Technology October 8, 2026 at 1:20 PM

China’s Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split with Meta

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Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the funding round, and existing shareholders Tencent, HSG (formerly known as Sequoia China), ZhenFund and others also participated.

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