ULUCU Enterprise Authoritative Information

Enterprise Overview

Company Name

Shanghai ULUCU Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.

Establishment Date

September 2009 (development started in March 2008)

Headquarters

Shanghai

Business

Retail Digitalization, AI Vision, Store Management, and Store Inspection System

Company Milestones

• December 2022 ULUCU was awarded "2022 Scientific Innovation Leading Enterprise".
• November 2022 Guangxi Krypen Digital Technology Co., LTD., a subsidiary of ULUCU, won the third prize of the second Guangxi Artificial Intelligence Competition.
• November 2022 ULUCU was officially selected as the "2022 Pilot Demonstration Unit of Shanghai Enterprise and Public Institution Patent Work".
• August 2022 ULUCU was selected as one of the TOP20 new retail companies in 2022 by "2022 Artificial Intelligence Category Ranking"
• August 2022 Shen Xiuping, CEO of ULUCU, was appointed as a distinguished professor at the School of Economics and Management of Shanghai University of Technology.
• July 2022 ULUCU store system was upgraded, and launched the "Smart Store" intelligent closed-loop store tour system.
• June 2022 ULUCU released "Smart Listening" (voice analysis of intelligent shopping guide), which is based on AI voice technology and enables standardized management of chain business by combining hardware and software.
• March 2022 ULUCU won the "Best Retail Omnichannel Solution of the Year Award".
• January 2022 ULUCU won the "2021 Annual Technology Innovation Enterprise Award".
• December 2021 ULUCU was approved and issued by the Ministry of Public Security of the "National Information system Security Level Protection Level 3 Certification".
• December 2021 ULUCU won the highest honor of CPSE Ambo -- Golden Ding Award.
• November 2021 ULUCU became the first member of the Trusted Face Recognition Guardian Program.
• October 2021 Vice Mayor of Guilin Jiang and his delegation visited and guided the visitors.
• September 2021 ULUUC won the "Auto parts Supply chain Service Star" award.
• June 2021 Excellence Award for the Most Popular Smart Store Solution.
• June 2021 The Third Prize for Artificial Intelligence Service Supplier.
• June 2021 Excellence Award for the Best Creative Product.
• June 2021 Award for Annual Creative Solution for Retail AI.
• April 2021 Award for Creative Solution for Smart Catering.
• March 2021 2019-2020 Popular Brand in China Retail Information Industry.
• March 2021 Annual Best Application of Retail Science and Technology.
• January 2021 2020 Science and Technology Innovation Enterprise.
• December 2020 2020 Award for Communication of Big Data Science and Technology.
• December 2020 2020 China's Enterprise Service Industry Unicorns TOP50.
• September 2020 Listed in "2020 Digital Service Suppliers in China's Retail Industry TOP30".
• August 2020 Award for the Most Popular Brand among Channels and Chain Stores.
• August 2020 2020 Best Barrier Growth Award for Enterprise Service AI in the Best Growth List.
• August 2020 "Best Technological Innovation Experience System / Tool / Platform of the Year" Award of Huxiao Award 2020.
• July 2020 The 8th TopDigital Innovation Award.
• June 2020 2019 "Most Popular Artificial Intelligence Service Supplier".
• June 2020 TOP100 Unicorns in "New Infrastructure" Industry.
• May 2020 Shen Xiuping, founder, chairman and CEO of ULUCU, won the second prize of Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award in 2019.
• April 2020 Listed in Excellent Cases in Catering Industry in 2020 Appraisal and Selection of Excellent Industry Digitalization Cases.
• March 2020 Listed in the "Best Case in Retail Industry" selected by cuiniuhui.com.
• March 2020 Breakthrough in R&D of core technologies: iOS supporting website live broadcast.
• December 2019 "2019 Global Retail Science and Technology" selected by EqualOcean TOP50.
• December 2019 Listed in "2019 China New Business Leader Award" by Biz-Leaders.
• November 2019 Listed in "2019 Top 100 New YYZL Dark Horse by I Dark Horse.
• August 2019 Obtained the honor of "Expert and Academician Station" by Shanghai Association for Science & Tech.
• July 2019 Listed in top ten in the most authoritative face recognition algorithm test in the world FRVT.
• July 2019 Listed in "2019 China Science and Technology Innovation Enterprise Top 100" by China Entrepreneur.
