About
Before starting ByteDance in 2012, he founded the real estate search site 99fang.com, which he led from 2009 to 2012. Earlier in his career he was an architect at microblogging service Fanfou, worked briefly as an engineer at Microsoft, and served as technical lead at travel search company KuXun.
Founder at ByteDance
Intro paths
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In turn, Yiming can intro founders to ByteDance's investors below.
ByteDance's investors · 22
3Comma CapitalLisbonAglae VenturesParis · $108K – $5.4M checksAltimeter CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $25M checksBase PartnersSão PauloCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checksEvolution VC PartnersNew YorkGaldana VenturesBarcelonaGranite AsiaSingapore · $5M – $25M checksK3 VenturesSingapore · $1.2M – $42M checksK5 VenturesIrvine · $25K checksMind FundHong KongMorningside Venture Capital LimitedShanghai · $5M – $400M checksNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Menlo Park · $200K – $40M checksNext Legacy PartnersPortola ValleyNotable CapitalSilicon Valley · $5M – $50M checksPuhua CapitalHangzhou · $1.4M – $112M checksShunwei CapitalGrand Cayman · $1.4M – $100M checksSoftBank Vision FundLondonSource Code CapitalBeijing · $2M – $200M checksStreamlined VenturesPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checksWealthUnion$10K checksXiang He CapitalBeijing
Co-founders at ByteDance
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Rubo LiangFounder; Chairman of the Board
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Zhang YimingFounder
Experience
- BytedanceFounder&CEOcurrent2012 — presentBeijing City, China
- 99fang.comFounder & CEO2009 — 2012
- fanfouArchitect2008 — 2009
- 微软Engineer2008北京市, 中国
- KuXunTechnical Lead2006 — 2008Beijing City, China
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Yiming Zhang?
- Before starting ByteDance in 2012, he founded the real estate search site 99fang.com, which he led from 2009 to 2012. Earlier in his career he was an architect at microblogging service Fanfou, worked briefly as an engineer at Microsoft, and served as technical lead at travel search company KuXun.
- Where does Yiming Zhang work?
- Yiming Zhang is Founder of ByteDance.
- What companies did Yiming Zhang found?
- Yiming Zhang founded ByteDance.
- Where did Yiming Zhang go to school?
- Yiming Zhang studied at Nankai University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Software Engineering); Nankai University (软件工程学院).
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