2021 State of AI Summary
核心内容概览
2021年全球人工智能领域经历了显著增长,特别是在融资、并购和独角兽诞生方面。整体趋势显示AI投资持续上升,行业成熟度提高,企业对AI技术的应用日益广泛。
主要观点
- AI融资总额翻倍:2021年全球AI融资总额达到668亿美元,比2020年增长108%。其中,医疗AI融资占比18%,成为主要驱动力。
- 融资规模显著增长:2021年平均交易规模增长78%,中位数交易规模增长75%至700万美元。全年共有12笔5亿美元以上的融资,远超2020年的2笔。
- 最大单笔融资:Q4 2021中,DevSecOps公司Lacework以13亿美元的Series D轮融资成为最大单笔融资,也是当年第六大AI融资。
- 投资机构活跃度:Tiger Global Management在Q4 2021中成为最活跃的AI投资者,支持了13家公司,全年共支持44家公司和48笔交易,其中31笔为大额融资。
- M&A交易激增:全球AI M&A交易达到311笔,比2020年增长96%。医疗AI占12%的交易量,其中包括PayPal收购Paidy(27亿美元)和IBM收购Turbonomic(20亿美元)等大型交易。
- 独角兽数量创新高:2021年全球新增65家AI独角兽,总数达到125家。其中,Q4新增3家医疗AI独角兽:SWORD Health、Owkin和Dental Monitoring。
- 零售AI融资增长显著:尽管交易数量与2020年基本持平,但零售AI融资增长195%,主要得益于11笔大额融资,其中Trax融资6.4亿美元,Faire融资4亿美元。
- 市场成熟度提升:大额融资(mega-rounds)占全年AI融资的61%,总额达408亿美元,显示出市场对AI技术的高关注度和投资热情。
- 区域分布:美国和中国在AI融资和交易中保持领先地位,欧洲、拉美和加拿大也有显著增长,但整体规模仍不及美国和中国。
关键信息
融资趋势
- 总融资额:668亿美元,同比增长108%。
- 大额融资:179笔,同比增长127%。其中,医疗AI占比最高,达到37笔。
- 最大单笔融资:Lacework的13亿美元Series D融资,占Q4总融资的7.6%。
- 中位数融资额:达到8500万美元,较前一年增长70%。
并购趋势
- 交易数量:311笔,同比增长96%。
- 医疗AI并购:占12%的交易量。
- 最大并购交易:PayPal收购Paidy(27亿美元)和IBM收购Turbonomic(20亿美元)。
- IPO和SPAC:2021年是AI IPO和SPAC的创纪录年,分别有40家和15家。
独角兽诞生
- 新增独角兽:65家,同比增长442%。
- 全球独角兽总数:125家。
- Q4新增:3家医疗AI独角兽,分别是SWORD Health、Owkin和Dental Monitoring。
区域分析
- 美国:融资和交易数量均居首位,特别是大额融资增长显著。
- 中国:在医疗AI和零售AI领域表现突出,融资总额和交易数量均显著增长。
- 其他地区:欧洲、拉美和加拿大也有显著增长,但总体规模仍不及美国和中国。
投资者活动
- Tiger Global Management:在Q4支持13家公司,全年支持44家AI初创企业。
- 资产/投资管理机构:支持116笔大额融资,中位数交易规模翻倍。
- 风险投资机构:如Insight Partners、Coatue Management和5Y Capital在AI投资中表现活跃。
详细数据
Q4 2021融资排名
| 排名 |
公司名称 |
融资金额 |
融资轮次 |
投资者 |
国家 |
占比 |
| 1 |
Lacework |
$1.3B |
Series D |
Altimeter Capital, D1 Capital Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, Tiger Global Management, General Catalyst |
United States |
7.6% |
| 2 |
Nuro |
$600M |
Series D |
Tiger Global Management, Baillie Gifford & Co., Fidelity Investments, Gaorong Capital, SoftBank Group |
United States |
3.5% |
| 3 |
Momenta |
$500M |
Series C |
Temasek, The Bosch Group, Yunfeng Capital, General Motors, SAIC Motor |
China |
2.9% |
| 4 |
Socure |
$450M |
Series E |
Bain Capital, Tiger Global Management, Commerce Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Sorenson Ventures |
United States |
2.6% |
| 5 |
Faire |
$400M |
Series G |
D1 Capital Partners, Dragoneer Investment Group, Durable Capital Partners, DST Global, Lightspeed Venture Partners |
United States |
2.3% |
| 6 |
ESWIN |
$392M |
Series C |
China Internet Investment Fund, GoldStone Investment, IDG Capital, Legend Capital, InnoVision Capital |
China |
2.3% |
| 7 |
Generate Biomedicines |
$370M |
Series B |
ARCH Venture Partners, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Alaska Permanent Fund, Altitude Life Science Ventures, Flagship Pioneering |
United States |
2.2% |
| 8 |
Moore Threads |
$313M |
Series A |
5Y Capital, BOC International, Shanghai Guosheng Capital, CCB International, Qianhai Fund of Funds |
China |
1.8% |
| 9 |
Freenome |
$300M |
Series D |
Perceptive Advisors, RA Capital Management, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, Fidelity Investments |
United States |
1.8% |
| 9 |
Plume |
$300M |
Series F |
SoftBank Group |
United States |
1.8% |
Q4 2021种子轮融资
| 排名 |
公司名称 |
融资金额 |
投资者 |
国家 |
| 1 |
Harbinger Health |
$50M |
Flagship Pioneering |
