Chinese Investments In Indian Unicorns: 2014 – 2019

wdt_ID Year Funding Month Investor Name of Unicorn Funding Amount (in $) Further Participating Investors
1 2,014 June 01, 2014 Tencent, Didi Chuxing Ola Undisclosed .
2 2,015 Feb 05, 2015 Alibaba Group Paytm $213 Mn SAIF Partners
3 2,015 Aug 02, 2015 Alibaba Group Snapdeal $500 Mn Foxconn Electronics, SoftBank Group, Temasek, BlackRock, Myriad Group, Premji Invest
4 2,015 Sept 29, 2015 Alibaba Group Paytm $472 Mn .
5 2,015 Nov 18, 2015 Didi Chuxing Ola $500 Mn Tiger Global Management, DST Global, Baillie Gifford, Steadview Capital, ABG Capital, JSCapital, Falcon Edge Capital, GIC, SoftBank Group, Daniel E Neary
6 2,016 Aug 16, 2016 Tencent Hike $175 Mn . Foxconn Electronics
7 2,017 Mar 03, 2017 Alibaba Group Paytm Mall $200 Mn . SAIF Partners
8 2,017 May 22, 2017 Fosun Delhivery $30 Mn .
9 2,017 Jul 25, 2017 Tencent Byju’s $40 Mn CZI, Lightspeed Venture Partners, IFC, Sofina, Brand Capital
10 2,017 Sept 07, 2017 China Lodging Group OYO Rooms $260 Mn Hero MotoCorp, SoftBank Vision Fund, Sequoia Capital, Greenoaks, Lightspeed Venture Partners
11 2,017 Sept 13, 2017 China Lodging Group OYO Rooms $10.2 Mn
12 2,017 Oct 11, 2017 Tencent Ola $1.1 Bn SoftBank Group
13 2,017 Oct 25, 2017 Alibaba Group BigBasket $5 Mn Helion Venture Partners, Trifecta Capital, Ascent Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Brand Capital, Paytm Mall, The Abraaj Group
14 2,018 Jan 29, 2018 Alibaba Group BigBasket $300 Mn The Abraaj Group, IFC, Sands Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Trifecta Capital
15 2,018 Feb 01, 2018 Ant Financial Zomato $152 Mn
16 2,018 Feb 07, 2018 Meituan Swiggy $100 Mn Naspers
17 2,018 Apr 02, 2018 Alibaba Group Paytm Mall $453 Mn SoftBank Group
18 2,018 Jun 20, 2018 Meituan Swiggy $210 Mn DST Global, Naspers, Coatue
19 2,018 Sept 06, 2018 Tencent Dream11 $100 Mn Kalaari Capital, Multiples Equity, Think Investments
20 2,018 Sept 18, 2018 China Eurasia Economic Cooperation Fund Ola $50.2 Mn Sailing Capital
21 2,018 Oct 13, 2018 Ant Financial Zomato $210 Mn .
22 2,018 Dec 20, 2018 Hillhouse Capital Group, Meituan, Tencent Swiggy $1 Bn Naspers, DST Global, Wellington Management, Meituan, Coatue
23 2,018 Dec 31, 2018 Didi Chuxing OYO Rooms $100 Mn SoftBank Vision Fund, Grab, Lightspeed India Partners, Sequoia Capital, Greenoaks
24 2,019 Feb 28, 2019 Shunwei Capital Zomato $61.9 Mn Delivery Hero, Naspers, Saturn Shine
25 2,019 Mar 06, 2019 Fosun Delhivery $413 Mn SoftBank Vision Fund, The Carlyle Group
26 2,019 Mar 11, 2019 Tencent Byju’s $35.4 Mn General Atlantic
27 2,019 Mar 28, 2019 Alibaba Group BigBasket $150 Mn Mirae Asset, CDC Group
28 2,019 Aug 30, 2019 Hillhouse Capital Group Udaan $374 Mn Altimeter Capital, , GGV Capital, DST Global, Lightspeed Venture Partners
29 2,019 Sept 21, 2019 Tencent PolicyBazaar $130 Mn - $150 Mn

[expand title=”More Actionable Insights” swaptitle=”Close”]

The above table represents the chronology of Chinese Investments in Indian Unicorns, starting from 2014 to 2019 (till September). According to data from Tracxn, China’s VC investments into the Indian startup ecosystem have increased five-fold to $5.6 billion in 2018 from just $668 million in 2016.

RegionIndia
SourceTracxn
Table ID342

Among all the top investors from China, Alibaba Group and Tencent have been the most active investors during the last 5 years. In 2015, Alibaba Group invested more than $1 billion in Paytm ($685 Mn) and Snapdeal ($500 Mn). Further in 2017, about $200 million raised by Paytm Mall, $5 million by the grocery delivery startup BigBasket.

On the other hand, Alibaba’s native rival Tencent has invested in six Indian unicorns so far: Hike, Ola, Byju’s, Swiggy, Dream11, PolicyBazaar.


The above graph is a part of Dazeinfo GraphFarm – the most trusted source of hundreds of thousands of market graphs. Our team of researchers mines millions of data points every month to bring the most updated and validated set of data points representing the comprehensive view in a graphical format. From mobile to e-commerce, from Retail to healthcare, from startups to SMEs we have carefully designed thousands of graphs for those who value and understand the importance of data visualisation.

[/expand]