TDHX Industrial Network Security, a Chinese provider of industrial cybersecurity solutions, has raised 800 million yuan ($110.6 million) in a Series E round co-led by Svolt Capital, the investment arm of Great Wall Holdings, which is the biggest stakeholder in Great Wall Motor.
The round was also led by two state-affiliated investors—Beijing Jingguorui Equity Investment Fund Management, which is under Beijing State-Owned Capital Operation and Management Center; and a fund set up by the investment unit of China Unicom and CICC Capital, according to a release on Monday.
Chinese venture capital firm Green Pine Capital Partners (GPCP); Zhongguancun Science City, a tech hub set up by the Beijing municipal government; and Shenzhen-listed information infrastructure platform service provider Wangsu Science & Technology were among the participating investors.
Founded in 2007, the Beijing-headquartered firm had previously secured almost 700 million yuan ($105 million) in a Series D round from investors with links to the government in June 2022.
The recent investment comes at a time when the Chinese government has been ramping up efforts to accelerate data security in the country’s industrial sector. One of its recent plans announced in early February includes establishing a security system to protect industrial data in a bid to control the risks.
Meanwhile, China has ramped up its spending to replace Western-made technology with domestic substitutions amid intensifying tensions between China and the US, Reuters reported last December, citing government tenders, research documents and four people familiar with the matter.