United States |
| 2 |
Zeen Health |
$40M |
Qiming Venture Partners, Eight Roads Ventures |
China |
| 3 |
Qiangua Technology |
$32M |
Baidu, IDG Capital, SF Holding Co, XPeng Motors |
China |
| 4 |
Mesh-AI |
$30M |
Columbia Capital |
United Kingdom |
| 4 |
nr2 |
$30M |
Lord Rothschilds Family Interests, Simon Robey |
United Kingdom |
| 6 |
OptiFunder |
$25M |
Arthur Ventures |
United States |
| 6 |
TandemAI |
$25M |
Chengwei Capital, OrbiMed Advisors |
China |
| 8 |
Insurights |
$22M |
Group 11, Cresson, Good Company, Insurtech Israel |
United States |
| 9 |
Surpath |
$16M |
Matrix Partners China |
China |
| 9 |
All In Tech |
$16M |
N/A |
China |
Q4 2021 Series A融资
| 排名 |
公司名称 |
融资金额 |
投资者 |
国家 |
| 1 |
Moore Threads |
$313M |
5Y Capital, BOC International, Shanghai Guosheng Capital, CCB International, Qianhai Fund of Funds |
China |
| 2 |
Haomo.AI |
$158M |
Hillhouse Capital Management, Meituan Dianping, Nine Intelligence Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Shoucheng Holding |
China |
| 3 |
Helsing |
$119M |
Prima Materia |
Germany |
| 4 |
Rossum |
$100M |
General Catalyst, Elad Gil, LocalGlobe, Miton, Seedcamp |
Czech Republic |
| 5 |
METiS Therapeutics |
$86M |
China Life Insurance, PICC Capital, 5Y Capital, FreesFund, Lightspeed China Partners |
United States |
| 6 |
Landing AI |
$57M |
McRock Capital, Insight Partners, AI Fund, Intel Capital, CPP Investments |
United States |
| 7 |
Wizard |
$50M |
New Enterprise Associates, Accel, Marc Lore |
United States |
| 8 |
RealAI |
$47M |
Delta Capital, Ant Group, Lakala Koala Fund |
China |
| 9 |
42dot |
$41M |
Hyundai Motor Company, Lotte Ventures |
South Korea |
| 10 |
DeepCure |
$40M |
5Y Capital, Sapir Venture Partners, TLV Partners, Benon Group |
United States |
Q4 2021 Series C融资
| 排名 |
公司名称 |
融资金额 |
投资者 |
国家 |
| 1 |
Momenta |
$500M |
Temasek, The Bosch Group, Yunfeng Capital, General Motors, SAIC Motor |
China |
| 2 |
ESWIN |
$392M |
China Internet Investment Fund, GoldStone Investment, IDG Capital, Legend Capital, InnoVision Capital |
China |
| 3 |
immunai |
$215M |
Koch Disruptive Technologies, 8VC, Alexandria Venture Investments, Piedmont Investment Advisors, Talos |
Israel |
| 4 |
Fabric |
$200M |
Temasek, CPP Investments, KSH Capital, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Pontifax AgTech |
United States |
| 4 |
Paradox |
$200M |
Sapphire Ventures, Stripes Group, Thoma Bravo, Brighton Park Capital, Blue Cloud Ventures |
United States |
| 6 |
Hongji Cyclone |
$150M |
CMC Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, DCM Ventures, Matrix Partners China, Source Code Capital |
China |
| 7 |
Twin Health |
$140M |
Sequoia Capital India, Corner Ventures, Helena Capital Partners, ICONIQ Growth, LTS Investments |
United States |
| 8 |
Hailo |
$136M |
Gil Agmon, Poalim Equity, ABB Technology Ventures, OurCrowd, Zohar Zisapel |
Israel |
| 9 |
Weights & Biases |
$135M |
Insight Partners, Coatue Management, Bond, Felicis |
United States |
| 10 |
LingoAce |
$105M |
Sequoia Capital India, Owl Ventures, Shunwei Capital Partners, SWC Ventures |
Singapore |
Q4 2021 Series D融资
| 排名 |
公司名称 |
融资金额 |
融资轮次 |
投资者 |
国家 |
| 1 |
Lacework |
$1.3B |
Series D |
Altimeter Capital, D1 Capital Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, Tiger Global Management, General Catalyst |
