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Anew Labs reportedly raises $290M after spinout
Investors undisclosed
Amount$290MValuationUndisclosed
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ByteDance
Internet & Media · China
Historical ranking valuation$550.0BSource snapshot: Jun 19, 2026
Disclosed primary funding in this record
Not establishedSum of non-overlapping disclosed USD amounts in confirmed primary financing entries in this record, including separately labeled equity components; not verified lifetime funding. Excludes amounts already included in a later round, announced, reported, database-only, debt, secondary and unclassified events.
0 confirmed primary rounds with disclosed USD amounts · Record through 2026-11-01THE BUSINESS
Get to know ByteDance.
ByteDance operates content, creation and commerce products. Its portfolio includes TikTok, CapCut, TikTok Shop and China-market services such as Douyin and Toutiao.
ByteDance company overview ↗Source checked Sep 22, 2026Valuation history
Valuations reported at the time of each round.
Funding history
Funding rounds, debt and other financing events.
9sourced events · record as of 2026-11-01
The December 2020 $2B and August 2017 at-least-$2B figures were fundraising targets, not documented closes. A later $5B description conflicts with the 2020 target, so the final amount remains unresolved. Forbes reported a $3B October 2018 commitment/close at a $75B valuation, but ByteDance declined comment. Reuters and Axios retrospectively reported about $1B raised at the end of 2016. Toutiao announced a $100M Series C in 2014. TechNode described earlier eight-digit 2013 and seven-digit 2012 rounds without exact amounts. The imported March 2012 Source Code Capital seed is removed: the firm says it was founded in 2014. This is not a complete legal financing register or present-day cap table. Headline association; not a reviewed issuer link. Unlinked article observations are not independently reconciled financing events. This is covered public-source history, not an exhaustive issuer ledger.
Sep 3, 202608
rumor
ByteDance reportedly secures a $29.6B loan
Investors undisclosed
Amount$30BValuationUndisclosed
Dec 202007
primary
Reported financing (amount unresolved)
Sequoia Capital (lead) · KKR (lead)
Reuters said the round aimed to raise $2B and was drawing to a close, not that it had closed at that amount. The Information later reported a $5B funding round at the same $180B valuation (https://www.theinformation.com/articles/bytedances-revenue-more-than-doubled-in-2020); the paywalled report's indexed excerpt does not establish an exact close, allocations or whether the $2B target was superseded. Neither figure is counted as a verified final round total.
Amount$2B target; later $5B reportedValuation$180B reported
Oct 201806
primary
Financing round
SoftBank Group · KKR · General Atlantic · Primavera Capital Group
Forbes reported a closed $3B round, but described named investors as committed, attributed details to one person familiar with the matter and noted ByteDance declined comment. Its October 25 publication does not establish an October 26 legal close. SoftBank was a named participant; a lead role is reported elsewhere, not established by this Forbes account.
Amount$3.0BValuation$75B reported
Aug 11, 201705
rumor
Fundraising talks (series unverified)
Investors undisclosed
Reuters said Toutiao was raising at least $2B; General Atlantic was only a potential new investor and could lead. This does not establish a closed Series E, investor allocation, precise final amount or valuation.
AmountAt least $2B soughtValuationOver $20B sought
Dec 201604
primary
Series D
Sequoia Capital China · CCB International
Axios reported around $1B raised in Series D, about $11B valuation and Sequoia China/CCB International among participants; it said the round appeared to have closed at the end of 2016. Reuters later repeated that late-2016 timing. Neither account proves a December 30 legal close or a lead allocation.
AmountAbout $1BValuationAbout $11B reported
Jun 201403
primary
Series C
Sequoia Capital (lead) · Weibo Corporation
TechNode reported Toutiao announced a secured $100M Series C led by Sequoia and followed by Weibo at a $500M valuation. Its June 3 publication is not proof of a June 1 legal close; Shunwei was not named in this account.
Amount$100MValuation$500M
201302
primary
Series B
Yuri Milner
TechNode described an eight-digit USD Series B from Yuri Milner, founder of DST, in 2013; it did not establish exactly $10M, a September close, Qihoo participation or that DST Global was the legal investor.
AmountEight-digit USD (exact amount undisclosed)ValuationUndisclosed
201201
primary
First round (series unverified)
SIG
TechNode described seven-digit USD first-round funding from SIG in 2012 without the exact amount, instrument, legal entity or month. The imported $1M July 1 Series A precision is unsupported.
AmountSeven-digit USD (exact amount undisclosed)ValuationUndisclosed
Financing participants
Investors, lenders and other parties named in funding announcements.
Sequoia Capital
Reported financing (amount unresolved) · Dec 2020 · Lead participant · primary · Reported · Reported source ↗
Series C · Jun 2014 · Lead participant · primary · Announced · Announced source ↗
KKR
Reported financing (amount unresolved) · Dec 2020 · Lead participant · primary · Reported · Reported source ↗
Financing round · Oct 2018 · Participant · primary · Reported · Reported source ↗
SoftBank Group
Financing round · Oct 2018 · Participant · primary · Reported · Reported source ↗
General Atlantic
Financing round · Oct 2018 · Participant · primary · Reported · Reported source ↗
Primavera Capital Group
Financing round · Oct 2018 · Participant · primary · Reported · Reported source ↗
Sequoia Capital China
Series D · Dec 2016 · Participant · primary · Reported · Reported source ↗
CCB International
Series D · Dec 2016 · Participant · primary · Reported · Reported source ↗
Weibo Corporation
Series C · Jun 2014 · Participant · primary · Announced · Announced source ↗
Yuri Milner
Series B · 2013 · Participant · primary · Reported · Reported source ↗
SIG
First round (series unverified) · 2012 · Participant · primary · Reported · Reported source ↗
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ByteDance stake may anchor $1B continuation fund at $400B-$450B valuation
ByteDance spans short video, commerce and enterprise software through products including TikTok, Douyin and Lark. A proposed $1 billion secondary vehicle would value its shares at an implied $400 billion to $450 billion without funding the company.
Captables Newsroom · 24d agoDeals / Captables
Anew Labs reportedly raises $290M after ByteDance drug-discovery spinout
Anew Labs uses separate AI models to predict biomolecular structures, study molecular motion and generate potential drug binders for its internal pipeline. Its reported $290 million first external financing values the ByteDance spinout at $1.5 billion.
Captables Newsroom · 45d agoMoney / Captables
ByteDance's reported $29.6B loan puts private-company borrowing at sovereign scale
Bloomberg reports that ByteDance secured a $29.6 billion dollar-denominated loan, a private-company borrowing nearly three times the size of the TikTok parent's previous offshore facility.
Captables Newsroom · 58d agoDeals / Captables
ByteDance's latest round: $2B Financing round
ByteDance's latest public financing record lists $2.0B in its Financing round dated December 11, 2020 at a reported valuation of $180B. Captables places the event in the company's disclosed funding history.
Captables Newsroom · 58d ago