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Funding RSS ↗| Date | Headline | Category | Amount | Source |
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| Jan 1, 2022 | MiniMax completes angel financingOn 2022-1-1, according to Xiniu Data, MiniMax completed angel financing, raising an undisclosed amount. | — | Undisclosed | — |
| Dec 30, 2021 | Shenma Factory, formerly Doujiju, raises CNY 10 million Pre-ATuike AI parent Shenma Factory, formerly Doujiju, completed a brand upgrade and CNY 10 million Pre-A funding led by Chuangye Factory, with Kaiying Capital and Huashan Capital participating. Feifan Capital served as financial adviser. | — | RMB 10M | 36kr.com ↗ |
| Dec 19, 2021 | Apollo.io reaches USD 24 million in ARROn 2021/12/19, ARR Club reported that Apollo.io, a US B2B sales data platform, disclosed annual recurring revenue of USD 24 million. Its sales intelligence platform rapidly gained adoption among small and medium-sized businesses, with ARR growing by twice the initial USD 8 million recorded at the start of the year. | — | — | arr.club ↗ |
| Nov 18, 2021 | Airwallex exceeds USD 100 million in annualized revenueOn 2021/11/18, Airwallex disclosed in a company announcement that annualized revenue exceeded USD 100 million and third-quarter revenue grew 165% year over year. This figure is not strictly ARR. | — | — | airwallex.com ↗ |
| Oct 22, 2021 | TT Voice parent Quwan Group raises USD 100 million Series B, plans Hong Kong IPOTT Voice parent Quwan Group completed Series B rounds totaling USD 100 million in 2021/2, with USD-denominated funds including Matrix Partners China and Orchid Asia investing, and subsequently filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. | — | $100M | finance.ce.cn ↗ |
| Oct 12, 2021 | Shuimu Intelligence raises CNY 70 million Series A led by Source Code CapitalShuimu Intelligence raised CNY 70 million in Series A funding in 2021/10, led by Source Code Capital with follow-on participation from Sequoia China Seed Fund and GL Ventures (approximately USD 9.72 million using a CNY conversion rate of 7.2). | — | RMB 70M | 36kr.com ↗ |
| Sep 22, 2021 | Lightricks raises $130M Series D at $1.8B valuationOn 2021-9-22, according to Business Wire, Lightricks completed a USD 130 million Series D financing at a USD 1.8 billion valuation | — | $130M | businesswire.com ↗ |
| Sep 5, 2021 | Lemlist reaches USD 10 million ARRLempire’s founder recalled in an original blog post that lemlist had grown from zero to USD 10 million ARR in approximately 3.5 years. Publication dates in the original Ghost index and the current summary page conflicted; the exact first publication date awaited checking. | — | — | blog.lempire.com ↗ |
| Aug 3, 2021 | Airwallex reaches USD 100 million in ARROn 2021/8/3, ARR Club reported that Airwallex disclosed annual recurring revenue (ARR) of USD 100 million in the AI FinTech sector. | — | — | arr.club ↗ |
| Jul 5, 2021 | Anduril reaches USD 100 million ARROn 2021/7/5, ARR Club reported that US defense technology company Anduril had disclosed USD 100 million in annual recurring revenue. Focused on autonomous systems and military AI, it rapidly scaled revenue as defense procurement became more digital. | — | — | arr.club ↗ |
| Mar 5, 2021 | Drata approaches USD 1 million in ARROn 2021/3/5, ARR Club reported that Drata, a US security compliance automation platform, disclosed annual recurring revenue approaching USD 1 million. It helps businesses automate compliance audit processes such as SOC 2 and gained widespread startup adoption at an early stage. | — | — | drata.com ↗ |
| Jan 26, 2021 | Moxiangjing completes strategic financingOn 2021-1-26, according to Xiniu Data, Moxiangjing completed strategic financing, raising an undisclosed amount. | — | Undisclosed | — |
| Jan 19, 2021 | Customer.io reaches USD 20 million in ARROn 2021/1/19, Customer.io reported that Customer.io disclosed annual recurring revenue (ARR) of USD 20 million in the AI Sales & Marketing sector. | — | — | customer.io ↗ |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Pendo reaches USD 100 million in ARROn 2021/1/6, LinkedIn reported that Pendo disclosed annual recurring revenue (ARR) of USD 100 million in the AI Data & Analytics sector. | — | — | linkedin.com ↗ |
| Apr 18, 2020 | Substack reaches USD 2.4 million in ARROn 2020/4/18, ARR Club reported that Substack, a US subscription writing platform, disclosed annual recurring revenue of USD 2.4 million. Providing paid newsletter subscription tools for independent writers, it established a stable revenue-sharing model early in the creator economy. | — | — | arr.club ↗ |
| Dec 28, 2019 | Rippling reaches USD 3 million in ARROn 2019/12/28, X reported that Rippling disclosed annual recurring revenue (ARR) of USD 3 million in the AI HR & Recruiting sector. | — | — | x.com ↗ |
| Aug 1, 2019 | Miji Technology completes seed financingOn 2019-8-1, according to Xiniu Data, Miji Technology completed seed financing, raising an undisclosed amount. | — | Undisclosed | — |
| Jul 31, 2019 | Baidu strategically invests in Qimao Novels, takes stake in Shanghai Qimao Culture MediaBaidu’s investment and acquisition division made a new investment in Shanghai Qimao Culture Media, the company behind Qimao Novels. Dazi County Bairuixiang, 100% owned by Baidu, was the second-largest shareholder with a 37.36% stake. | — | $714K | 36kr.com ↗ |
| Jun 24, 2019 | Lemlist reaches USD 250 thousand ARROn 2019/6/24, Medium reported that US email outreach automation platform Lemlist had disclosed USD 250 thousand in annual recurring revenue. The company established a repeatable cold-email customer acquisition model early in its self-driven growth, demonstrating the paid conversion potential of specialized tools. | — | — | medium.com ↗ |
| Jun 16, 2019 | Vercel reaches USD 1 million in ARROn 2019/6/16, ARR Club reported that Vercel, a US frontend development cloud platform, disclosed annual recurring revenue of USD 1 million. The deployment and hosting service built around Next.js gained early adoption in the developer community and crossed the ARR milestone of a million US dollars. | — | — | sacra.com ↗ |
| Dec 16, 2018 | Apollo.io reaches USD 2.5 million ARROn 2018/12/16, ARR Club reported that US B2B sales data platform Apollo.io had disclosed USD 2.5 million in annual recurring revenue. The sales intelligence database began building stable paid usage habits at an early stage, laying a foundation for later growth at scale. | — | — | arr.club ↗ |
| Sep 17, 2017 | Augment raises USD 5 million in Series A financingOn 2017-9-17, according to Xiniu Data, Augment completed Series A financing, raising USD 5 million. | — | $5M | — |
| Aug 21, 2016 | Xiaoxumusic raises tens of millions of CNY Series A, expands into VR and traditional-style Chinese musicLeading Chinese game music brand Xiaoxumusic raised tens of millions of CNY in Series A funding led by Songcheng Performance, with Youjiu Games participating. Funds would support B2C music business and VR audio. | — | Tens of millions of RMB | m.sohu.com ↗ |
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