- The 3d generation company secures several hundred million yuan in a round led by state-backed and strategic investors
- The financing comes alongside a new model release and strong subscription growth driven by overseas demand
Deemos (影眸科技), a startup focusing on 3D model development, said on June 23 it has raised several hundred million yuan in a new funding round led by Cathay Capital and state-run Shanghai Guotai Pioneer Fund, with existing investors also participating.
The Shanghai-based company said the round brings together state-backed strategic capital, international industrial investors and financial sponsors, underscoring continued market confidence in its technical approach and commercialization progress.
Previous backers include HongShan, ByteDance, Meituan DragonBall Capital and Lanchi Ventures.
Founded in 2020, Deemos describes itself as one of the early teams to define a foundational framework for 3D generation models.
Production-grade 3D
Its core product line Hyper3D is built around the Rodin engine, aimed at producing production-grade 3D assets for industrial workflows with controlability and high fidelity.
Its tools span generation, editing, segmentation, repair and reuse, and are already integrated with major global 3D digital content creation software.
In January 2026, the company launched Rodin Gen-2 Edit, combining 3D generation and editing in a single workflow.
On the commercial side, Deemos said it has reached several tens of millions of dollars in annual recurring revenue, with overseas markets accounting for about 80% of total income. Customers include ByteDance, Unity, Figma and Canva.
The company also said 3D visuals shown by Nvidia boss Jensen Huang during a CES 2026 robotics presentation were generated using its technology.
‘Think-then-generate’
Alongside the funding announcement, Deemos released Rodin Gen-2.5, which it describes as capable of generating models at up to tens of millions of faces and producing up to one million faces in as fast as four seconds.
The company said the new system introduces a “think-then-generate” workflow, modeled loosely on large language models, into 3D generation, and also includes a native 12K-resolution texture model.
It added that in the first month after launch, subscriptions and ARR both grew more than 400% month on month.
The company, which began by focusing on digital humans, has expanded over six years into gaming, e-commerce, 3D printing, industrial design and embodied AI applications over the past few years.
