Private Valuation & Funding Round Tracker · ByteDance

ByteDance valuation & funding history

Name: ByteDance Funding Rounds & Valuation History
Creator: growthnavigatefunding.net

ByteDance’s valuation record: its last reported primary round (2018) and the buybacks, tenders and share sales that have priced the company since 2023. Each row is labelled closed round, tender or talks and attributed to the outlet that reported it, because ByteDance rarely confirms these figures.

Last updated: 13 Nov 2026 (IST). Every figure re-checked against the linked sources that day. Rows: 9 Currency: US$, nominal

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Latest reported Talks

$550B

Proposed General Atlantic share sale, Feb 2026

Secondary; completion not confirmed.

Last buyback valuation Tender

$330B+

$200.41 a share, Oct 2025 (Reuters)

Latest option repurchase

$229.50

Per share, current employees, Apr 2026 (36Kr)

Last closed primary round Closed

$75B

$3B round, Oct 2018 (pre-money, reported)

Round history

Newest first. Dashed badges and striped rows are not closed transactions. “—” means the source does not disclose the figure or it cannot be computed on the same basis; see the note in each row.

ByteDance funding round, buybacks, tenders and share sales, October 2018 to April 2026
Date	Status	Round	Amount	Lead / buyer	Valuation	Val. ÷ run-rate	Source
15 Apr 2026	Tender	Employee option repurchase$229.50 a share for current employees, $201.96 for former employees, per an internal email reported by 36Kr. About 14.5% above the October 2025 round ($200.41).	—Not disclosed	ByteDance (company repurchase)	—Not disclosedNo company valuation stated by the source	—Not disclosedTender price, not a new round; no multiple	36Kr, 15 Apr 2026
26 Feb 2026	Reported talks	Proposed share sale by General AtlanticGeneral Atlantic “hopes to close the sale in March” (Reuters). Existing shares only; no new money to ByteDance.Completion not confirmed in sources GNF read as of 13 Nov 2026.	—Not disclosed	General Atlantic (seller); buyers not named	$550BPrice of the proposed secondary sale, per Reuters’ sources; not a primary round	—Not disclosedTalks-stage or discussed figure; no multiple	Reuters via CNBC-TV18, 26 Feb 2026
Nov 2025	Tender	Secondary-market dealSale of existing shares between investors. Parties and size not reported.	—Not disclosed	Not disclosed	$480BPer Reuters’ sources (reported Jan 2026, cited Feb 2026); not a primary round	—Not disclosedTender price, not a new round; no multiple	Reuters via CNBC-TV18, 26 Feb 2026
Oct 2025	Tender	Employee share buyback$200.41 a share for current employees, up 5.5% from $189.90 (Reuters). Expected “in the autumn”; 36Kr dates it October 2025 ($180.37 for former employees).	—Not disclosed	ByteDance (company repurchase)	More than $330BPer Reuters’ sources (via CNBC, Aug 2025); set by the buyback price	—Not disclosedTender price, not a new round; no multiple	CNBC (Reuters report), 27 Aug 2025Also: 36Kr, 15 Apr 2026
About Mar 2025	Tender	Employee share buybackReuters: offered “about six months ago” as of 27 Aug 2025; exact month not stated.	—Not disclosed	ByteDance (company repurchase)	About $315BPer Reuters’ sources (via CNBC, Aug 2025)	—Not disclosedTender price, not a new round; no multiple	CNBC (Reuters report), 27 Aug 2025
Reported 16 Nov 2024	Tender	Buyback offerPrice per share not given in the source GNF read.	—Not disclosed	ByteDance (company repurchase)	About $300BPer the Wall Street Journal (via Fortune), citing people with knowledge	—Not disclosedTender price, not a new round; no multiple	Fortune citing WSJ and Bloomberg, 16 Nov 2024
6 Dec 2023	Tender	Share buyback offer to shareholdersByteDance declined to comment (CNBC). WSJ (via Fortune) also gives $268B, citing a company email to investors.	Up to $5BPlanned spend, per a person familiar (CNBC)	ByteDance (company repurchase)	About $268BSet by the $160 offer price, per CNBC’s source	—Not disclosedTender price, not a new round; no multiple	CNBC, 6 Dec 2023Also: Fortune citing WSJ and Bloomberg, 16 Nov 2024
Oct 2023	Tender	Employee tender offerEarliest buyback/tender in this tracker.	—Not disclosed	Not disclosed	Almost $225BPer the Wall Street Journal (via Fortune)	—Not disclosedTender price, not a new round; no multiple	Fortune citing WSJ and Bloomberg, 16 Nov 2024
26 Oct 2018	Closed round	$3B round (reported)Last primary round in this tracker. TechCrunch: “completed a $3 billion investment that values the company at $75 billion”.	$3B	Not confirmed in sources read	$75BPre-money, per a TechCrunch source (about $78B with the round). Reported by Forbes and Bloomberg; ByteDance did not announce it.	—Not disclosedNo run-rate stated in the announcement	TechCrunch, 26 Oct 2018

