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Sequoia Capital China

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Total investments 1073
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$94M
Portfolio companies 740
Rounds per year 56.47
Lead investments 286
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.31
Exits 88
Key employees 3

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Software
  • Biotechnology
  • Internet
Summary

Sequoia Capital China appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2005. The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in China. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Beijing.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Toutiao, JD.com, Meituan-Dianping. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - China. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Internet, Software.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 3-4 partakers. Despite the Sequoia Capital China, startups are often financed by Shunwei Capital, SIG China (SIG Asia Investments), Gobi Partners. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Xianghe Capital, Morningside Venture Capital, Linear Venture. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by SIG China (SIG Asia Investments), Lightspeed China Partners, Gaorong Capital.

The overall number of key employees were 3.

The fund is constantly included in 25-48 deals per year. The typical startup value when the investment from Sequoia Capital China is more than 1 billion dollars. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2018. This Sequoia Capital China works on 16 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. The high activity for fund was in 2018. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The real fund results show that this VC is 33 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The common things for fund are deals in the range of more than 100 millions dollars.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Membrane Biofilm Technology

29 Feb 2024 Putuo, Shanghai, China

Black Jade Star Rock

27 Feb 2024 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Dark Side of the Moon

Artificial Intelligence
$1B19 Feb 2024 Beijing, Beijing, China

Yacheng Network

Service Industry
Software
$1M30 Jan 2024 Xiamen, China

Lingdong Technology

Energy
Energy Management
22 Jan 2024 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Full-Life Technologies

Health Care
Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical
$47M03 Jan 2024 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Powerlaw Ai

Artificial Intelligence
Legal
Software
$12M07 Dec 2023 Haidian District, Beijing, China

Wuwen Xinqiong

Cloud Computing
Electronics
05 Dec 2023 Beijing, Beijing, China

MYX

$5M28 Nov 2023 -
News
ShouTi Secures $100 Million Series B Financing to Accelerate Development of Life-Changing Medicines Fueled by Advanced Computational, Structure-Based Drug Design Platform

– ShouTi Inc. announced the close of a $100m Series B financing round.
– The round was led by BVF Partners. Additional new investors include Casdin Capital, Cormorant Asset Management, Janus Henderson Investors, Lilly Asia Ventures, Monashee Capital, Sage Partners, Stork Capital, Surveyor Capital (a Citadel company), TCG X, Terra Magnum Capital Partners, Woodline Partners, and co-founder and strategic partner Schrödinger.
– Existing investors also participated in the financing, including Eight Roads, F-Prime Capital Partners, Qiming Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital China, TF Capital and Wuxi AppTec.

Outdoor Living Brand Outer Raises $50M in Series B Funding

– Outer, the fastest growing direct-to-consumer home brand of 2020, announces the close of a $50M Series B investment round.
– The new investment was led by Kathy Xu of Capital Today along with Tribe Capital, C Ventures, TRAC VC, and Upfront Ventures.
– Existing investors, including Sequoia Capital China, Mucker Capital, Mantis VC, Unpopular Ventures, and Reimagined Ventures also participated in the round.
– Outer raised $10.5M in Series A funding in January 2021, bringing the startup’s total funding to $65M.
– Outer was named the fastest growing home brand of 2020 by SimilarWeb and Business Insider, experiencing a 1000%+ increase in sales amid the pandemic.

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Total investments 1073
Average round size 94M
Rounds per year 56.47
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 286
Follow on index 0.31
Exits 88
Group Appearance index 0.80

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Membrane Biofilm Technology

29 Feb 2024 Putuo, Shanghai, China

Black Jade Star Rock

27 Feb 2024 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Dark Side of the Moon

Artificial Intelligence
$1B19 Feb 2024 Beijing, Beijing, China

Yacheng Network

Service Industry
Software
$1M30 Jan 2024 Xiamen, China

Lingdong Technology

Energy
Energy Management
22 Jan 2024 Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Full-Life Technologies

Health Care
Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical
$47M03 Jan 2024 Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Powerlaw Ai

Artificial Intelligence
Legal
Software
$12M07 Dec 2023 Haidian District, Beijing, China

Wuwen Xinqiong

Cloud Computing
Electronics
05 Dec 2023 Beijing, Beijing, China

MYX

$5M28 Nov 2023 -
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