Name

Seamate

Legal name

出海同学会

Website

https://seamate.cn

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Beijing

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Community Membership: Revenue appears to be generated through community membership and participation in paid events, webinars, and closed-door discussion sessions. The platform aggregates industry professionals for knowledge exchange and networking.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Seamate (出海同学会) operates an industry community platform that organizes closed-door discussion sessions, online and offline networking events, and maintains a curated knowledge base for Chinese companies and entrepreneurs expanding overseas (出海). The platform aggregates first-tier overseas founders, multinational international business executives, specialized fund managers, university researchers, and industry enablers to share insights and build connections across three waves of Chinese globalization — manufacturing, mobile internet, and emerging high-tech sectors.

Product overview

出海同学会 is a single unified community platform offering closed-door discussion sessions, knowledge resources, industry data, and networking services. The platform organizes both online (closed-door meetings and live streams) and offline (domestic and overseas) events, maintaining a knowledge base for accumulated insights and industry reports. All services center on the community's core value proposition of connecting Chinese companies pursuing global expansion across three waves of globalization: manufacturing, mobile internet, and emerging technology sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• 出海同学会 (Seamate Industry Community) Core industry community platform that aggregates first-tier overseas founders, multinational international business leaders, specialized fund managers, university researchers, and industry enablers for closed-door discussions, networking, and knowledge sharing across the Chinese going-global ecosystem.
• Closed-Door Discussion Sessions (闭门讨论 & 直播) Recurring invitation-only online discussion sessions and live streams where members share candid insights on overseas expansion topics. The 50th session featured Brix's founder discussing global employment trends and generated contact from 50+ VC firms.
• Knowledge Base (知识库) Curated repository hosted on Feishu wiki that accumulates long-form content, insights, and industry reports generated from community discussions and research, providing members with ongoing access to going-global intelligence.
• Offline Domestic & Overseas Events (线下：国内 & 海外) In-person networking and deep-discussion events held domestically in China and in overseas markets, enabling members to build relationships across geographies within the Chinese going-global ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,000 overseas professionals connected through the platform

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Global Empowerment Partners (全球赋能)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerSeamate aggregates global empowerment partners including technology companies, service providers, and industry enablers that support Chinese companies in their overseas expansion efforts. The partner logos include various industry players though specific partner names are displayed as logos without text identification.
• Media Matrix Partners (媒体矩阵)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerMedia partners that help amplify Seamate's content and reach to the broader Chinese going-global ecosystem. Multiple media outlets and content platforms are featured as partners.
• Community Think Tank Partners (社群智库)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKnowledge partners and thought leaders that contribute to the community's intellectual capital. These partners help enrich the community's research and insights capabilities.
• Daguān Capital (大观资本)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerDaguān Capital is the founder and organizer of the Seamate community. The VC firm initiated this industry community to connect Chinese entrepreneurs going global, providing strategic direction and support for the platform.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• ZhenFund (真格基金): Prominent Chinese early-stage VC with an active founder community and media presence — adjacent ecosystem participant serving the same Chinese outbound founder/investor ecosystem.
• Jia Cheng Capital (嘉程资本): Early-stage Chinese VC firm publicly endorsing Seamate; comparable as adjacent ecosystem participant and potential GTM/media partner that shares the Chinese going-global founder audience.

Broad incumbents

• Y Combinator: Global startup accelerator with a large founder/alumni community — comparable as a founder community platform but operates an accelerator model rather than a content-/event-led model; serves as a broad incumbent reference.

Direct peers

• CyZone (创业邦): Established Chinese entrepreneurship media and community serving startup founders, investors, and industry enablers — comparable audience and community-led GTM to Seamate's Chinese going-global cohort.
• ITJuzi (IT桔子): Chinese startup data, VC, and community platform tracking investment activity in China's new economy — directly comparable as a data-and-community platform serving Chinese founders and internationalization investors.
• 36Kr (36氪): Major Chinese new-economy media, community, and data platform covering startups, VCs, and cross-border technology — directly comparable as a Chinese founder/investor community platform with overlapping audience of entrepreneurs going global.
• AngelList: Online community and platform connecting startups, investors, and talent — directly comparable as a community-led platform serving founders seeking capital, talent, and partnerships across geographies.
• Foresight / ChinaVenture (投中网): Leading Chinese PE/VC industry media and community network — comparable as a VC-industry community platform with overlapping founder and fund-manager audience.
• Crunchbase: Global startup and investor data platform with a community layer for founders and VCs — comparable business model of monetizing intelligence around the startup/investor ecosystem through community and data.
• PEDaily.cn (投资界): Chinese VC/PE industry information and community hub serving institutional investors and founders — overlapping community, event, and intelligence functions with Seamate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chuhaimate

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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