# CastBox funding: rounds and investors

> CastBox has raised $45M across 3 rounds since 2017. Investors include Qiming Venture Partners, GSR and ZhenFund. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/castbox (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *CastBox*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$45M** raised across 3 rounds since 2017, from 3 sources

**$16M** Round **$14M** Series B **$15M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $15M Apr 2021
- **Biggest round:** $16M Round · Oct 2017
- **Investors:** 6 (1 led)

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## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2018 2019 2020 2021

**$16M** Round

**$14M** Series B

**$15M** Series C

- **First round:** Round, $16M
- **Biggest round:** $16M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.9 years

## The rounds

- **Apr 2021** Series C **$15M** *1 new* *3 returning* [Qiming Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qiming-venture-partners) [IDG Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-capital) [GSR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsr) [ZhenFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zhenfund) Source recorded
- **Apr 2018** Series B **$14M** *1 new* *2 returning* SIG China/ IDG Lead [Qiming Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qiming-venture-partners) [GSR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsr) Reported by TechCrunch
- **Oct 2017** Round **$16M** *4 new* [Qiming Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qiming-venture-partners) [GSR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsr) [ZhenFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zhenfund) IDG Capital/ SIG China Reported by FinSMEs

## 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.

**Round** 2017 **Series B** 2018 **Series C** 2021 [Qiming Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qiming-venture-partners) [GSR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsr) [ZhenFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zhenfund) SIG China/ IDG L [IDG Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-capital) IDG Capital/ SIG China

## Everyone who backed them

[Qiming Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qiming-venture-partners) VC firm **3** rounds

[GSR](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsr) VC firm **3** rounds

[ZhenFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zhenfund) VC firm **2** rounds

SIG China/ IDG no record of our own yet **1** round, led 1

[IDG Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-capital) Private equity **1** round

IDG Capital/ SIG China no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists CastBox as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[upside.fm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/upside-fm) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about CastBox

### Who invested in CastBox?

CastBox's investors include Qiming Venture Partners, GSR, ZhenFund, SIG China/ IDG and IDG Capital, and 1 more on record.

### How much has CastBox raised?

CastBox has raised $45M across 3 rounds since 2017.

### When did CastBox last raise?

CastBox's most recent round was a Series C of $15M in Apr 2021.

### What was CastBox's biggest round?

CastBox's largest round on record is $16M (Undisclosed round), in Oct 2017.

### Who backed CastBox first?

CastBox's first round on record, in Oct 2017, was backed by Qiming Venture Partners, GSR and ZhenFund and 1 others.

### What stage is CastBox at?

CastBox's latest named round is a Series C, in Apr 2021.

### Where is CastBox based?

CastBox is based in the United States.

### Who led CastBox's rounds?

SIG China/ IDG led the Series B in 2018.

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