ByteDance Strategic Investments

Corporate venture profile

Parent ByteDance

ByteDance Strategic Investments is the corporate venture arm of ByteDance, an internet and media company. It invests at the Series A stage. Sectors it names: artificial intelligence. The program has closed.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Series A to Series A

Data behind this graphic

Data behind this graphic
Item	Value
Stage range	Series A to Series A
Sectors	Artificial intelligence
Geography	Asia

Sources: S2 36Kr: ByteDance and HSG spearhead investment in embodied AI deal; S1 TechCrunch: ByteDance reorganizes strategic investment team.

Where it invests

Geography

Investment regionsS2 S1

Asia

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	ByteDance	Single source	S3
Parent industry	Internet and media	Single source	S3
Status	Closed	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Companies backed	169	Single source	S1
Stages	Series A (inferred from announced rounds)	Estimate	S2

Recent rounds

Date	Company	Round	Amount	Led by the firm	Source
	X Square Robot	Series A	Not stated	Yes	S2

History

2022ByteDance restructured its strategic investment team into business lines (19 January)S1

Portfolio

Portfolio company named in public sources: X Square Robot.S2

The firm also states 169 companies backed. The page list and the stated total measure different things.S1

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

1 companies on the ByteDance Strategic Investments portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Dragonball Capital	1	X Square Robot

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Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website www.bytedance.com/

Sources

S1TechCrunch: ByteDance reorganizes strategic investment teamPress
S236Kr: ByteDance and HSG spearhead investment in embodied AI dealPress
S3ByteDance websiteParent company

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