September 14th, 2018Meituan Dianping, Chinese online food delivery-to-ticketing services company has reportedly raised $4.2 billion in the world's largest internet-focused IPO in four years.
Tencent Holdings-backed Chinese firm sold about 480 million primary shares at HK$69 ($8.79) each in the Hong Kong IPO. This IPO valued the company at around $52.8...
September 5th, 2018China’s food delivery and restaurant review major Meituan-Dianping said it aims to raise up to $4.4 billion (roughly Rs. 31,400 crores) for its initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong.
Instead of a not-so-effective response to other recent IPOs in the city, the company is planning to go public. With the IPO, Meituan will offer...
August 7th, 2018China’s largest conglomerate Alibaba Group is planning to bring together and merge its food delivery units. The units that are getting merged are food delivery platform Ele.me and food and lifestyle services firm Koubei.
The purpose behind this move is to raise funds for the combined business and also to intensify the battle with...
June 21st, 2018Food Delivery Platform Swiggy has sealed its much awaited $210 million funding with Russian billionaire Yuri Milner's' DST Global thereby finally making entry into the prestigious "Unicorn" club.
The company has informed that the investment round also saw participation from hedge fund Coatue and existing backer Meituan Dianping, with...
April 5th, 2018Meituan Dianping, a Chinese mobile internet company also operating a trading platform and local life information recently acquired Mobike for $2.7 billion. Tencent Holdings support both companies and the deal is likely to increase the competition between the holding company and the Alibaba Group as both companies go toe-to-toe in a...
April 2nd, 2018Alibaba Group, the Chinese e-commerce giant announced that after buying 43% of stakes in Ele.me, a leading food delivery platform, it decided to buy all the remaining shares of the company as it looks forward to compete with Tencent Holdings for offline customers.
The deal, which is still in process, will stand at a value of $9.5...
February 22nd, 2016Magicpin, a hyperlocal discovery app, founded by Investor-turned-entrepreneurs Brij Bhushan and Anshoo Sharma have raised $3 million in Series A round of funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners.
The app offers Instagram-like features where users can take pictures and selfies to avail of offers and discounts at neighbourhood...