# Tanj Tech (广州探迹科技有限公司) (探迹科技)
Tanj Tech (广州探迹科技有限公司) is a Chinese intelligent-sales SaaS company founded in June 2016 in [Guangzhou](https://www.edgepedia.org/guangzhou) by 黎展 (Li Zhan) and 陈开冉 (Chen Kairan), which builds AI-driven lead-generation and customer-relationship software on a large enterprise knowledge graph.[1](https://www.qimingvc.com/en/node/2502) As of July 2026 the company was still operating, had cumulatively served more than 50,000 enterprises and appeared on the Hurun Global Unicorn list with a valuation above US$1.3 billion; in November 2025 its founder became the actual controller of a listed company through an acquisition vehicle.[2](https://m.21jingji.com/article/20260708/herald/a5b324b6ff118ef847eaceb3248d7d21.html) • [3](https://jishuzhan.baijing.cn/article/2765)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Legal entity | 广州探迹科技有限公司, established 2016-06-02, Guangdong[4](https://www.tianyancha.com/brand/b17ff160677) |
| Founders | 黎展 (CEO) and 陈开冉 (CTO), June 2016, Guangzhou[1](https://www.qimingvc.com/en/node/2502) |
| Sector | Intelligent sales SaaS: AI prospecting, outreach, and CRM[5](https://www.36kr.com/p/817516456612994) |
| Disclosed financing | Angel through B+ rounds, including RMB 40M Series A (2018), RMB 120M Series B (2020), RMB 300M B+ (2021)[1](https://www.qimingvc.com/en/node/2502) • [5](https://www.36kr.com/p/817516456612994) • [6](https://www.36kr.com/p/1528350450381440) |
| Notable investors | Alibaba, Qiming Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital China, Cathay Capital, GGV Capital, 九合创投[1](https://www.qimingvc.com/en/node/2502) • [6](https://www.36kr.com/p/1528350450381440) |
| Customers claimed | Over 50,000 enterprises across 30+ industries (company claim, 2025–2026)[7](https://m.tungee.com/about/intro/) • [2](https://m.21jingji.com/article/20260708/herald/a5b324b6ff118ef847eaceb3248d7d21.html) |
| Status, September 2026 | Operating; founder 黎展 controls listed 真爱美家 via SPV 探迹远擎 (November 2025)[3](https://jishuzhan.baijing.cn/article/2765) |
## History and founding
黎展 and 陈开冉 founded the company in Guangzhou in June 2016.[6](https://www.36kr.com/p/1528350450381440) • [1](https://www.qimingvc.com/en/node/2502) Within three months of founding the company closed an angel round from 九合创投, followed by a Pre-A round of tens of millions of RMB from 英诺基金, 臻云创投, 九合创投, and 宏利创投.[6](https://www.36kr.com/p/1528350450381440) • [1](https://www.qimingvc.com/en/node/2502)
## Products and technology
The platform is built on distributed crawling, computing, and algorithm engines over a knowledge graph that covered more than 100 million market entities across over 10,000 data dimensions.[5](https://www.36kr.com/p/817516456612994) According to its own site, the current product line includes 探迹 AI 销售云, the enterprise AI base 太擎, the data cloud base 旷湖, 探域, Futern, and 开单果.[7](https://m.tungee.com/about/intro/) The newspaper 21st Century Business Herald reports a [Guangdong](https://www.edgepedia.org/guangdong) manufacturer as saying that in three months it accumulated as many inquiry customers as in the prior three years, with email reply rates up at least tenfold, a company-stated outcome.[2](https://m.21jingji.com/article/20260708/herald/a5b324b6ff118ef847eaceb3248d7d21.html)
## Funding (by the numbers)
- **Angel and Pre-A (2016–2017):** 九合创投 angel within three months of founding; Pre-A of tens of millions of RMB from 英诺基金, 臻云创投, 九合创投, and 宏利创投 (registry date 2017-05-31).[6](https://www.36kr.com/p/1528350450381440) • [1](https://www.qimingvc.com/en/node/2502) • [4](https://www.tianyancha.com/brand/b17ff160677)
- **Series A, 28 August 2018:** RMB 40 million co-invested by Alibaba (via 杭州灏月) and [Qiming Venture Partners](https://www.edgepedia.org/qiming-venture-partners). An aggregator record shows a RMB 200 million valuation for 20%, a figure that appears only in that weak source and is unverified.[1](https://www.qimingvc.com/en/node/2502) • [4](https://www.tianyancha.com/brand/b17ff160677)