Buyback and tender valuations are as reported; ByteDance does not confirm them. Per-share prices are for current employees unless stated. “—” means not disclosed.

Valuation at each closed round

Closed primary rounds only: one, in 2018 ($75B pre-money, reported). Buybacks and share sales are in the table and timeline, not the chart.

$3B roundOct 2018$75B pre

Source: TechCrunch (citing Forbes and Bloomberg). US$ billions.

Timeline

The 2018 round, then each buyback and share sale, oldest first.

26 Oct 2018 · Closed
$3B at $75B pre-money (reported). Last primary round in this tracker.
Oct 2023 · Tender
Employee tender at almost $225B (WSJ).
6 Dec 2023 · Buyback
Up to $5B at $160 a share, about $268B (CNBC).
Nov 2024 · Buyback
About $300B (WSJ).
About Mar 2025 · Buyback
$189.90 a share, about $315B (Reuters).
Oct 2025 · Buyback
$200.41 a share, more than $330B (Reuters; 36Kr).
Nov 2025 · Secondary
Secondary deal at $480B (Reuters sources).
26 Feb 2026 · Talks
General Atlantic plans to sell shares at $550B (Reuters).
15 Apr 2026 · Buyback
Option repurchase at $229.50 a share (36Kr).

How ByteDance is valued: ByteDance has not announced a primary funding round in the period covered here and does not publish its valuation. Since 2023 its value has been set by company buybacks and sales of existing shares between investors, reported by the press from people familiar or internal emails. These are labelled Tender (or Talks where not completed) and are not plotted as rounds. ByteDance is private; no listing has been announced.

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ByteDance Funding Rounds & Valuation History. Private Valuation & Funding Round Tracker, GrowthNavigateFunding.net, updated 13 Nov 2026. https://growthnavigatefunding.net/funding/bytedance/

Download the data

The same 9 rows as the table: numeric US$ columns, empty cells where a figure is not disclosed, and a source URL for every row.

File: bytedance-rounds.csv (UTF-8, comma-separated)
Stable URL: https://growthnavigatefunding.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/bytedance-rounds.csv
Columns: id, date, date_precision, status, transaction_type, round, amount_usd_low, amount_usd_high, lead_or_buyer, co_leads, valuation_usd_low, valuation_usd_high, valuation_basis, valuation_to_run_rate_multiple, multiple_bound, multiple_basis, step_up_vs_prior_closed, price_per_share_usd_low, price_per_share_usd_high, shares, source, source_url, other_source_urls, notes, last_updated
Updated: 13 Nov 2026 (IST)

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Methodology & status definitions

How each row is labelled and calculated.

Closed round

A primary round reported as completed by a major outlet. ByteDance did not announce the 2018 round; the valuation is labelled with its basis (pre-money).

Reported talks

A share sale reported before it completed, attributed to the outlet. No multiple.

Tender

A company buyback, employee tender or secondary sale of existing shares. It prices the company but brings no new money. No step-up or multiple.

Valuation ÷ run-rate

Valuation ÷ the run-rate the company stated in a round announcement (GNF calc.). ByteDance has announced no round with a run-rate, so no multiple is shown. Quarterly revenue reported by Reuters’ sources is not a company statement and is not used.

What is not a separate row

Rounds before 2018 (General Atlantic first invested in 2017 at about $20B, per Reuters). Secondary-market quotes from brokers and fund marks. Valuations quoted by dealmakers in interviews (CNBC, Sep 2025: “the latest figure is $400 billion”). TikTok US joint-venture terms.

Updates & corrections

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Changelog

13 Nov 2026: Dataset first compiled: the 2018 round and the 2023–2026 buybacks, tenders and share sales, checked against the linked sources.

ByteDance Valuation History: Buybacks, Share Sales & Funding