58.com

58.com

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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

Founded

2005

Industry

Internet

Employees

10001+

Investment

31

Lead Investment

13

Exits

1

Stages

Late Stage Venture, Early Stage Venture, Seed

Investor Type

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.

Employees

imagePlace Susan Xiang

Susan Xiang

Chief Talent Officer

imagePlace Cimy Wong

Cimy Wong

Product Director

imagePlace Jinbo Yao

Jinbo Yao

President, Founder & CEO

imagePlace Li Zijian

Li Zijian

Vice President

imagePlace Chao Zhang

Chao Zhang

Senior Director

Investment portfolio

58.com has made 31 investments. Their most recent investment was on Dec 15, 2021, when Interhouse.cn raised $15.7M.

investments

31

Diversity investments

0

Lead investments

13

Number of exits

1

Investments

31

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Nov 02, 2021--null
Dec 15, 2021
Interhouse.cn Interhouse.cn
Cloud Computing15.7M
Dec 22, 2021--31.4M
Feb 15, 2023--null

Exits

1

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

31

Investors

4

Funds

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 DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Nov 02, 2021
Series B - UUPaotui Series B - UUPaotui
-0-
Dec 15, 2021
Series A - Interhouse.cn Series A - Interhouse.cn
-15.7M-
Dec 22, 2021
Series B - Yidianling Series B - Yidianling
-31.4M-
Feb 15, 2023
Corporate Round - Plum 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 NameLead InvestorFunding RoundMoney Raised
DCM Ventures DCM Ventures
No
Venture Round - 58.com
15.0M
Warburg Pincus Warburg Pincus
Yes
Series C - 58.com
60.0M
Warburg Pincus 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 DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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