United States |
| 2 |
Nuro |
$600M |
Series D |
Tiger Global Management, Baillie Gifford & Co., Fidelity Investments, Gaorong Capital, SoftBank Group |
United States |
| 3 |
Freenome |
$300M |
Series D |
Perceptive Advisors, RA Capital Management, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, Fidelity Investments |
United States |
| 4 |
Applied Intuition |
$175M |
Series D |
Addition, Coatue Management, Elad Gil, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst |
United States |
| 5 |
SWORD Health |
$163M |
Series D |
Sapphire Ventures, General Catalyst, Bond, Founders Fund, Green Innovations |
United States |
| 6 |
Kueski |
$102M |
Series D |
Stepstone Group, Angel Ventures Mexico, Richmond Global, Rise Capital, Tuesday Capital |
Mexico |
| 7 |
AutoGrid Systems |
$85M |
Series D |
SE Ventures, National Grid Partners, Shell Ventures, TotalEnergies Ventures, GS Futures |
United States |
| 8 |
Reveleer |
$65M |
Series D |
Oak HC/FT Partners, Boston Millennium Partners, Upfront Ventures |
United States |
| 9 |
Lunit |
$61M |
Series D |
Casdin Capital, HealthQuest Capital, NSG Ventures, Tybourne Capital Management, BrightEdge |
South Korea |
| 10 |
Nexar |
$53M |
Series D |
Qumra Capital, Aleph, Atreides Management, Corner Ventures, Catalyst Investment Group |
Israel |
Q4 2021 Series E+融资
| 排名 |
公司名称 |
融资金额 |
融资轮次 |
投资者 |
国家 |
| 1 |
Socure |
$450M |
Series E |
Bain Capital, Tiger Global Management, Commerce Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Sorenson Ventures |
United States |
| 2 |
Faire |
$400M |
Series G |
D1 Capital Partners, Dragoneer Investment Group, Durable Capital Partners, DST Global, Lightspeed Venture Partners |
United States |
| 3 |
Plume |
$300M |
Series F |
SoftBank Group |
United States |
| 4 |
Cerebras Systems |
$250M |
Series F |
Abu Dhabi Growth Fund, Alpha Wave Global, Benchmark, Altimeter Capital, Coatue Management |
United States |
| 4 |
Deliverr |
$250M |
Series E |
Tiger Global Management, 8VC, Activant Capital, Brookfield Asset Management, Coatue Management |
United States |
| 4 |
VerblT |
$250M |
Series E |
Third Point Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, More Capital, Vertex Growth, 40 North |
United States |
| 7 |
Augury |
$180M |
Series E |
Insight Partners, Eclipse Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Munich Re Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures |
United States |
| 8 |
Innovaccer |
$150M |
Series E |
Mubadala Capital, B Capital Group, Dragoneer Investment Group, M12, Steadview Capital |
United States |
| 9 |
Domino Data Lab |
$100M |
Series F |
Great Hill Partners, NVIDIA, Sequoia Capital, Coatue Management, Highland Capital Partners |
United States |
| 9 |
H2O.ai |
$100M |
Series E |
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Celesta Capital, Crane Venture Partners, NVIDIA, Wells Fargo Strategic Capital |
United States |
| 9 |
Hyperscience |
$100M |
Series E |
Bessemer Venture Partners, Global Founders Capital, Stripes Group, Tiger Global Management |
United States |
总结
2021年AI行业在全球范围内展现出强劲的增长势头,融资规模翻倍,独角兽数量显著增加,大额融资占比大幅提升。医疗AI成为主要增长引擎,而美国和中国在融资和交易中占据主导地位。风险投资和资产/投资管理机构在推动AI企业发展中发挥了关键作用,Tiger Global Management尤为活跃。整体市场成熟度提高,显示AI技术正在被更多企业广泛采用。