# Manus / Butterfly Effect raises $500M growth round led by IDG Capital

> Manus / Butterfly Effect, based in Singapore, has raised $500M in a growth round led by IDG Capital and Boyu Capital, announced on 8 October 2026.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/news/rounds/manus-butterfly-effect-growth-round-2026-10 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Raised **$500M** 4 sources reported it

Stage **Growth** first round on record

Investors **6** 2 named as lead

Where **SG** Singapore

AI Robotics

## How big is it?

Against every equity round we recorded in the twelve months to 8 October 2026. Ranks count companies, so the same raise reported twice is counted once.

**#98** equity round of the last twelve months

**#45** growth round of 254 in that time

**#2** round in Singapore, of 22

This round **$500M**

Median growth round **$125M**

4.0 times the median growth round of the last twelve months.

## Who invested

- [**IDG Capital** 53 rounds in the last twelve months *Led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/idg-capital)
- [**Boyu Capital** 4 rounds in the last twelve months *Led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boyu-capital)

Also in the round

- [HSG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hsg)
- [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi)
- [ZhenFund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zhenfund)
- [Sequoia Capital China](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital-china)

## Funding history

- October 2026 Growth **$500M**

This is the first round we hold for the company.

## Reported by

- Firms' own news pages
- Silicon Angle 8 October
- TechNode 8 October
- TechStartups 8 October

The round's figures come from these reports; each link opens the original.

## Other big rounds that week

[**TypeSafe AI** $870M Series A](https://millionrounds.com/news/rounds/typesafe-ai-series-a-2026-10)[**Oxide** $445M Series D](https://millionrounds.com/news/rounds/oxide-series-d-2026-10)[**VEIR** $110M Series C](https://millionrounds.com/news/rounds/veir-series-c-2026-10)[**DeepSeek** $15B Series B](https://millionrounds.com/news/rounds/deepseek-series-b-2026-10)[**Oratomic** $475M Series B](https://millionrounds.com/news/rounds/oratomic-series-b-2026-10)[**Arena** $200M Series B](https://millionrounds.com/news/rounds/arena-series-b-2026-10)

[The company **Manus / Butterfly Effect on Millionrounds** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/company/manus-butterfly-effect)[Weekly roundup **Week of 5 October** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/weekly/2026-10-05)[Monthly roundup **October 2026** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10)

**How this article is made**

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