In the "paper + digital" interactive note-taking scenario, "Note Hill" is seeking seed-round financing.
NoteHill AI Digital Notebook associates physical notebooks with a digital platform through assigning digital IDs to paper notebooks, enabling interactive storage between physical notes and the digital platform. It addresses the pain points of low efficiency in searching for handwritten content in paper notebooks and the loss of physical logic during photo - storage, enhancing the professionalism of managing handwritten information.
In Shenzhen, a city pulsating with innovation, a startup project called "NoteHill AI Digital Notebook" is quietly changing people's perception of handwritten notes.
The project founder, Zhang Jianping, is an entrepreneur with a background in advertising from Shenzhen University and over a decade of experience in brand marketing. He identified an unmet market need from his own writing and recording habits. Combining his insights on the "future certainty" in the AI era, he officially founded Shenzhen Balance Information Service Co., Ltd. in May 2024. The company is committed to empowering traditional writing scenarios with digital technology, extending the lifespan of writing, exploring value - information retention and structuring solutions centered around individuals, and defining the information - bearing form for digital natives in the AI era.
Insight into the Content Value in Vertical Scenarios: Manuscripts are not just "Data" but also Carriers of Emotions and Memories
The birth of NoteHill stems from a profound understanding of the value of handwritten content. Zhang Jianping found that despite the increasing popularity of digital tools, some users still prefer paper notebooks, such as picture books for accompanying children's growth and creation, wrong - question notebooks for students during their education, and various recording methods in learning scenarios. However, compared with digital records, paper notes are prone to damage, difficult to store, and inconvenient to retrieve and organize. NoteHill provides a professional solution for such scenarios through an innovative "physical + digital" interactive model. Its core highlight is to assign a recognizable digital ID to each paper notebook and design a location code for each page. When users take photos of their manuscripts with their mobile phones, the system can automatically store them in the corresponding digital space, creating a "digital twin notebook" that is logically consistent with the physical one. This not only preserves the tactile and emotional value of paper writing but also realizes the convenience of digital management.
A New Stationery Category: Digital Notebook is the 1.0 Form of NoteHill, Establishing a Traceable "Thought Trajectory" Archive
Compared with existing scanning tools or digital note - taking solutions on the market (such as iPad + stylus), the unique advantage of NoteHill Digital Notebook lies in the innovative "physical + digital" interaction, which enables full - scenario digital management of handwritten information on paper. It doesn't change users' writing habits. Through technological means, it maps the framework information of physical notes (such as page numbers and notebook classifications) to the digital platform, avoiding users' secondary organization and content association. Meanwhile, the platform presents data in a visual paper - notebook form, establishing a traceable archive of note - using, enhancing the professionalism and interactive experience of manuscript management.
Business Model Innovation: A Personal Knowledge - Base Assetization System Based on Emotional Value with "Digital Replica" as the Interaction Method
Currently, the NoteHill team consists of 8 senior technical personnel covering fields such as the Internet of Things, software development, and UI design. The project completed the launch of its APP on major app stores in May 2025 and made its debut at the 7th Shenzhen Book Fair, attracting the attention of users and the media.
The digital notebook is NoteHill's digital solution for "manuscripts" in traditional writing scenarios and for paper - notebook users. The corresponding business model is to enter the cultural and creative market as a category innovator, quickly form a substitute market for traditional paper notebooks, and build a brand image as a pioneer. At present, it mainly provides value to users by selling digital notebook hardware and supporting software services. In the future, it plans to promote platform - based services through the product form of "digital replicas" to deeply explore the information value.
Although the project has made progress in technological implementation and initial promotion, continuous capital investment remains the biggest challenge at present. The team hopes to cooperate with like - minded partners to promote the development of this innovative category, aiming to "turn every thought into an asset".