Luojia Yiyun (珞珈伊云) raises tens of millions yuan in Pre‑A round led by Zhongbo Juli (中博聚力)

Funding and strategic push

It has been reported that Wuhan‑based high‑precision LiDAR developer Luojia Yiyun (珞珈伊云) has closed a Pre‑A financing round worth "tens of millions" of yuan, led by investment firm Zhongbo Juli (中博聚力). The deal, reportedly aimed at accelerating scale deployment, will also connect the company to upstream and downstream industrial resources as it seeks to entrench itself in China’s push for domestic high‑end surveying equipment.

Technology that challenges incumbents

Luojia Yiyun says it has developed a stack of core innovations to break long‑standing foreign dominance by firms such as Leica and RIEGL. Reportedly, the company’s pulse‑phase hybrid full‑waveform ranging and FPGA real‑time processing deliver sub‑millimeter theoretical precision and up to 2 million measurement returns per second; a four‑quadrant panoramic scanning design achieves scanning speeds claimed at 800 revolutions per second; and an ambiguity‑resolution method for mid‑to‑long‑range measurement boosts point‑cloud density at 1,500 m by 3–10× compared with traditional approaches. Its FT series, including the FT1500 airborne unit, is said to use domestically produced core modules and has been positioned as a lower‑cost alternative to imported systems.

Market, strategy and geopolitical context

It has been reported that Luojia Yiyun has sold nearly 1,000 sensors and claims strong domestic traction—its products are used across major infrastructure projects and multiple transport and utilities accounts—and has begun reverse exports to Western markets. Why does this matter? China’s high‑precision LiDAR sector was long almost wholly import‑dependent, leaving critical measurement capabilities exposed to supply and policy risks. With Western export controls and wider trade tensions tightening access to advanced sensing components, investors and policymakers are treating domestic substitution as strategic. Zhongbo Juli partner and CIO Guo Chen said the firm backs Luojia Yiyun’s “full‑stack” approach and sees room for continued growth as digital‑twin and “Digital China” programs expand, while founder and chief scientist Professor Mao Qingzhou (毛庆洲) has framed a broader “点云中国” (Point‑Cloud China) data ambition that would move the company from hardware into national data services.