36Kr recently launched the 2024 Under36
list, in which Henry Pan, founder and CEO of WEFLY, a firm invested by INCE,
was included in the list of entrepreneurs.
It is reported that this U36 list covers a
wide range, broken down into 36 scientists, 36 entrepreneurs, 36 investors and
20 creators. More than 1/3 of the innovation fields that all U36 entrepreneurs
and scientists focus on are in the pan-AI field (including big models, AI
applications, algorithms, etc.), followed by embodied intelligence, consumer
and electronics, medical and healthcare, new energy, and new materials.
WEFLY was founded by a group of aviation
professionals with senior industry experience, with the mission of developing
China's new energy aviation. Leveraging on decades of experience and core
technologies in the traditional civil manned aviation industry at home and
abroad, as well as China's strong technological advantages and industrial base
in the field of new energy triple electrics (motors, controls and batteries),
WEFLY plans to revolutionize human lifestyles by establishing China's own
global Urban Air Mobility (UAM) company. WEFLY plans to design, mass produce
and operate a fleet of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL)
to serve the future urban air transportation market.
WEFLY was founded in Suzhou in May 2022
with a team from global industry leaders such as Gulfstream, Bombardier and Boeing
etc., with advanced experience in the design, manufacture, test flight,
airworthiness and operation of large-scale, manned civil airliners. WEFLY's
vision is to create a new aerial mobility platform within and between cities,
adding a new dimension to the way everyone travels every day and fundamentally
changing people's lives. INCE Capital co-lead WEFLY’s angel round financing.
