# GL Ventures

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-14**: CFO hire reported — DeepSeek plans to hire GL Ventures partner Yan Wentao as its first chief financial officer, sources say.
- **2026-09-07**: CITIC Securities mandate reported — Reuters reports DeepSeek hired CITIC Securities to prepare for a possible listing on the Shanghai STAR Market.
- **2026-06**: $7.4B funding round — DeepSeek raises about $7.4 billion at a post-money valuation above $50 billion.
- **2025-01**: DeepSeek gains global attention — Low-cost AI models make headlines and pressure investor assumptions about frontier AI costs.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### DeepSeek hires dealmaker CFO ahead of possible $74B STAR Market IPO
2026-09-15 00:26:16 · Sentiment: Bullish · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 2

DeepSeek plans to bring on GL Ventures’ Yan Wentao as CFO, signaling an IPO on Shanghai’s STAR Market. The private AI startup is reportedly valued near $74 billion, up from $50 billion in June, and has mandated CITIC Securities.
Full story: https://getfinancebrief.com/story/deepseek-cfo-starmarket-ipo-finance

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