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Who invested in ByteDance?
ByteDance's investors include General Atlantic, JP Morgan, Citibank, Sequoia Capital and Qiming Venture Partners, and 5 more on record. JP Morgan led its latest round.
2020202220242026
$3.0BRound$300MSecondary$30BDebt
China · Funded startup
Who invested in ByteDance
3 rounds we have observed, with the 10 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.
Raised 2 months agoValuation: $480B, Mar 2026
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Funding summaryUpdated 5 Nov 2026
$33Braised across 3 rounds since 2018, from 3 sources
$3.0BRound$300MSecondary$30BDebt
- Latest round
- Debt, $30BSept 2026
- Led by
- JP Morgan and Citibank
- Step-upi
- 98.7×
- Investors
- 10 (2 led)
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Round, $3.0B Oct 2018
- Biggest round
- $30B Debt · Sept 2026
- Usual gap between rounds
- 7 years the median of 2
The rounds
- Sept 2026
- Nov 2025Secondary$300M4 new1 returning
Source recorded
- Oct 2018
Founders and team
From ByteDance's own website: 5 on the team.
- Arthur DantchikBoard Member
- Neil ShenBoard Member
- Rubo LiangChairman of the Board
- William E. FordBoard Member
- Xavier NielBoard Member
Who was in which round
The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.
Round2018Secondary2025Debt2026
General Atlantic
JP MorganL
CitibankL
Sequoia Capital
Qiming Venture Partners
HSG
TCV
SoftBank BB Corp
KKRPrimavera
General AtlanticJP MorganLSequoia CapitalQiming Venture PartnersHSGTCVSoftBank BB CorpKKRPrimaveraEveryone who backed them
Primaverano record of our own yet1round
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Also claim to have backed them
These 17 firms list ByteDance as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.
Quick answers about ByteDance
How much has ByteDance raised?
ByteDance has raised $33B across 3 rounds since 2018.
When did ByteDance last raise?
ByteDance's most recent round was a Debt of $30B in Sept 2026, led by JP Morgan.
What was ByteDance's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $30B in Sept 2026, is also its largest on record.
Who backed ByteDance first?
ByteDance's first round on record, in Oct 2018, was backed by General Atlantic, SoftBank BB Corp and KKR and 1 others.
What stage is ByteDance at?
ByteDance's latest named round is a Debt, in Sept 2026.
Where is ByteDance based?
ByteDance is based in China.
Who led ByteDance's rounds?
JP Morgan led the Debt in 2026.
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