Alibaba Group

Alibaba Group’s mission is to make it easy to do business anywhere.

They enable businesses to transform the way they market, sell, operate and improve their efficiencies. They provide the technology infrastructure and marketing reach to help merchants, brands and other businesses to leverage the power of new technology to engage with their users and customers and operate in a more efficient way.

Their businesses are comprised of core commerce, cloud computing, digital media and entertainment, and innovation initiatives. In addition, Ant Financial, a company in which they have agreed to acquire a 33% equity stake, provides payment and financial services to consumers and merchants on their platforms. An ecosystem has developed around their platforms and businesses that consists of consumers, merchants, brands, retailers, other businesses, third-party service providers and strategic alliance partners.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

17

$8.90B $88B

Alibaba Group has raised a total of $8.90B $88B in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Nov 26, 2019 from a IPO round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Nov 26, 2019	IPO	$88B	—	—	—	Detail
Jun 2, 2016	Post-IPO Equity	$1B	2	—	—	Detail
Mar 10, 2016	Post-IPO Debt	$3B	—	—	—	Detail
Apr 1, 2014	Secondary Market	$100M	6	—	—	Detail
Oct 1, 2013	Secondary Market	—	3	—	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

237

159

Alibaba Group has made 237 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 6, 2022, when Lazada Group raised $342.50M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Dec 6, 2022 Lazada Group	Corporate Round	$342.50M	E-Commerce	Yes
Nov 14, 2022 Yahaha	Series A	$40M	Online Games	Yes
Sep 22, 2022 OptoMedic	Series Unknown	—	Health Care	Yes
Aug 31, 2022 Lazada Group	Corporate Round	$0.91B	E-Commerce	Yes
Jul 15, 2022 Cabana	Series A	—	E-Commerce	—

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

6

32

Alibaba Group is funded by 32 investors. China Investment Corporation and Silver Lake are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
China Investment Corporation	Yes	Private Equity（PE）
Silver Lake	Yes	Private Equity（PE）
DST Global	Yes	Private Equity（PE）
Yahoo	Yes	Corporate Round
SoftBank Capital	Yes	Series D
SoftBank	Yes	Series B
GIC	—	Post-IPO Equity
Temasek Holdings	—	Post-IPO Equity
Access Technology Ventures	—	Secondary Market
Dragoneer Investment Group	—	Secondary Market

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

109

Alibaba Group has 109 current employee profiles, including Board member Jerry Yang

Board member

Employee

Executive

Executive

Executive

Exits

Alibaba Group has had 69 exits. Alibaba Group most notable exits include Shanghai Canxing Cultural and Broadcast Company , MariaDB

Date	Company Name	Exit Type	Industry
Dec 29, 2022	Shanghai Canxing Cultural and Broadcast Company	IPO	Broadcasting	Detail
Dec 19, 2022	MariaDB	IPO	Cloud Management	Detail
Oct 31, 2022	Perfect	IPO	Beauty	Detail
Oct 24, 2022	Carzone	M&A	Automotive	Detail
Jan 24, 2022	Meizu Technology	M&A	Consumer Electronics	Detail

Acquisition

Alibaba Group has acquired 32 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Umeng+ on Apr 26, 2013. They acquired Umeng+ for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Apr 26, 2013 Umeng+	Analytics	acquisition	—	Detail
Jun 4, 2013 Xiami Music Network	Internet	acquisition	—	Detail
Sep 25, 2013 Kanbox	Cloud Computing	—	—	Detail
Dec 3, 2013 TTPod	Mobile Apps	acquisition	—	Detail
Apr 13, 2014 AutoNavi	Information Technology	—	—	Detail