小米投資可穿戴設備製造商Misfit

Xiaomi, the fast-growing Chinese smartphone maker, is making its first US investment, as part of a $40m fundraising for internet-of-things start-up Misfit.

發展迅速的中國智能手機制造商小米(Xiaomi)正做出其在美國的首筆投資，參與物聯網初創企業Misfit 規模4000萬美元的融資。

The latest funding round for Misfit, which makes the Shine and Flash activity trackers and has plans to launch more wearable and smart-home products over the next year, has been led by GGV Capital, a venture fund with offices in Silicon Valley and Shanghai.

Misfit的最新一輪融資由風險基金紀源資本(GGV Capital)領投，後者在硅谷和上海設有辦事處。Misfit是運動跟蹤設備Shine和Flash的製造商，計劃明年推出更多可穿戴和智能家居產品。

Alongside Xiaomi, the fundraising included , the Chinese commerce company, and Shunwai, the China-focused fund led by Xiaomi founder Jun Lei. Existing investors such as Horizons Ventures, Li Ka-shing’s investment arm, and Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, also took part in the round, which brings Misfit’s total funding to $63m.

除了小米，參與此輪融資的還有中國電商企業京東()，以及小米創始人雷軍創立的專注中國的順爲基金。李嘉誠旗下投資機構Horizons Ventures和皮特•泰爾(Peter Thiel)的Founders Fund等現有投資者也參加了此輪融資，這令Misfit的總融資額達到6300萬美元。

The Silicon Valley-based company, whose devices are sold in Apple stores and compete with the likes of Fitbit and Jawbone, was founded in 2011 by Sonny Vu and John Sculley, former chief executive of Apple.

Misfit總部位於硅谷，其設備在蘋果(Apple)商店銷售，與Fitbit和Jawbone等產品競爭。該公司於2011年由桑尼•烏(Sonny Vu)和蘋果前首席執行官約翰•斯卡利(John Sculley)聯手創建。

“Xiaomi is really going to help accelerate product development,” Mr Vu, Misfit’s CEO, told the Financial Times.

烏告訴英國《金融時報》：“小米確實將幫助（我們）加快產品開發。”

Misfit’s devices have proven successful in part thanks to a sleek disc-shaped design that allows them to be incorporated into jewellery such as pendants.

Misfit生產的設備一直很成功，這在一定程度上源於其時尚的圓盤狀設計，可以與吊飾等珠寶搭配在一起。

Xiaomi is the latest big Chinese technology company to invest in Silicon Valley start-ups. Tencent has a stake in a number of companies including Snapchat, the messaging app, , the struggling ecommerce site, and Riot Games, maker of the hugely popular online multiplayer game League of Legends, which the Chinese company later acquired.

小米是最新一家投資硅谷初創企業的中國大型科技公司。騰訊(Tencent)持有多家硅谷企業的股權，例如信息應用Snapchat、處境艱難的電商網站，以及大受歡迎的在線多人遊戲《英雄聯盟》(League of Legends)開發商Riot Games（騰訊後來收購了這家公司）。