# ShareChat funding: rounds and investors

> ShareChat has raised $168M across 3 rounds since 2018. Investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Twitter and Shunwei Capital. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *ShareChat*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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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Valuation: $5.0B, Mar 2026

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$168M** raised across 3 rounds since 2018, from 3 sources

**$18M** Series B **$50M** Round **$100M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $100M Aug 2019
- **Led by:** Twitter
- **Step-up i:** 2×
- **Investors:** 8 (2 led)

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.

2018 2019

**$18M** Series B

**$50M** Round

**$100M** Round

- **First round:** Series B, $18M
- **Biggest round:** $100M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 17 months

## The rounds

- **Aug 2019** Round **$100M** *5 new* *2 returning* [Twitter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twitter) Lead [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Shunwei Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shunwei-capital) [India Quotient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/indiaquotient) [Trustbridge Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trustbridge-partners) [Morningside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morningside-venture-capital) SAIF Capital Reported by TechCrunch
- **Jun 2019** Round **$50M** *1 new* [Twitter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twitter) Reported by Tech
- **Jan 2018** Series B **$18M** *2 new* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) Lead [Xiaomi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xiaomi) Reported by VCCircle

## 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 B** 2018 **Round** 2019 **Round** 2019 [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) L [Twitter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twitter) L [Shunwei Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shunwei-capital) [Xiaomi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xiaomi) [India Quotient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/indiaquotient) [Trustbridge Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trustbridge-partners) [Morningside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morningside-venture-capital) SAIF Capital

## Everyone who backed them

[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1

[Twitter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/twitter) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1

[Shunwei Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shunwei-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Xiaomi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/xiaomi) Investment firm **1** round

[India Quotient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/indiaquotient) VC firm **1** round

[Trustbridge Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/trustbridge-partners) Growth equity **1** round

[Morningside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/morningside-venture-capital) VC firm **1** round

SAIF Capital no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=sharechat).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list ShareChat 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.

[AG Ventures Limited](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ag-ventures-limited) Corporate VC Per its own site

[SWC Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/swc-global) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about ShareChat

### Who invested in ShareChat?

ShareChat's investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Twitter, Shunwei Capital, Xiaomi and India Quotient, and 3 more on record. Twitter led its latest round.

### How much has ShareChat raised?

ShareChat has raised $168M across 3 rounds since 2018.

### When did ShareChat last raise?

ShareChat's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $100M in Aug 2019, led by Twitter.

### What was ShareChat's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $100M in Aug 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed ShareChat first?

ShareChat's first round on record, in Jan 2018, was backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Xiaomi.

### What stage is ShareChat at?

ShareChat's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Aug 2019.

### Where is ShareChat based?

ShareChat is based in India.

### Who led ShareChat's rounds?

Lightspeed Venture Partners led the Series B in 2018; Twitter led the Undisclosed round in 2019.

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