Manus Founder Reveals Funding Information for the First Time: Over $10 Million Raised in Two Rounds

BlockBeats News, March 7th: Manus founder and CEO Xiao Hong stated in an interview with Tencent Tech that as of now, Manus' parent company, Butterfly Effect, has completed two rounds of financing with a total size exceeding $10 million. The first-round investors were ZhenFund (ZhenFund was an angel investor in Xiao Hong's previous startup, and they have invested all the funds earned from Xiao Hong's previous project into this project); the second-round investors include Sequoia China, Tencent, ZhenFund, and Wang Huiwen.

In 2023, under the matchmaking of investors, the company introduced key members such as Ji Yichao (former founder and CEO of Peak Labs, now Manus AI Chief Scientist) and Zhang Tao (former Product Lead Beyond Lightyears, now Manus AI Product Lead).

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