Ein führendes chinesisches Unternehmen für unterwassererfassende und akustische Ausrüstungen hat eine neue Runde an Finanzierungen abgeschlossen und beschleunigt die Expansion auf dem zivilen Markt | Exclusive Report von Yingke

Autor  |  Qiao Yujie

Redakteur  |  Yuan Silai

Hard Kr has learned that Beijing Shenzhou Puhui Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Shenzhou Puhui") recently completed its Series B financing, which was invested by the Beijing Advanced Manufacturing and Intelligent Equipment Industry Investment Fund. The funds will be mainly used for the domestic substitution of high - end underwater instruments, the R & D of unmanned intelligent marine products, and the expansion of civilian application scenarios for core products.

Shenzhou Puhui was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Beijing. It is a "little giant" enterprise in the field of deep - sea technology, which is strongly supported by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The company has long been deeply involved in fiber - optic sensing and underwater acoustic sensing technologies and has the full - chain R & D and engineering capabilities from core components, special equipment to system solutions.

Centering on the core direction of underwater sensing, the company has formed a serialized product matrix covering fiber - optic hydrophone towed arrays, fiber - optic hydrophone seabed arrays, marine resource exploration equipment, 3D image sonars, distributed fiber - optic sensing demodulators, special sensing cables, and watertight connectors. Many of its related technologies are at the leading level in China, and its products have been applied in scenarios such as marine observation, resource exploration, underwater security, and major infrastructure monitoring.

Product system of underwater sensing equipment (Source: Enterprise)

In terms of technology and scientific research, Shenzhou Puhui once led and undertook a major instrument project of the Ministry of Science and Technology. The relevant achievements have been put into practical use in fields such as underwater target detection, marine resource exploration, underwater noise measurement, and marine scientific observation. Many technologies have filled the gaps in relevant domestic fields and won many important national and provincial honors.

The company has also jointly established an underwater acoustic joint laboratory with Harbin Engineering University and Northwestern Polytechnical University and has established long - term cooperative relationships with many marine - related universities and key laboratories to continuously promote the engineering application of underwater acoustic and fiber - optic sensing technologies. In 2025, through mergers and acquisitions, the company mastered the core R & D capabilities of deep - sea 3D image sonars and became one of the few large - scale systematic technology enterprises in China that both research, develop and produce underwater detection sonars and image sonars.

With the gradual release of the demand for domestic substitution and the increasing demand for underwater sensing equipment in fields such as marine engineering, water conservancy, and oil and gas, the company has accelerated the transformation of its core technologies from scientific research to productization and engineering delivery in recent years.

Zhang Haibing, the founder of the company, said that underwater sensing and high - end sonar equipment have long been highly dependent on imports, especially in fields such as imaging mapping and detection, which are significantly affected by overseas regulations. "We first entered the military - industrial system to solve the problem of 'whether it can be used'. As the technology matures, the space in the civilian market is gradually opening up." At present, the company has deployed in civilian scenarios such as oil and gas, water conservancy, bridge inspection, and fish finding and has continuously expanded its applications in directions such as oil and gas exploration, underwater security, and infrastructure monitoring.

Centering on the construction of industrialization and engineering delivery capabilities, Shenzhou Puhui has made deployments in multiple places across the country. The group currently has three subsidiaries: Wuhan Puhui Ocean Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd., Harbin Hachuan Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd., and Hainan Puhui Ocean Technology Co., Ltd. Among them, Wuhan Puhui was founded in 2012 and has built the Hubei Provincial Fiber - Optic Hydrophone Detection Engineering Laboratory. It is an important base for the company to achieve large - scale production of fiber - optic hydrophones and array - level products. Harbin Hachuan Optoelectronic focuses on the R & D and manufacturing of new - type distributed sensors and high - end equipment. Hainan Puhui is positioned as a base for the development of application scenarios, operation services, and maintenance support of high - end sonars and marine geophysical exploration equipment, providing equipment integration, joint commissioning, operation, maintenance support, and technical services for application scenarios such as underwater detection, marine surveys, resource geophysical exploration, and inspections.

In terms of capital, Shenzhou Puhui has completed multiple rounds of financing. Its shareholders include the Second - phase Advanced Manufacturing Industry Investment Fund of the National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund, the Beijing Advanced Manufacturing and Intelligent Equipment Industry Investment Fund, the Gazelle Science and Technology Innovation Fund of Zhongguancun Capital, as well as venture capital institutions such as Tibet Meilan and Shenghe Weiye. Zhang Haibing said that this round of financing will be mainly invested in the domestic substitution of high - end marine instruments and equipment, the integrated application of sonar products and unmanned platforms, intelligent applications, and the further expansion of product applications in civilian industries such as oil and gas, underwater security, and water conservancy.

Currently, the company has about 270 employees, more than 30% of whom are R & D personnel. The core team mainly comes from well - known domestic universities and acoustic and optical research institutions. Many core members have led or participated in national and provincial key scientific research projects.