You watch the news every day. Do you know what Angel Wheel, A Wheel, B Wheel and C Wheel are?

As users of today's headlines, what we see every day is which company has invested in Angel Wheel and A Round; How much did Alibaba or Tencent invest in? In addition, if you are looking for a job directly in BOSS, you will also see angel wheel, A wheel and B wheel on the logo of the enterprise. So, do you know what these rounds of investment mean and what they represent? Today, let's follow the dimension of the future and understand the significance of these investment rounds.

Angel round investment means that in the early stage of starting a business, the founder thinks of an idea of starting a business, or the company has a preliminary product model and a preliminary business model, as well as some core users. At this time, it is necessary to find angel investors and angel investment institutions. This round of investment is relatively small, generally between 6.5438+0 million and 6.5438+0 million. Compared with future financing, in this round, investors can exchange less investment for more shares in the startup company.

A round of investment, essentially the same as angel round, is that the investment institution exchanges money for the shares of the founding team. During this period, the company's products have a mature model, and started to operate normally for a period of time. With a complete and meticulous business and profit model, it has a certain position and reputation in the industry. The main purpose of financing in this period is to expand the team and expand the business. A round of investment is generally funded by professional venture capital institution VC, and the investment amount is generally 65.438+million to 65.438+0 billion.

B round of investment, or investment institutions exchange money for shares. At this time, after a round of burning money, the company has made great progress, gained some reputation, and some companies began to make profits. However, the company still needs to develop new business, expand new fields, need more capital flow and occupy a bigger market. This round of investment is mostly funded by the previous round of venture capital institutions, new venture capital institutions and private equity investment institutions PE, with an investment of more than 200 million.

C round of investment, at this time private equity funds may enter the market to participate in investment. At this time, the company has developed to a very mature stage, become a benchmark in the industry, and has begun to make profits. During this period, in addition to expanding new business, enterprises also have the intention to complete commercial links, write good stories and prepare for listing. The main source of funds is PE, and some VCS before will also choose to follow suit. Investment scale: 1 multi-billion.

Generally, it will be listed after the C round, and some companies choose to integrate the D round, but not many. The later the letter, the closer the company's development stage is to maturity.

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