ByteDance

Total investments

65

Average round size

29M

Portfolio companies

54

Rounds per year

5.42

Lead investments

21

Follow on index

0.17

Exits

2

Areas of investment
InternetSoftwareInformation TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceFood and BeverageRoboticsManufacturingContentSocial MediaMedia and Entertainment

Summary

In 2012 was created ByteDance, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Haidian. The company was established in Asia in China.

Deals in the range of more than 100 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 80 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. When the investment is from ByteDance the average startup value is more than 1 billion dollars. The high activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year.

The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Live.me, The Minerva Project, Hupu. For fund there is no match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Mobile Apps, Media and Entertainment.

The fund was created by Yiming Zhang.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the ByteDance, startups are often financed by ZhenFund, Source Code Capital, Sequoia Capital India. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Yongjin Group, Xing Wang, Temasek Holdings. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Yongjin Group, Xiaomi, Temasek Holdings.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
65
Lead investments
21
Exits
2
Rounds per year
5.42
Follow on index
0.17
Investments by industry
  • Artificial Intelligence (12)
  • Software (11)
  • Robotics (8)
  • Media and Entertainment (6)
  • Food and Beverage (6)
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Investments by region
  • China (53)
  • United States (3)
  • India (3)
  • United Arab Emirates (1)
  • South Korea (1)
Peak activity year
2021
Number of Unicorns
4
Number of Decacorns
4
Number of Minotaurs
2

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
7
Avg. valuation at time of investment
172M
Group Appearance index
0.54
Strategy success index
0.50

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