# DeepBlue funding: rounds and investors

> DeepBlue has raised $48M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include CICC and Meridian Capital/ Chengdu Desung. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/deepblue (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *DeepBlue*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$48M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources

**$16M** Round **$32M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $32M Apr 2018
- **Step-up i:** 2×
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2019

**$16M** Round

**$32M** Round

- **First round:** Round, $16M
- **Biggest round:** $32M
- **Between rounds:** 2 months

## The rounds

- **Apr 2018** Round **$32M** *1 new* [CICC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cicc) Reported by China Money Network
- **Feb 2018** Round **$16M** *1 new* Meridian Capital/ Chengdu Desung Reported by China Money Network

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Round** 2018 **Round** 2018 [CICC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cicc) Meridian Capital/ Chengdu Desung

## Everyone who backed them

[CICC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cicc) Investment bank **1** round

Meridian Capital/ Chengdu Desung no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=deepblue).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list DeepBlue as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Band of Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/band-of-angels) Angel network Per its own site

[RTP Capital Associates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rtp-capital-associates) Angel network Per its own site

[RTP Angel Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rtp-angel-fund) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about DeepBlue

### Who invested in DeepBlue?

DeepBlue's investors include CICC and Meridian Capital/ Chengdu Desung.

### How much has DeepBlue raised?

DeepBlue has raised $48M across 2 rounds since 2018.

### When did DeepBlue last raise?

DeepBlue's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $32M in Apr 2018.

### What was DeepBlue's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $32M in Apr 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed DeepBlue first?

DeepBlue's first round on record, in Feb 2018, was backed by Meridian Capital/ Chengdu Desung.

### What stage is DeepBlue at?

DeepBlue's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Apr 2018.

### Where is DeepBlue based?

DeepBlue is based in China.

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