# Laiye funding: rounds and investors > Laiye has raised $74M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include ZhenFund, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/laiye (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) China · [Series C startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Laiye* 2 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. Consumer Apps Valuation: $900M, Oct 2024 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$74M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources **$4.0M** Seed **$70M** Series C - **Latest round:** Series C, $70M Apr 2022 - **Step-up i:** 17.5× - **Investors:** 6 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. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 **$4.0M** Seed **$70M** Series C - **First round:** Seed, $4.0M - **Biggest round:** $70M - **Between rounds:** 6.5 years ## The rounds - **Apr 2022** Series C **$70M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [HSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsg) [ZhenFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zhenfund) [Cathay Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cathay-innovation) Source recorded - **Sept 2015** Seed **$4.0M** *3 new* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [ZhenFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zhenfund) [Lightspeed China Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-china-partners) 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. **Seed** 2015 **Series C** 2022 [ZhenFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zhenfund) [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [HSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsg) [Cathay Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cathay-innovation) [Lightspeed China Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-china-partners) ## Everyone who backed them [ZhenFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zhenfund) VC firm **2** rounds [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **1** round [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round [HSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsg) VC firm **1** round [Cathay Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cathay-innovation) VC firm **1** round [Lightspeed China Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-china-partners) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=laiye). ## Also claim to have backed them These 3 firms list Laiye 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. [White Star Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/white-star-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Activant Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/activant-capital) VC firm Per its own site [West FORK Capital Advisors LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/west-fork-capital-advisors-llc) Investor Per its own site ## Quick answers about Laiye ### Who invested in Laiye? Laiye's investors include ZhenFund, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, HSG and Cathay Innovation, and 1 more on record. ### How much has Laiye raised? Laiye has raised $74M across 2 rounds since 2015. ### When did Laiye last raise? Laiye's most recent round was a Series C of $70M in Apr 2022. ### What was Laiye's biggest round? Its most recent round, $70M in Apr 2022, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Laiye first? Laiye's first round on record, in Sept 2015, was backed by Sequoia Capital, ZhenFund and Lightspeed China Partners. ### What stage is Laiye at? Laiye's latest named round is a Series C, in Apr 2022. ### Where is Laiye based? Laiye is based in China. ## Companies like Laiye In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Mika Games** $10M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mika-games)[**Punch** $11M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/punch)[**Albert** $57M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/albert)[**Welltory** $4.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/welltory)[**Arena** $401M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/arena)[**Bloom** $418M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/bloom) ## 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