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Overview
58.com is a Chinese classified advertisements website enabling local merchants and consumers to publish information and advertise their service offerings in local communities.
58.com’s package includes target consumer group identification, services and products advertising, online marketing service, and customer relations management. Its aim is to provide a forum for the low income and jobless group. As the biggest online classifieds publisher, 58.com provides free, localized and credible information for voluntary users.
Founded on December 12, 2005, and headquartered in Beijing, 58.com is China's for-profit version of Craigslist in the United States. It received $25 million in funding as investments from Softbank Asia Infrastructure Fund (SAIF) partners and DCM. It began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on October 31, 2013.
As of November 2010, 58.com has set up branches in 32 cities, with 6,500 full-time staff serving over 50 million registered users. The site’s user base continues to grow, with more than 50,000 new users added per day. The average number of page views per unique visitor per day is 10, with 1 million posts per day. Due to its increasing website traffic volume and number of unique visitors and page views, 58.com is ranked the first among local life service websites. Its main competitors include Ganji.com and Baixing.com.
Highlights
2005
Internet
10001+
31
13
1
Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed
N/A
Location
Asia
Contact Information
Social
Profile Resume
58.com, established in 2005 and headquartered in Asia., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed investments across Internet, Consulting, Home Decor, Interior Design, Furniture, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Consumer, Transportation. The organization boasts a portfolio of 31 investments, with an average round size of $67.4M and 1 successful exits. Their recent investments include To8to, Sequoia Capital, Matrix Partners China, eDaijia, Matrix. The highest investment round they participated in was $43.7B. Among their most notable exits are To8to and Sequoia Capital. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.
Investment portfolio
31
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Investments
31
Annouced Date | Organization Name | Industry | Money Raised |
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Nov 02, 2021 | - | - | null |
Dec 15, 2021 | Interhouse.cn | Cloud Computing | 15.7M |
Dec 22, 2021 | - | - | 31.4M |
Feb 15, 2023 | - | - | null |
Exits
1
Funding Timeline
31
4
0
Funding Rounds
31
58.com has raised 31 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Feb 15, 2023 from a Corporate Round - Plum round.
Annouced Date | Transaction Name | Number of Investors | Money Raised | Lead Investor |
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Nov 02, 2021 | Series B - UUPaotui | - | 0 | - |
Dec 15, 2021 | Series A - Interhouse.cn | - | 15.7M | - |
Dec 22, 2021 | Series B - Yidianling | - | 31.4M | - |
Feb 15, 2023 | Corporate Round - Plum | - | 0 | - |
Investors
7
58.com is funded by 7 investor(s). Warburg Pincus and Warburg Pincus Kantor are the most recent investors.
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round | Money Raised |
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DCM Ventures | No | Venture Round - 58.com | 15.0M |
Warburg Pincus | Yes | Series C - 58.com | 60.0M |
Warburg Pincus | Yes | Series D - 58.com | 55.0M |
- | No | Post-IPO Equity - 58.com | 736.0M |
Fund raised
2
Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.
Annouced Date | Fund Name | Money Raised |
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May 10, 2013 | OTPPLESS | 1.0M |
May 11, 2013 | OTPPLESS | 1.0M |
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