# Toutiao funding: rounds and investors

> Toutiao has raised $1.1B across 2 rounds since 2014. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Sina Weibo and CCB International. Every round with its source.

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

China · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Toutiao*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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

**$1.1B** raised across 2 rounds since 2014, from 2 sources

**$100M** Series C **$1.0B** Series D

- **Latest round:** Series D, $1.0B Apr 2017
- **Step-up i:** 10×
- **Investors:** 3

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.

2015 2016 2017

**$100M** Series C

**$1.0B** Series D

- **First round:** Series C, $100M
- **Biggest round:** $1.0B
- **Between rounds:** 2.8 years

## The rounds

- **Apr 2017** Series D **$1.0B** *1 new* *1 returning* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [CCB International](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ccb-international) Reported by DealStreetAsia
- **Jun 2014** Series C **$100M** *2 new* [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Sina Weibo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sina-weibo) 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 C** 2014 **Series D** 2017 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) [Sina Weibo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sina-weibo) [CCB International](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ccb-international)

## Everyone who backed them

[Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) VC firm **2** rounds

[Sina Weibo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sina-weibo) VC firm **1** round

[CCB International](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ccb-international) Private equity **1** round

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

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Toutiao 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.

[Shunwei Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shunwei-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Blue Lake Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-lake-capital) Private equity Per its own site

## Quick answers about Toutiao

### Who invested in Toutiao?

Toutiao's investors include Sequoia Capital, Sina Weibo and CCB International.

### How much has Toutiao raised?

Toutiao has raised $1.1B across 2 rounds since 2014.

### When did Toutiao last raise?

Toutiao's most recent round was a Series D of $1.0B in Apr 2017.

### What was Toutiao's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.0B in Apr 2017, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Toutiao first?

Toutiao's first round on record, in Jun 2014, was backed by Sequoia Capital and Sina Weibo.

### What stage is Toutiao at?

Toutiao's latest named round is a Series D, in Apr 2017.

### Where is Toutiao based?

Toutiao is based in China.

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