(Yicai) Aug. 12 -- Unitree Robotics, the Chinese robotics startup that will go public in Shanghai this month, has allocated more than 70 percent of the offering’s shares to offline institutional investors, while fewer than two in 10,000 online retail investors have secured equity.

The final allotment rate was 0.033 percent for offline investors, chiefly institutions that taking part through the book-building process, and 0.018 percent for online investors, mainly individuals subscribing through the bourse’s digital system, Hangzhou-based Unitree announced yesterday.

Among the institutions receiving allocations were Bosera Fund, Great Wall Fund, ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management, Ubiquant Investment and High-Flyer Quant.

Each successful online subscription entitles the investor to buy 500 Unitree shares. At CNY150.80 (USD22) each, that works out at CNY75,400 (USD11,180). Given that stocks listed on Shanghai’s Nasdaq-like Star Market this year have surged by an average of 467 percent on their first trading day, Unitree’s retail backers could be in for a windfall of more than CNY350,000 (USD52,000) each.

Of the 93 initial public offerings launched so far in 2026, Unitree’s online allotment rate is very low. Memory chipmaker Changxin Memory Technology had the highest at 0.47 percent. This makes Unitree’s online allotment rate less than one-26th of Changxin’s, while the proportion of shares allocated through its offline offering is just 19 percent of Changxin’s.

Unitree’s offline allotment rate ranks among the highest of this year's listings. Of the 46 IPOs that have disclosed offline subscription data, Unitree places sixth. And 19 out of the 46 offered more shares to online investors than offline investors, according to Wind data.

Hefei-based Chengxin established a number of records when it debuted on the Star Market late last month, including becoming the Chinese mainland’s most valuable listed company.

Editor: Kim Taylor