”The startup started with serving clients in the consumer sector – such as cosmetics, food & beverage, and domestic appliances – with raw materials that require a shorter R&D cycle and have a lower threshold to achieve mass production.Zhang said that Tidetron generated nearly 100 million yuan ($15.7 million) in revenue for the whole year of 2021. The startup is looking to expand the size of its team to 170-200 people by the end of 2022. Tidetron was founded in 2021 by Zhang Zhiqian, a doctoral student in clinical medicine at the Zhongshan School of Medicine at Sun Yat-sun University in southern China’s Guangzhou City.