ByteDance is a private company building in internet / social media / artificial intelligence, founded in 2012. Investors last valued the company at $600B (rumored). No public ticker exists for the company.
8 valuations. The latest, $600B rumored, was set by the Proposed Secondary Share Sale in Apr 2026.
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G42CChina Internet Investment FundGeneral AtlanticSequoia CapitalKKRSoftBankByteDance is a Chinese internet technology company founded in March 2012 by Zhang Yiming and Liang Rubo, headquartered in Haidian, Beijing, with its associated entity ByteDance Ltd incorporated in the Cayman Islands. It launched the news app Toutiao in August 2012, followed by the short-video app Douyin in 2016 and its global counterpart TikTok, which took off after ByteDance acquired Musical.ly in 2017 and merged it into TikTok. The company's product suite has since grown to include the video editor CapCut, the workplace platform Lark, the AI assistant Doubao, and the Volcano Engine cloud unit, reaching more than 150,000 employees across nearly 120 cities worldwide.
ByteDance remains privately held.
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Often trade at a premium or discount to NAV.
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Valuations, rounds and IPO status for every company in the directory — ByteDance included.
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No. ByteDance is a private company; its shares do not trade on a public exchange.
The last valuation is $600B (rumored, Apr 2026).
Lead investors for each round are in the funding timeline.
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