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Fanbot - overview
Established
2025
Location
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Primary Industry
Hardware
About
Based in Guangdong, China and founded in 2025, Shenzhen Fanbotics Robot Co. , Ltd. , dba Fanbot, is a robot company primarily engaged in the development of psychological coaching robots designed for students. The company's founder and CEO, Zheng Fan, is a serial entrepreneur and Johns Hopkins MBA graduate.
Its other co-founder, Shishang Zhang, holds a Ph. D. in Computer Science from Yale, specializing in intelligent agent systems and the co-evolution of large models. In September 2026, Fanbot closed a round of Angel funding.
Fanbot focuses on the development of psychological coaching robots serving as mental health counselors for students. The company has built a comprehensive product matrix featuring a proprietary multimodal large model specialized for psychology, AI agents, and companion robots in various forms such as humanoid robots, robotic dogs and portable pet-like robots. The robots can incorporate non-textual bodily signals such as facial expressions, vocal prosody, and physical posture into its emotional assessment. The company generates revenue from providing emotional support robots.
The company will use the Angel funding to iterate on a specialized large language model for psychology and to develop the hardware for multi-modal robots, thereby facilitating the expansion of products from campus settings into homes and communities.
Primary Industry
Hardware
Sub Industries
Hardware, Software
Verticals
Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing, Robotics
Company Stage
Angel & Seed
Total Amount Raised
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Fanbot - deals
| Deals Type | Deal Status | Target (s) | Deal Date | Investor(s) | Seller(s) | Deal size (Mn) | Enterprise value (Mn) | Post-money valuation (Mn) | EBITDA multiple (x) | Revenue multiple (x) | Lead partner (s) |
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| Angel | Completed | Fanbot | - |
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