Li, a member of the new car-making force, was founded in July 2005. Since its establishment, it has carried out several rounds of financing. Up to now, the financing amount disclosed by Li is about 654.38+04 billion yuan, among which the shareholders who are optimistic about this new enterprise include Meituan.
As early as 20 19, Wang Xingling, the founder of Meituan, invested in the C round of financing initiated by Li, amounting to nearly 300 million US dollars. I probably feel that the investment is not enough, and the US Mission seems to have a tendency to overweight.
Li recently launched the D round of financing. It is reported that it has obtained a financing line of 550 million US dollars, of which 500 million US dollars was led by Meituan, which made the market guess many intentions of Meituan in the layout of new energy automobile industry. However, at present, the news of Meituan's participation in financing has not received a positive response from Li, including media interviews, and both sides declined to comment on this matter. ?
Therefore, we can't help but have a question in our hearts. If the news is true, what does the US delegation value about Li? What is the abacus of the US Mission?
Some media pointed out that after Li's D round of financing, the company's valuation will reach 4.05 billion US dollars. The US Mission certainly hopes that the higher Li's valuation, the better.
In addition, it was recently reported that Xpeng Motors will go to the United States for IPO, and Li, who is on the same starting line with Xpeng Motors, is not far behind. The us delegation's fancy for Li may be related to the rumors of Li's IPO in the United States.
At the beginning of this year, some media revealed that Li had secretly submitted an IPO application to the United States in June 5438+February last year, and planned to raise at least 500 million US dollars, and listed in the first half of this year at the earliest. At present, Li's listing in the United States seems calm, but the news released by the media is enough to attract the attention of capital. Moreover, Li is at the threshold of financing, which will have a "drainage" effect after satisfying the appetite of capital.
Li is also different from other automobile manufacturers. At least Li has built cars and mass-produced them. On June 6th this year, Li delivered the10000th Li ONE to the customer. Li said that since the official delivery of 20 19 in February, it took only six and a half months, including special periods such as the Spring Festival holiday and epidemic, and Li completed the delivery of the first batch of 1 10,000 vehicles, setting a record for the fastest delivery of 1 10,000 vehicles by a new army of car makers.
Wang Xing, the founder of Meituan, is very interested in Li's "attraction card" and is willing to "bring goods" for the car he invested in. On the day after 65,438+00,000 Li ONE cars were delivered to users, Wang Xing also posted a dynamic statement on Fanfan. com: "I went to Beijing to visit my family and experienced my Li ONE. When my father returned to Longyan, he volunteered to change his Mercedes-Benz S to Li ONE." Wang Xing's meaning can be summarized as follows: his father has fallen in love with Li ONE instead of Mercedes-Benz S .. It can be seen that Wang Xing is "very concerned" about Li.
Wang Xing even made a prediction that aroused people's criticism. He once wrote that the pattern of automobile enterprises in China is basically 3+3+3+3. The three central enterprises are FAW, Dongfeng and Changan, the three local state-owned enterprises are SAIC, GAC and BAIC, the three private enterprises are Geely, Great Wall and BYD, and the three new forces are Weilai, Tucki and Ideality. Li, the brand he invested in, showed his intention.
Of course, Li is a new brand after all, and its quality and technology need to be further improved. For example, in May this year, a Li ONE car in Changsha, Hunan Province spontaneously ignited, and the media questioned Li's safety. However, Li Yanhong responded that there is no problem with the car battery system. In addition, a Li ONE owner in Weibo claimed that the right front wheel of his vehicle collided with the shoulder during driving, which caused the ball head of the right front lower arm of the vehicle to fall off and the vehicle appeared "broken axle". Although Li verified afterwards, the accident was not a broken axle, but the ball head that fixed the right front suspension fell off. The accident was considered by the insiders to be Li's lack of control ability in the production process.
As a new force in building cars, Li is stepping up financing to solve various exposed problems. We can see that Li is very cautious when dealing with these problems. When it comes to quality and technology issues, it tries to avoid them, because these issues are valued by capital forces.
Wang Xing's investment in Li is more from a strategic point of view, and the quality and technical problems can be solved continuously in the process of development as long as they are not excessive.
Recently, another piece of news has attracted everyone's attention. Dong Mingzhu, who once wooed some capital predators to invest in Yinlong new energy vehicles, was exposed to withdraw from Yinlong new energy shareholders. Dong Mingzhu is as optimistic about the development of new energy vehicles as the US delegation Wang Xing. However, Wang Xing of the American delegation still invested more in Li. Why is Dong Mingzhu willing to quit? ?
When everyone was still discussing this matter, Yinlong New Energy issued a statement saying, "The news of' Dong Mingzhu's withdrawal from shareholders' is seriously inaccurate, and Dong Mingzhu's equity has not changed." Dong Mingzhu's withdrawal from Yinlong shareholders turned out to be an own goal event.
However, some commentators believe that Dong Mingzhu's investment in new energy vehicles is expected to be the same as Sun Hongbin's investment in LeTV. Yinlong New Energy is not well-known in the field of passenger cars at present. Compared with Li, Yinlong New Energy is relatively weak in financing, and the overall strength of the founding team is not very high. The superposition of these factors may be the fundamental reason why critics think that Dong Mingzhu has little chance to invest in such a company. ?
After all, the development of new energy vehicles is in full swing. It is very important to invest in a new energy vehicle, choose the right investment target and look at the car brand! ?
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