BREAKING
DeepSeek Raises $7.4B in First Round
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Liang's stake
Capital In, Control Kept
Founder Liang
Control
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Manages the LP vehicle
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Committed ~20B yuan
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Largest single backer
Outside Investors
No vote
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Five-year lock-up
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No voting rights
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Tencent, CATL, JD.com
From No Capital to $50B
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Founded Jul 2023
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No outside money
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R1 launched 2025
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First raise
A New Governance Precedent
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DeepSeek has closed its first outside funding round, raising about 7.4 billion dollars.