Company profile
Lightwheel
Robotics simulation software / synthetic data for embodied AI · Series A+++ (A++/A+++ combined, March 2026)
Lightwheel builds simulation infrastructure for embodied/physical AI, providing physics‑accurate SimReady assets and scenes, scalable synthetic and egocentric human data (EgoSuite), and evaluation platforms (RoboFinals) to help robotics and AI teams train, evaluate, and deploy real‑world systems.
Stage
Series A+++ (A++/A+++ combined, March 2026)
Total Raised
$145.0M
Founded
2023
Employees
~150
Valuation
Undisclosed
HQ
Santa Clara, California, United States
Funding Rounds
Recorded financings and participating investors compiled from public announcements and company disclosures.
- Sep 2024SeedInvestors not public$0RaisedSep 2024SeedInvestors not public$0Raised
- Mar 2026Series A++/A+++New Hope Group, Dingbang Investment (San’an Optoelectronics chairman’s family office), AUX Group, Dingshi Asset Management, Jiantou Huake, Guofang Innovation, Daohe Long-Term Investment, Fresh (Qingxin) Capital$145.0MRaisedMar 2026Series A++/A+++New Hope Group, Dingbang Investment (San’an Optoelectronics chairman’s family office), AUX Group, Dingshi Asset Management, Jiantou Huake, Guofang Innovation, Daohe Long-Term Investment, Fresh (Qingxin) Capital$145.0MRaised
Team
Team
SP
Steve (Chen) Xie, Ph.D.
Founder & CEO
