"Star Shuttle" Secures 5 Million Yuan in Angel Round Investment from Jiude, Aims to Reshape Cultural and Tourism Service Ecosystem with Spatial Intelligence OS

Recently, Hangzhou Star Shuttle Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Star Shuttle"), an innovative enterprise in the fields of low-altitude economy and intelligent cultural tourism, announced the completion of a 5 million yuan angel round of financing. This round of investment was exclusively completed by Jiude Investment. It is reported that this fund will be mainly used for product R & D iteration, expansion of the national service network, and continuous construction of the core capabilities of the spatial intelligent operating system, laying the foundation for the company's large-scale application in the next stage.

Four major business segments build a service closed-loop, and the integration of hardware and software creates a core barrier

As a technology enterprise based in Linping District, Hangzhou, Star Shuttle has precisely targeted the integrated track of "low-altitude economy + cultural tourism" since its establishment. It is committed to building a "spatial intelligent operating system" integrating hardware and software through its self-developed drones, robots, AI intelligent drone nests, and spatial large model platform.

The company has currently formed four major core business segments: Immersive scenic spot shooting (Star Shoot), AR guided tour interaction (Star Tour), Drone logistics and distribution (Star Delivery), and Full-area intelligent inspection (Star Patrol), building a service closed-loop from perception, interaction to distribution, and security. It is worth noting that Star Shuttle has officially obtained the "Civil Unmanned Aircraft Operation Certificate" issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China and has implemented its business in multiple 4A/5A-level scenic spots and remote mountain villages.

Addressing industry pain points, the "operation partner" model releases the value of increasing efficiency and reducing costs

Currently, the cultural tourism industry is in a critical stage of transformation and upgrading. Traditional scenic spots generally face practical challenges in operation, such as homogeneous services, difficult inspections, low distribution efficiency, and single tourist experiences. Especially in complex terrains such as mountains, forests, and waters, human services are difficult to cover comprehensively.

Star Shuttle enters the market with the "low-altitude operation partner" model. Relying on technologies such as distributed drone nest networking, AI route planning, and edge computing, it has built a low-altitude service network covering the entire scenic area. According to the company's actual measurement data, this model can increase the service coverage rate in remote areas from the original 30% to nearly 100% and help scenic spots reduce the comprehensive operation cost by about 40%, releasing value in terms of both efficiency and cost.

Favored by star teams and forward-looking capital, seizing a high ground in the low-altitude economy

Behind the company is the founder, Li Risheng, who has experience in serial entrepreneurship and the ability to commercialize technology. He successfully founded the US-listed company, Sairui Technology, and was included in the Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list. Li Risheng pointed out: "We are not only a technology provider but also an enabler of scenic spot operation. The vision of Star Shuttle is to become a 'Tesla + SpaceX + Palantir' complex in the field of cultural tourism in the low-altitude economy - that is, to have the triple advantages of self-developed hardware capabilities, networked operation thinking, and a data intelligent platform, redefining the interaction logic between people and scenic spots."

The managing partner of Jiude Investment emphasized when talking about the investment logic of this round that the Star Shuttle team demonstrates the scarce triple advantages of 'technical depth, business sensitivity, and policy understanding' and has precisely seized the high-potential scenario of cultural tourism on the eve of the explosion of the low-altitude economy.

Driven by policies and demand, defining new standards for smart scenic spots

With the continuous optimization of airspace resource management policies at the national level and the significant increase in the demand for intelligent and unmanned operation in the cultural tourism industry, the "low-altitude + cultural tourism" model is expected to become the new standard for the construction of smart scenic spots. The "operation as a service" (OaaS) model represented by Star Shuttle not only reduces the upfront intelligent transformation cost of scenic spots but also establishes a highly sticky revenue closed-loop through continuous data feedback and service optimization. Such low-altitude economy enterprises guided by actual scenarios and centered on operation results may provide a replicable commercial model for low-altitude applications in more vertical industries.