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    ByteDance

    Beijing, ChinaFounded 2012
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    ByteDance is a Chinese internet technology company founded in 2012, best known for TikTok, Douyin, and other content platforms. It operates a corporate venture capital arm, Jinqiu Capital (锦秋基金), which focuses on AI-native early-stage investments in areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, and autonomous systems, primarily in China.

    They made 1 investment in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $64.8M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    10

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    NZ

    Nicolas Zylberstein

    AI Business Leader | Strategic Partnerships, Corporate Development and Strategy & Operations

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    15 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    X2Robot logoX2RobotSeries C$140MJan 2026
    Moore Threads logoMoore ThreadsSeed—Dec 2025
    Syrius Robotics logoSyrius RoboticsSeries B$50MJul 2022
    VisionNav Robotics logoVisionNav RoboticsSeries C—Jan 2022
    Syrius Robotics logoSyrius RoboticsSeries B$20MAug 2021
    Moore Threads logoMoore ThreadsSeries A—Feb 2021
    Syrius Robotics logoSyrius RoboticsSeries A$20MJan 2021
    Hao Xin Qing logoHao Xin QingSeries C$31MJan 2021
    Lingxi logoLingxiSeries A$6.2MApr 2020
    Moore Threads logoMoore ThreadsSeries A$313MJan 2020
    Narwal Robotics logoNarwal RoboticsSeries B$14.1MJan 2020
    Minerva Project logoMinerva ProjectSeries C$57MJul 2019
    Narwal Robotics logoNarwal RoboticsSeries D$1.1MJan 2019
    LLive.meUnknown$60MJan 2017
    设设序科技Series A——

    Top Co-Investors

    Sequoia China6 shared
    HongShan3 shared
    SPARX Group Co., Ltd.3 shared
    Source Code Capital3 shared
    GGV Capital3 shared
    5Y Capital3 shared
    Shenzhen Capital Group3 shared
    China Merchants Group2 shared
    IDG Capital2 shared
    Tencent Investment2 shared
    Junson Capital1 shared
    Global Founders Capital1 shared
    GSR Ventures1 shared
    Founders Fund1 shared
    Benchmark1 shared
    TAL Education Group1 shared
    Learn Capital1 shared
    Kakao Investment1 shared
    Beijing Zhongguancun Science City Innovation Development Co., Ltd.1 shared
    Matrix Partners China1 shared

    Last updated: 27 September 2026