Overview
Makeblock is a Chinese educational robotics company based in Shenzhen, developing mBot and MakeX robotics kits for STEM education. Founded by Jasmin Wang, the company has raised $74M+ in total funding from Sequoia and CICC, and reached a valuation of $367M.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Product
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Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Jasen Wang (Wang Jianjun) Founder & CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Jasen Wang (Wang Jianjun)solefounded 2012-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Makeblock.
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Recent coverage
Makeblock in third-party press
Peers
4 peers across 1 segment. Every Makeblock competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
consumer robot(4)
4 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 2741.389162191336) · leader Zeroth at 3356%
- Beatbotdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Maticiandirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Noin Intelligencedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Zerothdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names Makeblock.
People (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $44.0M
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Funding rounds (1)
- Series C2019-08-01
$44M(reported)
Investors: CICC (lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Makeblock’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2019-08-01Series C raising $44000000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 7, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Makeblock.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Makeblock from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
DIY robotics kit maker Makeblock seals US4 million in funding
Makeblock closed 300 million yuan (4M) in Series C funding led by CICC, bringing the company's total value to 67M.
Meet Makeblock, A Sequoia-backed Chinese Startup Teaching Coding and Robotics to Kids Worldwide
Forbes profiles Makeblock, the Sequoia-backed Shenzhen startup teaching coding and robotics to kids worldwide with its mBot kits.
Makeblock raises 0M to teach kids to build robots
Makeblock raised 0M in Series B funding to further develop its DIY robotics kits for STEM education.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/makeblock.md
- RSS feed: /companies/makeblock/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/51e05442-e4fb-4f20-94dc-02ea669c2b2f
- Revision history: /companies/makeblock/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Heat Index
Serious57/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Makeblock against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 4, 2026