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Xiaopeng Automobile and the investment bank discussed the IPO matters in depth and invited bids to be submitted from February to March this year. As one of the representatives of the domestic "repairer new forces", was established in 2014 Xiaopeng cars in recent days has been the US Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) filed IPO documents secret , the fastest in the third quarter to complete listing. At present, Xiaopeng Automobile has set up R&D headquarters in Guangzhou, and established design, R&D, manufacturing and marketing institutions in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Silicon Valley, San Diego, Guangdong Zhaoqing and Zhengzhou. The company has more than 4,000 employees, and R&D-related personnel account for 60% %. In December 2018, Xiaopeng Automobile delivered the first mass-produced model, "Xiaopeng G3", and in June 2019, the 100 millionth "Xiaopeng G3" was off the assembly line, which became the newest automobile that could achieve 10,000 off the assembly line in the shortest time. In April this year, Xiaopeng Automobile P7 was officially listed; in May, Xiaopeng Automobile Factory's production qualification was approved.
(33.9, -0.98, -2.81%)(7.43, 0.09, 1.23%)7.43 , 0.09 , 1.23% ) A day later, Zhou Yahui, former chairman of Kunlun Wanwei and Opay CEO, quoted the photo in the circle of friends and stated, "Ideal and Xiaopeng US stocks will be listed, and Kunlun Capital will buy at least 20 million US dollars to express its support." He also said that the three In the past few years, I dared to "convert financial freedom into a non-free guy, and indeed created a new era." According to sources close to the transaction, both Xiaopeng Automobile and Ideal Auto will formally submit F-1 prospectus documents "immediately" , which will become the two "new car-making forces" listed in the United States after Weilai Automobile. management team In 2014, Xia Heng, He Tao and others co-founded Xiaopeng Automobile, and their current positions are co-founder and president, and co-founder and vice chairman respectively. Before founding Xiaopeng Automobile, Xia Heng, who graduated from Tsinghua University with a major in automotive engineering, worked at the GAC Research Institute and was responsible for the development of the control system of GAC new energy vehicles and smart cars; He Tao also worked at GAC, mainly serving as GAC Intelligent Person in charge of cars and unmanned driving. In August 2017, He Xiaopeng, a startup investor of Xiaopeng Automobile, officially joined Xiaopeng Automobile as chairman and CEO. He Xiaopeng, who graduated from the Computer Science Department of South China University of Technology in 1999, once worked at AsiaInfo Technology. In 2004, he co-founded UC Youshi (UC Browser Parent Company) with Liang Jie and served as product president. In 2014(221.41, 0.77, 0.35%)After the acquisition, he served as the president of Alibaba's mobile business group. (96.75, -1.06, -1.08%)(8.08, -0.13, -1.58%)8.08 , -0.13 , -1.58% ) (123.08, 0.00, 0.00%)123.08 , 0.00 , 0.00% ) It is worth mentioning that Xiaopeng Automobile is one of the few companies that has established the position of "dual president" . Among them, Gu Hongdi is more responsible for global strategy, finance, financing and international cooperation and mergers and acquisitions, while Xia Heng focuses on product, technology and other aspects. Financing history (2.16, 0.06, 2.86%) On November 13, 2019, Xiaopeng Automobile announced the completion of a USD 400 million Series C financing round, which is the final round of financing announced to date. This round of financing introduces a new strategic investment partner-Xiaomi Group, and He Xiaopeng is blessed as an individual investor after the two rounds of A and B. In addition to US$400 million in equity financing, Xiaopeng Automobile has also received unsecured credit loans totaling billions of RMB from several Chinese and foreign banks such as China Merchants Bank, CITIC and HSBC. At the 10th Global New Energy Automobile Conference one month later, He Xiaopeng also revealed that Xiaopeng Auto is currently in the C+ round of financing. Currently, investors in Xiaopeng Auto include Alibaba, Xiaomi, Gaoyuan Capital, Morningside Capital, GGV Jiyuan Capital, Shunwei Capital, Jingwei China, IDG Capital, Chunhua Capital, CICC and other top strategic investments And financial investors.
Derivative highlights The view held by Xiaopeng Automobile is that new energy vehicles are not equal to the next automobile era. Smart cars (AI+Internet+Cars) are the new track for the next car era . The "double engine" driven by the "digital engine" composed of digital and electric Internet smart electric vehicles is the biggest differentiating feature of Xiaopeng's products. After the completion of the C round of financing, Lei Jun, the founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group, said " I hope this strategic investment will deepen further cooperation between the two parties in the field of smart hardware and IoT ." Executive speech One month after joining Xiaopeng Motors, Gu Hongdi, vice chairman and president of Xiaopeng Motors, said that Xiaopeng Motors does not exclude IPOs, but it is more important to think about the purpose of the IPO. "I think this should be a matter of course, rather than doing a company for an IPO-I have seen that the entire team of some companies is alive for the IPO, and some companies do not consider the IPO at all." At the end of 2019, He Xiaopeng said, "Xiaopeng will bring a lot of good news in the next 12 months." At present, one of the good news for Xiaopeng Auto is the IPO in the United States. The IPO has long known that Xiaopeng Auto really discussed the IPO with the investment bank and invited bid submissions around February and March this year . According to people familiar with the matter, "Xiaopeng Auto will formally hand over the watch soon ." Regarding IPO rumors, Xiaopeng Auto’s response was “We will not comment on market rumors. Xiaopeng Auto will closely monitor the development of the capital market to seize financing opportunities that are conducive to corporate development.” Disclaimer: The content provided comprehensively from the media is derived from the media, the copyright belongs to the original author, please contact the original author for permission to reprint. The opinions of the article only represent the author himself, not Sina's position. If the content involves investment advice, it is for reference only and should not be used as a basis for investment. Investment is risky and you need to be cautious when entering the market. |
