The ByteDance Mafia — Dealroom

96 VC-backed startups founded by ByteDance alumni. $16B combined value, 5 unicorns. The chart shows 18 of them.

Companies

  1. Mindverse AI

    Founder: Kisson Lin · Valuation: $138M · Founded 2022 · Sector: Media · HQ: Hangzhou, China

  2. Pixocial

    Founder: Mingyang S · Valuation: $100M · Founded 2020 · Sector: Media · HQ: Singapore

  3. Trust Lab

    Founder: Benji Loney · Valuation: $90M · Founded 2019 · Sector: Media · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

  4. Robopoet

    Founder: Yuna (Pan Yunan) · Valuation: $83M · Founded 2024 · Sector: Media · HQ: Huangpu, China

  5. REVOX

    Founder: Troy, Zhenhao Hua · Valuation: $36M · Founded 2022 · Sector: Media · HQ: Singapore

  6. Nexad

    Founder: Jason Hu · Valuation: $36M · Founded 2024 · Sector: Media · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  7. AllScale

    Founder: Shawn P. · Valuation: $30M · Founded 2025 · Sector: Media · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  8. Taskade

    Founder: John Xie · Valuation: $30M · Founded 2017 · Sector: Media · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  9. Retell AI

    Founder: Bing Wu · Valuation: $28M · Founded 2023 · Sector: Media · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

  10. NexusMD.ai

    Founder: Mike Zhu · Valuation: $24M · Founded 2024 · Sector: Media · HQ: Melbourne, Australia

  11. Surreal

    Founder: Wang Liang · Valuation: $15M · Founded 2020 · Sector: Media · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  12. Floatboat

    Founder: Jun Li · Valuation: $10M · Founded 2025 · Sector: Media · HQ: Hong Kong

  13. LeakSignal

    Founder: Max Bruce · Valuation: $10M · Founded 2021 · Sector: Media · HQ: United States

  14. KEKKAI

    Founder: Du Danny · Valuation: $9M · Founded 2023 · Sector: Media · HQ: Tokyo, Japan

  15. SynMatAI

    Founder: Kai N · Valuation: $8M · Founded 2024 · Sector: Media · HQ: Shenzhen, China

  16. AppFlowy

    Founder: Anqi Annie Wang · Founded 2021 · Sector: Media · HQ: Cayman Islands

  17. Voyage Finance

    Founder: Ian Tan · Founded 2022 · Sector: Media · HQ: Singapore

  18. Okplay

    Founder: JJ Aguhob · Founded 2019 · Sector: Media · HQ: Los Angeles, United States

Data by Dealroom.co