Cooking-robot maker Zigutianchu raises nearly RMB 100 million in new strategic funding
创业邦 · wechat · 2026-07-27
Chinese cooking-robot company Zigutianchu announced a new strategic financing round of nearly RMB 100 million, led by CMG Capital with follow-on participation from Yueqian Capital and oversubscriptions from existing investors such as Yunqi and Qifu.
The article says the company is one of the few in the sector with revenue above RMB 100 million and already profitable. It lists multiple robot models across restaurant and institutional-catering scenarios, says a single large robot can output up to 30 kg per batch in 3–5 minutes, and claims the system has cooked over 2,000 Chinese dishes. The company also highlights an AI dish model plus an IoT food-safety platform, strong data feedback loops from deployed machines, major enterprise customers, and planned overseas expansion.
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