Xianyin Future
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About Xianyin Future
Xianyin Future develops cable-driven flexible manipulators for spacecraft servicing. Its arms use tension-controlled cables to transmit motion from rear-mounted motors, reducing mass and inertia at the end of the arm. Control must manage the arm's shape alongside end-effector force and position, while accounting for coupling between a moving manipulator and its floating spacecraft base.
Founded in September 2025 in Hefei, the company targets orbital refuelling, assisted deorbiting and inspection or maintenance of space infrastructure. It is developing mission concepts with other space companies and plans a rendezvous-and-docking technology validation in 2027. Its disclosed 2026 financing spans three completed rounds; the planned orbital test remains a development milestone.
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Funding
- 2026-10-12 - Three-round financing disclosure - Xianyin Future discloses three financing rounds totalling hundreds of millions of yuan
Angel, pre-Series A and Series A rounds closed between May and September; Alibaba and China Mobile Chain Fund led the Series A. - source: 36kr.com
Investors
- AgiBot - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-12
- Alibaba - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2026-10-12
- Aplus Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-12
- Binfu Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-12
- BlueRun Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-12
- China Mobile Chain Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-12
- Genesis Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-12
- Hillhouse Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-12
- Huaying Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-12
- Kaifeng Venture Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-12
- Lianjie Qichen Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-12
- Oriza Seed - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-12
- Shuimu Tsinghua Alumni Seed Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-12
- Trina Solar - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-12
- Zhuhai Technology Industry Group - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-12
Team
- Tao Yanbo / 陶彦博 - Co-initiator - Explains the development of cable-driven manipulators and the company’s planned orbital-servicing validation.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-10-12 - Funding - Xianyin Future discloses three financing rounds totalling hundreds of millions of yuan
BlueRun, Hillhouse Ventures and Binfu led the angel round, with AgiBot and Trina Solar among strategic participants; Huaying Capital led the pre-Series A. The company develops flexible cable-driven arms for orbital refuelling, inspection and deorbiting, with a rendezvous and docking demonstration planned for 2027.
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Context tags
- Space robotic manipulation - Capability - https://www.sinxbot.com/ — Company develops orbital robotic manipulation/servicing hardware. Development scope does not assert achieved orbital operation.
- Space robotics ecosystem - Stack Layer - https://www.sinxbot.com/ — Builds space-robotics hardware programmes; no inherited aircraft-builder or satellite-network peer identity.
- Space infrastructure operations - Customer Environment - https://www.sinxbot.com/ — Space infrastructure is the intended customer environment,not proof of a deployed orbital fleet.