business Overview
| HQ |  Beijing, China |
| Business | Consumer applications (incl. TikTok, Douyin) |
| Founded | access_time 11 years ago (founded March 2012) |
TrueUp Trajectory Score | 96 /100 |
| Valuation | $225 billion TrueUp Rank #14 |
| Public / Private | Private |
| Lists | Consumer Social investor: Sequoia investor: Softbank Unicorns |
Bytedance is a Consumer applications (incl. TikTok, Douyin) company with 729 job openings. It is currently valued at $225 billion as a private company. The company was founded in 2012.
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local_atm Financials
| Valuation | 🦄$225.0 billion |
| Most recent funding date | ⚠️3 years ago |
| Total funding | $2.1 billion |
| Value 'created' (valuation - funding) | +$222.9 billion |
phonelink Products
| Top products | - Toutiao - TikTok - Helo - Douyin - News Republic - Vigo Video - Huoshan - Xigua Video - TopBuzz - BuzzVideo - FaceU |
| Primary customer type | emoji_people B2C |
| Is this really a tech company? | Definitely remove Network effects check Zero marginal costs to produce check Product improves over time check Zero cost to expand globally check Self-serve onboarding + Zero cost of sales |
emoji_people Culture
| Glassdoor employee reviews | 78% would recommend Bytedance to a friend (2,568 reviews) better than 54% of tech co's 83% approve of the CEO Rubo Liang (293 reviews) worse than 55% of tech co's |
| Company mission | "Inspire creativity, enrich life." |
| Company culture links | Bytedance Mission and Corporate Structurenorth_east bytedance.com/en |
rule Policies
| % of open jobs that are remote | N/A |
| public H1B sponsorships approved in 2022 | 58 TrueUp Rank #36 |