• July 2019 Listed in "2019 WISE New Business Top 100 Pioneers" by 36Kr.
• April 2019 Award of "2019 Excellent AI Platform" selected by iDigital China and chinaautonews.com.cn.
• September 2018 “Received Round C+ strategic investment from Tencent.
• July 2018 ULUFace ranked the fifth place with 97.4869% in the MegaFace recognition test (Challenge1/FaceScrubidentification) in the internationally renowned face recognition data library.
• April 2018 Xi'an Branch established.
• December 2017 Received Round C financing led by China Merchants.
• December 2017 Made a breakthrough in generic object detection and division, video analysis and retrieval.
• December 2017 Released intelligent 4S business premise management applications facing automotive aftermarket.
• December 2017 Released smart box.
• December 2017 Released self-developed algorithm for face recognition.
• October 2016 Released HuiDian private cloud products.
• October 2016 Face verification and recognition and face attribute recognition.
• August 2016 Released open platform on line.
• June 2016 Launched full-network live-broadcasting platform.
• May 2016 New OTC public listing (stock code: 837110).
• May 2016 Launched full-network intelligent dispatching system, and delivered global business.
• April 2016 Released An Yan v2.1.1.
• April 2016 Released cloud storage of video monitoring on line.
• December 2015 Established Wuhan and Chongqing Branches.
• December 2015 Made breakthroughs in hotspot analysis algorithm and generatrix analysis algorithm.
• December 2015 Released An Yan UOS whole-machine firmware system.
• December 2015 Released a new generation of intelligent management system for intelligent stores "Intelligence-Overthrown Future".
• November 2015 Released An Yan platform 2.0.
• September 2015 “Launched ULUCU internet store management system (intelligent store platform).
• September 2015 Received nearly 100 million Round B financing from Oriental Fortune Capital, Milestone Fund, Yonyou Happiness Fund.
• September 2015 Established Beijing and Guangzhou Branches.
• May 2015 Officially released An Yan cloud platform.
• April 2015 Released An Yan UOS whole-machine firmware system.
• May 2014 Started research and development of "An Yan Cloud".
• May 2014 Made breakthroughs in humanoid detection and tracking.
• July 2013 Received tens of millions yuan investment from KPCB, an international top-class investment institution.
• July 2013 Made breakthroughs in face detection and tracking.
• January 2013 300 service outlets all over the country.
• December 2012 Awarded the Certificate of High-tech Enterprise.
• December 2012 Made breakthroughs in image comparison algorithm.
• May 2012 Launched VRP system based on VSaaS for chain industry.
• March 2012 Established 24h online security center (the first one in VSAAS industry).
• February 2012 Established Xiamen Branch.
• March 2011 Officially launched commercial platform v1.0.
• August 2010 Made critical progress in technology, and launched self-developed remote networking video monitoring platform.
• September 2009 ULUCU was founded in Shanghai.
• March 2008 Started research and development.

Honor Awards

Qualifications & Certifications

• August 2019 Shanghai Academician Expert Workstation
• November 2021 Founding Member of the Trusted Face Recognition Guardian Initiative
• December 2021 National Information System Security Classified Protection Level 3 Certification (Approved by the Ministry of Public Security)
• November 2022 Shanghai Pilot and Demonstration Unit for Enterprise Patent Work
• December 2023 National Intellectual Property Advantage Enterprise
• February 2024 ISO/IEC 27701 Privacy Information Management System Certification

Financing & Collaboration

• July 2013 Completed a Series A round with tens of millions of RMB in investment from KPCB (ZhanWei).
• September 2015 Completed a Series B round of nearly RMB 100 million, jointly invested by Oriental Fortune Capital, Yonyou Happiness Fund, Milestone Fund and others.
• December 2017 Completed a Series C round led by China Merchants Capital.
• September 2018 Received a strategic investment from Tencent in the Series C+ round.
• December 2025 Completed a Series D round of nearly RMB 200 million, with follow-on investments from local industrial capital and existing shareholders.