IDG CAPITAL. THE REMAINING INVESTORS AND AMOUNTS HAVE NOT BEEN FULLY DISCLOSED。
It is worth noting that the current round of financing follows an unusual trading structure: investors are required to inject funds into a limited partnership managed by DeepSeek CEO Leung Feng instead of investing directly in DeepSeek itself。
According to informed sources, this was an arrangement in Leung Feng to ensure that he maintained absolute control of the company, while all outside investors had a five-year ban on the sale of their shares, which could not be transferred。