Ant Group - About the company
Ant Group is a series D company based in Hangzhou (China), founded in 2004 by Jack Ma. It operates as a Payment processing solution for consumers, small and micro businesses. Ant Group has raised $20.6B in funding from investors like T. Rowe Price, The Carlyle Group and General Atlantic, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 5553 active competitors, including 503 funded and 478 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like PayPal, Stripe and Razorpay.
Company Details
Payment processing solution for consumers, small and micro businesses. Offers a wallet for services such as money transfers, bill payments, online or offline payments, and more. It enables businesses to accept online payments from customers via credit or debit cards or bank transfers. It also offers personal and corporate credit solutions.
- Website
- antgroup.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@antgroup.com
- Phone Number
- +86 **********
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2004
Location
Hangzhou, China
Stage
Series D
Total Funding
$20.6B in 6 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$***** as on Oct 26, 2021
Investors
Ranked
20th among 5553 active competitors
Employee Count
10,541 as on Jun 30, 2026
Investment & Acquisitions
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Ant Group's funding and investors
Ant Group has raised a total funding of $20.6B over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jul 03, 2015. Its latest funding round was a Series D round on Feb 09, 2021 for $*****. 2 investors participated in its latest round. Ant Group has 42 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Ant Group:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Feb 09, 2021 | 8074500 | Series D | 4623474 | 1741729 | 8723191 | 7796227 |
May 29, 2018 | 9236587 | Series C | 4050623 | 9760768 | 9505352 | 1509435 |
Feb 01, 2018 | 4665147 | Series B | 1799746 | 8295569 | 7558797 |
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Ant Group's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Ant Group is Jack Ma. Eric Xiandong Jing is the CEO of Ant Group.
Here are the details of Ant Group's key team members:
- Jack Ma: Founder of Ant Group.
- Eric Xiandong Jing: CEO of Ant Group. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Ant Group's employee count trend
Ant Group has 10,541 employees as of Jun 26. Here is Ant Group's employee count trend over the years:
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Ant Group's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Ant Group include PayPal, Stripe and Razorpay. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Ant Group, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st |  PayPal 1998, United States, Public | Provider of online payment solutions, money transfers, and virtual wallets | $216M | 87/100 | |
2nd | Stripe 2010, San Francisco (United States), Series I | Provider of financial infrastructure solutions for revenue growth and payment processing | $9.81B | 86/100 | |
3rd | Provider of payment and business banking solutions for enterprises | $742M | 85/100 | ||
4th | PayU 2002, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Funding Raised | Provider of online payment solutions and financial services for businesses | - | 84/100 | |
5th |  Flutterwave 2016, San Francisco (United States), Series E | Provider of payment solutions for online and physical business transactions | $489M | 83/100 | |
6th | Online payment and money transfer platform for businesses | $554M | 83/100 | ||
7th | Airwallex 2015, San Francisco (United States), Series H | Provider of financial infrastructure for processing payments and managing treasury | $1.9B | 83/100 | |
8th | Adyen 2006, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Public | Provider of end-to-end payment, data, and financial management platform solutions | $266M | 81/100 | |
9th | Mercado Pago 2003, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Series D | Provider of online payment processing and digital financial services | $233M | 77/100 | |
10th |  Rapyd 2016, London (United Kingdom), Series F | Provider of financial infrastructure for processing payments and issuing cards | $1.01B | 76/100 | |
20th | Payment processing solution for consumers, small and micro businesses | $20.6B | 74/100 |
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Ant Group's Investments and acquisitions
Ant Group has made 135 investments in companies including Daimon Robotics and Ant International. Ant Group has also acquired 11 companies including Bright Smart Securities and Haodf.Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:Filter this list
Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Aug 11, 2026 | Investments | 2021 | Shenzhen (China) | |
Jul 21, 2026 | Investments | 2023 | Singapore (Singapore) | |
Jul 08, 2026 | Investments | 2007 | Shanghai (China) |
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News related to Ant Group
Filter this listMedia has covered Ant Group for a total of 161 events in the last 1 year, 76 of them have been about company updates and 22 about partnerships.
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Ant International's Bettr Partners with Muslim Pro for Umrah Financing in MalaysiaKorea Newswire•Aug 10, 2026•Ant International, Muslim Pro, Ant Group
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Ant Group's Lingbo Launches First Funding Round, Aims for 1.5 Billion YuanCryptocurrency•Aug 03, 2026•Ant Group, Lingbo-Mc
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Jack Ma-backed OceanBase seeks up to $572 million for AI pushThe Straits Times•Jul 29, 2026•OceanBase, Ant Group
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Ant Group Unveils Ling-3.0-Flash: Next-Gen AI Model for Production-Grade Agent WorkflowsKorea Newswire•Jul 27, 2026•Ant Group
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Alipay+ Partners with Hang Seng Bank, Expanding Cross-Border Payment ReachPYMNTS.com•Jul 24, 2026•Ant Group, Hang Seng Bank
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Ant International Secures $1.2bn Series A Funding for Global Expansion and Product DevelopmentElectronic Payments International•Jul 21, 2026•Alibaba Group, Ant Group, Alibaba
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Ant Group Open-Sources SingGuard-NSFA to Establish New Security Paradigms for Autonomous AI AgentsBusiness Wire•Jul 13, 2026•Ant Group
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