TikTok parent and the world's most valuable private company
ByteDance operates TikTok globally and Douyin in China — the world's largest short-video platforms — alongside CapCut, Toutiao (news), and the enterprise cloud + AI platform Volcengine / BytePlus. Founded in 2012 by Zhang Yiming, the company is led today by Liang Rubo. ByteDance posted ~$155B in 2024 revenue and overtook Meta as the largest social media company by revenue in 2025. A January 2026 U.S. approval of TikTok's restructuring into a majority-U.S.-owned JV removed the single largest regulatory overhang; a General Atlantic-marketed secondary in February 2026 valued the company at ~$550B — the most valuable private company in the world.
Consumer / AI📍 Beijing, ChinaFounded 2012
Current Valuation
$550B
as of 2026-Q1
CENTURION
QL Price
$550B
0% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for ByteDance, published 2026-08-29 — in line with the last disclosed round of $550B (2026-Q1).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round
$550B
2026-Q1
weight 0.75
Secondary market print
$550B
2026-06-27
weight 0.68
How this price has held up
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IPO Outlookrumored
Is ByteDance going public?
An IPO is rumored, with nothing filed. ByteDance remains private and the date is not the company's.
What is ByteDance's valuation in 2026?
ByteDance is valued at $550B as of 2026-Q1, set by its Secondary tender (Feb 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has ByteDance filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for ByteDance as of 08/29/2026; the IPO is rumored.
Who are ByteDance's investors?
ByteDance's investors include SoftBank, Susquehanna International Group (SIG), General Atlantic, KKR, Coatue, Sequoia and 1 more.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Company Profile
CEO
Liang Rubo
Founded
2012
HQ
Beijing, China
Employees
~150000
Est. Revenue
$155B (2024 full year)
Growth
~29% YoY (2025 target ~$186B)
IPO Status
rumored
Fundraising Status
Secondary tender · 6 mo ago
rumored3 disclosed rounds
Secondary Market
Implied price / share
$280.79
Open interest
1
Secondary price return by period
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Growth & Valuation
Capital raised per round
Charts built from publicly disclosed funding rounds and revenue estimates. Approximate, not real-time, not investment advice.
Funding History
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Pre-IPO
$3.0B
Oct 2018
SoftBank
—
Series E
$2.0B
Aug 2017
General Atlantic
—
Series D
$1.0B
Dec 2016
Sequoia Capital China
—
Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
Open models
57
Downloads (30d)
0
across all models
Followers
4,989
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "ByteDance" as of 2026-08-19. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗
Talent Signal
No public careers page or job board could be found for ByteDance as of 2026-08-17. That itself is a datapoint: no open external hiring surface.
Checked the company site and major hosted job boards. Re-checked monthly.
Founders & Key People
Zhang YimingLiang Rubo
Investors
SoftBank · Susquehanna International Group (SIG) · General Atlantic · KKR · Coatue · Sequoia · Hillhouse
Products
TikTok
Douyin
CapCut
Toutiao
Lemon8
BytePlus
Volcengine
Competitors
Meta · Snap · YouTube (Alphabet) · Tencent · Xiaohongshu
ConsumerAIDecacornTop private company globallyTikTok
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.