# Ele.me funding: rounds and investors > Ele.me has raised $3.3B across 8 rounds since 2011. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Tengxun Touzi and Matrix Partners. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/ele-me (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) China · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Ele.me* 8 rounds we have observed, with the 12 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. Internet Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$3.3B** raised across 8 rounds since 2011, from 8 sources **$25M** Series C **$80M** Series D **$350M** Series E **$630M** Series F **$1.0B** Round **$1.3B** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $1.3B Apr 2018 - **Step-up i:** 1.3× - **Investors:** 12 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 **?** Series A **?** Series B **$25M** Series C **$80M** Series D **$350M** Series E **$630M** Series F **$1.0B** Round **$1.3B** Round - **First round:** Series A - **Biggest round:** $1.3B - **Usual gap between rounds:** 10 months ## The rounds - **Apr 2018** Round **$1.3B** *1 new* *1 returning* [Alibaba](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alibaba) [Ant Financial](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ant-financial) Reported by Vcpost - **Jun 2017** Round **$1.0B** *1 new* [Alibaba](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alibaba) Reported by FinSMEs - **Aug 2015** Series F **$630M** *3 new* *2 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) [jd.com](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jd-com) [CITIC Capital Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citic-capital) [Beijing Hualian Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beijing-hualian-group) From a historical funding record - **Jan 2015** Series E **$350M** *2 new* *2 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) [CITIC PE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citic-pe) [Dianping](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dianping) From a historical funding record - **May 2014** Series D **$80M** *1 new* [Dianping](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dianping) From a historical funding record - **Nov 2013** Series C **$25M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Matrix Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners) [GSR Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsr-ventures) Reported by technode.com - **Feb 2013** Series B **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [Matrix Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners) [GSR Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsr-ventures) Reported by technode.com - **Jan 2011** Series A **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Matrix Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners-china) From a historical funding record ## 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. **Series A** 2011 **Series B** 2013 **Series C** 2013 **Series D** 2014 **Series E** 2015 **Series F** 2015 **Round** 2017 **Round** 2018 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) [Matrix Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners) [Alibaba](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alibaba) [GSR Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsr-ventures) [Dianping](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dianping) [Matrix Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners-china) [jd.com](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jd-com) [Ant Financial](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ant-financial) [CITIC Capital Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citic-capital) ## Everyone who backed them [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **3** rounds [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) VC firm **2** rounds [Matrix Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners) VC firm **2** rounds [Alibaba](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alibaba) Growth equity **2** rounds [GSR Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gsr-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Dianping](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dianping) Growth equity **2** rounds [Matrix Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners-china) VC firm **1** round [jd.com](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jd-com) Growth equity **1** round [Ant Financial](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ant-financial) Growth equity **1** round [CITIC Capital Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citic-capital) Private equity **1** round [CITIC PE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citic-pe) Growth equity **1** round [Beijing Hualian Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beijing-hualian-group) Corporate VC **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=ele-me). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Ele.me 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. [Cainiao Logistics](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cainiao-group) Corporate VC Per its own site ## Quick answers about Ele.me ### Who invested in Ele.me? Ele.me's investors include Sequoia Capital, Tengxun Touzi, Matrix Partners, Alibaba and GSR Ventures, and 7 more on record. ### How much has Ele.me raised? Ele.me has raised $3.3B across 8 rounds since 2011. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Ele.me last raise? Ele.me's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $1.3B in Apr 2018. ### What was Ele.me's biggest round? Its most recent round, $1.3B in Apr 2018, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Ele.me first? Ele.me's first round on record, in Jan 2011, was backed by Matrix Partners. ### What stage is Ele.me at? Ele.me's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Apr 2018. ### Where is Ele.me based? Ele.me is based in China. ## Companies like Ele.me In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**ByteDance** $33B · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/bytedance)[**Whop** $400M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/whop)[**Blackwall** $162M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackwall)[**Tolan** $30M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/tolan)[**Welltory** $4.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/welltory)[**Overtime** $33M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/overtime) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app