- **Series B, 2020:** RMB 120 million led by Sequoia Capital China with Qiming participating. 36Kr's report dates the announcement to July 2020; the company's press release is recorded as dating it to August 2020, and the sources do not settle the discrepancy.[5](https://www.36kr.com/p/817516456612994)
- **Series B+, 15 December 2021:** RMB 300 million led by Cathay Capital (凯辉基金), with [GGV Capital](https://www.edgepedia.org/ggv-capital) joining and existing investors Sequoia China, Qiming, and 九合创投 all re-investing.[6](https://www.36kr.com/p/1528350450381440)
The roughly US$250 million (about RMB 1.8 billion) figure associated with the company is not a financing round: it is the November 2025 acquisition outlay by the SPV 探迹远擎 for a stake in a listed company, described below.[3](https://jishuzhan.baijing.cn/article/2765)
## Business and traction
Customer counts grew steadily across the disclosed record. At the 2018 Series A the company had over 100 staff, about 70% in R&D, drawn from Tencent, Baidu, IBM, SAP, and Deloitte, and served over 1,000 enterprise customers including Alibaba, Toutiao, and Focus Media.[1](https://www.qimingvc.com/en/node/2502) By 2020 it reported over 4,000 enterprise customers including Alibaba, China Mobile, and Focus Media across more than twenty industries; CEO 黎展 said first-half 2020 revenue grew about 200% year over year, a company claim reported by the press.[5](https://www.36kr.com/p/817516456612994) By December 2021 the product matrix was deployed in over ten industries serving more than 10,000 enterprise customers including [Alibaba Cloud](https://www.edgepedia.org/alibaba-cloud) and [China Merchants Bank](https://www.edgepedia.org/china-merchants-bank).[6](https://www.36kr.com/p/1528350450381440) The company's own site now claims over 50,000 customers including Alibaba, ByteDance, ExxonMobil, Sinopec, DHL, and Gree; the July 2026 report gives the same 50,000-plus figure across 30+ industries.[7](https://m.tungee.com/about/intro/) • [2](https://m.21jingji.com/article/20260708/herald/a5b324b6ff118ef847eaceb3248d7d21.html) No independent post-2022 headcount or revenue figure appears in the available record.
## The 2025 真爱美家 acquisition
In November 2025 the SPV 探迹远擎 agreed to buy 29.99% of the listed household-textiles company 真爱美家 from 真爱集团 at RMB 27.74 per share, about RMB 1.198 billion, with a partial tender offer on top, totaling roughly RMB 1.797 billion for 44.99% of shares and voting rights.[3](https://jishuzhan.baijing.cn/article/2765) After the deal, 真爱美家's controlling shareholder becomes 探迹远擎 and its actual controller changes from 郑期中 to Tanj founder-CEO 黎展, with 真爱集团 and its concert parties diluted to 21.61%; the tender-offer funds were declared self-raised or self-financed, and 探迹远擎 said it had no plan to change the listed company's main business within 12 months.[3](https://jishuzhan.baijing.cn/article/2765)
## Status and outcome (as of September 2026)
Contrary to any reading that the company shut down or was acquired, a July 2026 report describes Tanj Tech as operating, having served over 50,000 enterprises, and as a Hurun Global Unicorn valued above US$1.3 billion.[2](https://m.21jingji.com/article/20260708/herald/a5b324b6ff118ef847eaceb3248d7d21.html) At the same time, its founder controls a listed company through the acquisition vehicle, and the SaaS business was not dissolved.[3](https://jishuzhan.baijing.cn/article/2765)
## References
1. [探迹科技获阿里巴巴、启明创投A轮融资 | Qiming Venture Partners](https://www.qimingvc.com/en/node/2502)
2. [广东制造嵌入AI"拓客手" - 21财经](https://m.21jingji.com/article/20260708/herald/a5b324b6ff118ef847eaceb3248d7d21.html)
3. [红杉阿里押注的AI独角兽，18亿拿下一家上市公司 - 技术栈](https://jishuzhan.baijing.cn/article/2765)
4. [探迹科技 - 天眼查](https://www.tianyancha.com/brand/b17ff160677)
5. [「探迹科技」用覆盖全链条的销售端SaaS，提升获客效率 - 36氪](https://www.36kr.com/p/817516456612994)
6. [广州"探迹科技"再获3亿元融资 - 36氪](https://www.36kr.com/p/1528350450381440)
7. [探迹 - 关于我们 (company site)](https://m.tungee.com/about/intro/)
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