NeuShen Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech developing novel small-molecule and gene-therapy treatments for central nervous system disorders such as schizophrenia, depression and epilepsy. Founded in 2021 by Joan Huaqiong Shen, MD, PhD, and headquartered in Shanghai with an R&D center in the Boston area, the company runs a pipeline led by NS-136, a selective M4 receptor positive allosteric modulator for schizophrenia, and NS-041, a highly selective KCNQ2/3 activator for epilepsy and depression.
U POWER Tech is an electric-vehicle technology company building the UP Super Board, a mass-producible 'skateboard' chassis-by-wire that packages propulsion, steering, braking, suspension, thermal management and Level 2+ ADAS into a single plug-and-play platform. By decoupling the chassis from the vehicle body, U POWER lets automakers and fleet operators design custom EVs - vans, pickups, SUVs, specialty vehicles - on top of a validated base, cutting development time by at least six months. Founded in 2021 with offices in Silicon Valley (Sunnyvale) and Shanghai, the company sells to OEMs and commercial fleets and has expanded aggressively into North America with products like the UP VAN for last-mile delivery.
Deptrum (光鉴科技) is a Chinese 3D vision company founded in 2018 by three Silicon Valley scientists, including a former Apple depth-hardware lead. It builds full-stack 3D depth-sensing solutions - nanophotonic chips, structured-light and Time-of-Flight cameras, and AI perception algorithms - that let machines see and measure the physical world. Its hardware powers robots, smart cockpits, palm-payment terminals, smartphones and new-retail systems across finance, automotive and IoT.