GPT is a pioneer in the manufacture and application of domestic silicon carbide power devices, and recently the company's D round of financing has been jointly assisted by an international semiconductor manufacturer and Oriza Prior, and the new follow-up investors also include the old shareholder CM Venture Capital and the new shareholder TCL Venture Capital. The blessing of this round of industrial capital will further connect the company's whole industrial chain synergy in the mass production and supply of silicon carbide wafer materials and devices, and downstream large-scale application, and provide core support for the realization of a more extensive and large-scale market application.

has made significant investments in third-generation semiconductor projects at home and abroad in recent years, including silicon carbide substrates, devices and gallium nitride related projects. Although the company's own business does not belong to the field of third-generation power devices, considering the synergy with the group's affiliates and the development potential of the third-generation semiconductor field, this investment in GPT is the first and only investment in silicon carbide-related projects in China.

Founded in 2010, Oriza Prior, the shareholder, is a market-oriented investment platform for Oriza Holdings' growth-stage projects. Adhering to the tenet of "focusing on scientific and technological innovation, deeply cultivating the blue ocean of data, and leading the intelligent era", Oriza Prior has been operating in the market for more than ten years, and has a wide range of resource advantages, an experienced management team, a clear and stable investment strategy, and based on in-depth industry research, focusing on "ABCI" and investment opportunities in related data-driven and technology-driven fields. At present, it manages 8 funds, with a management scale of about 8 billion yuan, about 70 investment projects, and has cultivated and grown more than 20 listed companies, including SF Holdings, Youkede, Hillstone, Qianxin, Zhongji Innolight, Recodeal, GYZ Electronic Technology, NOVOSENSE, Data Grand, Data Yunxi, Sequoia Database, etc.

TCL Ventures, a shareholder, is a wholly owned subsidiary of TCL Group. TCL Venture Capital is a member of TCL Group, which can not only use the group's huge industrial platform to identify projects with development prospects, but also output necessary management consulting, and at the same time, the early and middle stage projects in the industry related to TCL industry can interact with TCL Group's internal industries to achieve a win-win situation and form a synergistic effect. The management team has led and participated in more than 20 large-scale investment and financing and international M&A projects, and the team has professionals with deep backgrounds in TMT, medical devices and services, new energy, new materials, consumption and services industries, and the company's current management scale exceeds 10 billion. Invested projects include: CATL, Victory Giant Technology, Megmeet, Innoviz, etc.

As a strategic investor of GPT, the shareholder CM Venture Capital has participated in GPT's equity capital increase in multiple rounds and invested more than 100 million yuan. In 2011, CM Ventures successfully established the first phase of the venture capital fund, which was supported by the Shanghai Venture Capital Guidance Fund, and was supported by GE, Samsung, BASF, SABIC, Henkel and British American Tobacco in 2016 due to its professional investment philosophy and rich professional experience. CM Ventures' senior management has a global vision and technical expertise, and the fund focuses on investing in hard technology sectors including new materials, advanced manufacturing, energy and environment, and digital industry.

As an IDM chip manufacturing enterprise that has adhered to it for ten years, "dare to break through, fight bravely, and make unremitting efforts" is the spiritual label of the GPT team. With the help of the industry boom, GPT is moving towards the direction of collectivization and scale, and the current silicon carbide proprietary talent team has nearly 400 people, covering R&D, process, production, equipment, power, quality control, testing, application, market and other links, creating a new hope for domestic power semiconductors in a systematic manner. In the face of the new opportunities given to the industry by the times and the smooth production of the company's 6-inch silicon carbide scale line, GPT has clearer goals and greater responsibilities.

Thanks to all the investors and industry colleagues who have paid attention, participated, recognized, supported and continued to work hard along the way, GPT will continue to be down-to-earth, work hard, and always adhere to the whole dedication to the silicon carbide business, "stick to power semiconductors and strive to build Chinese chips".