China · Investor

Ant Financial

Last cheque observed Dec 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietGrowth equity

Series ASeries DGrowthCannabisHealth Care

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 25 on record
Since the last cheque2505days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$111MRounds led1 of 25Sole investor11 roundsMostly inChina, 60%
Pitch Ant Financial

Ant Financial highlights

  1. 01

    25 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Series D: 53% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 11 rounds, median $120M

What they do

Type
Growth equity (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Sectors
CannabisHealth Care
Based in
Hangzhou Shi, China
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first25 appearances

  1. 2019

    5 rounds

  2. Dec
    AnyscaleSeries A · US · TechCrunch$21MWith 6 others
  3. Nov
    PaytmIN · Crunchbase News$1.0BWith 3 others
  4. Oct
    TsignSeries C · CN · Sohu$100MSole investor
  5. May
    QEDITSeries A · IL · Coindesk$10MWith 6 others
  6. Jan
    AkulakuSeries D · ID · Kr-asia$100MSole investor
  7. 2018

    12 rounds

  8. Dec
    TransWisewayCN · China Money Network$102MSole investor
  9. Dec
    KekingSeries C · CN · China Money Network$144MLed
  10. Jul
    Snowball FinanceSeries D · CN · DealStreetAsia$120MSole investor
  11. Jul
    XueqiuSeries D · CN · China Money Network$120MSole investor
  12. Jun
    HelloBikeCN · China Money Network$321MSole investor
  13. May
    PilipaSeries B · CN · Kr-asia$16MWith 5 others
  14. May
    XiyunSeries A · CN · China Money Network$200MWith 1 other
  15. Apr
    Ele.meCN · Vcpost$1.3BWith 1 other
  16. Apr
    HelloBikeCN · China Money Network$700MWith 1 other
  17. Apr
    OctopusCN · China Money Network$95MWith 2 others
  18. Feb
    Shenzhen JieshunCN · China Money Network$32MSole investor
  19. Feb
    ZomatoIN · China Money Network$200MSole investor
  20. 2017

    3 rounds

  21. Nov
    Face++CN · China Money Network$460MWith 4 others
  22. Sept
    TigerGraphSeries A · US · FinSMEs$31MWith 7 others
  23. Jan
    MogoroomCN · China Money Network$30MWith 2 others
  24. 2015

    4 rounds

  25. Oct
    36KrSeries D · CNUndisclosedSole investor
  26. Sept
    PaytmGrowth · IN$500MWith 1 other
  27. Apr
    PaytmGrowth · IN$135MSole investor
  28. Jan
    One97 CommunicationsGrowth · IN$550MSole investor
  29. 2014

    1 round

  30. Nov
    V-KeySeries B · US$12MWith 1 other

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

We hold 12 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Ant Financial. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Ant GroupCorporate VC2rounds together

Recently backed

The latest companies Ant Financial put money into.

Anyscale$21M · Dec 2019Snowball Finance$120M · Jul 2018HelloBike$321M · Jun 2018Pilipa$16M · May 2018Ele.me$1.3B · Apr 2018Octopus$95M · Apr 2018

On podcasts

1 episode naming Ant Financial in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

Mentioned in

Quick answers about Ant Financial

What does Ant Financial invest in?

Ant Financial invests most often at Series A and Series D (53% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Cannabis and Health Care.

How active is Ant Financial?

25 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Dec 2019.

What has Ant Financial invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Anyscale (Series A, Dec 2019), Paytm (Undisclosed round, Nov 2019) and Tsign (Series C, Oct 2019).

How big are Ant Financial's cheques?

The median round it joins is $111M.

Does Ant Financial lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 25 investments on record (4%).

Where does Ant Financial invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in China (60%), India (20%) and the United States (12%).

Is Ant Financial investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Dec 2019.

Who does Ant Financial invest alongside?

Most often Ant Group (2 rounds together).

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