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| 16.01.2026 | China's Loneliness Epidemic Spurs Viral "Are You Dead?" App | "Are You Dead?" is China's top paid app, directly confronting urban isolation. Millions living alone use it to confirm their wellbeing, with emergency contacts alerted if check-ins cease. This phenomenon mirrors China's rapidly ri... |
| 12.01.2026 | ‘Are You Dead?’: New App Captures Anxieties of Young Chinese Living Alone | Image generated by Google Gemini
A smartphone app, Are You Dead?, has surged in popularity across China, tapping into growing anxieties among young people living alone in rapidly urbanising cities.
The app, which requires users to check in ... |
| 06.01.2026 | Grab Acquires Chinese AI Robotics Firm Infermove to Strengthen Last-Mile Delivery Capabilities | NEW YORK, US – Media OutReach Newswire – 6 January 2026 – Singapore-based Grab Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRAB) announced on December 19th the acquisition of Infermove, a Chinese AI robotics company, marking a significant strategic move by the ... |
| 24.12.2025 | "Nihao China" App Launches as an All-in-One Solution for International Visitors | HAIKOU, China, Dec. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- At the China International Travel Mart on December 19, 2025, UnionPay officially launched the "Nihao China" app, a one-stop digital platform designed to support a more seamless travel e... |
| 05.12.2025 | Ele.me rebrands as Taobao Flash Sale, ending 17 years as an independent brand | China’s food delivery platform Ele.me has rebranded as Taobao Flash Sale, ending 17 years as an independent brand, the company said on Friday. Users updating to the latest version of the app will see all Ele.me branding replaced with the ne... |
| 19.11.2025 | JD expands foray into local services | A JD employee delivers food orders in Beijing in April. CHINA DAILY
Chinese e-commerce giant JD has launched a standalone food delivery application and an independent user-review service, in a move to expand its presence in the country's bu... |
| 17.11.2025 | Hillhouse’s HHLR Boosts Stakes in Pinduoduo and Alibaba, Exits JD.Com | (Yicai) Nov. 17 -- HHLR Advisors, the stock-market-focused investment firm under private equity giant Hillhouse Capital, ramped up its holdings in Chinese e-commerce giants Pinduoduo and Alibaba Group Holding in the third quarter but sold o... |
| 04.11.2025 | Starbucks to Sell Control of China Business to Boyu Capital for USD4 Billion | (Yicai) Nov. 4 -- Starbucks Coffee has agreed to sell a 60 percent stake in its China business to Boyu Capital, a leading Chinese private equity firm, for about USD4 billion.
The US coffee shop chain and Boyu will form a joint venture to ma... |
| 04.11.2025 | Ele.me App Update Prompts Talk of Alibaba Merging Food Delivery and Instant Retail Ops | (Yicai) Nov. 4 -- Ele.me, the food delivery platform owned by Alibaba Group Holding, now displays the Taobao Instant Commerce name on its app, according to many users, a change that has fueled speculation the Chinese e-commerce giant may be... |
| 03.11.2025 | Workers have a say on digital rules through collective bargaining | BEIJING, Nov. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from China Daily:
A nationwide initiative led by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions has made strides this year, using a "centralized collective bargaining" campaign between... |
| 09.10.2025 | China’s JD Logistics Gains After Saying It’ll Buy Instant Delivery Business for USD270 Million | (Yicai) Oct. 9 -- Shares of JD Logistics rose after the Chinese provider of logistics services and supply chain solutions said it will buy a local instant delivery business from its parent company, e-commerce giant JD.Com, for USD270 millio... |
| 19.09.2025 | Alibaba’s Taobao Instant Commerce, Ele.me to Launch Group-Buying Service | Taobao Instant Commerce, Alibaba’s quick commerce service, and food delivery platform Ele.me will roll out in-store group-buying services starting Sept. 20, piloting in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Jiaxing while initially prioritizing restaurant ... |
| 12.09.2025 | China’s Meituan Launches Voice Command AI Food App to Fend Off JD.Com, Alibaba | (Yicai) Sept. 12 -- Chinese on-demand delivery giant Meituan has launched a new artificial intelligence-powered app that lets users order food by voice and receive personalized tips, a move aimed at countering fierce competition from JD.Com... |
| 11.09.2025 | Alibaba Adds AI-Powered Local Services Review Feature to Map App | (Yicai) Sept. 11 -- Chinese internet giant Alibaba Group Holding has released a major update to its navigation platform Amap, adding a new artificial intelligence-powered feature allowing users to leave a ranking for local businesses just l... |
| 28.08.2025 | Meituan Skids After Second-Quarter Profit Sank 97% on China’s Food Delivery Price War | (Yicai) Aug. 28 -- Meituan’s shares tumbled after the on-demand delivery giant reported a 97 percent plunge in second-quarter profit because of intensifying competition in China’s food delivery market and warned of further near-term pressur... |
| 21.08.2025 | WALOVI's International Cans Make Global Debut, Ushering in a New Era of Eastern Natural Plant Beverages | GUANGZHOU, China, Aug. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 18, the grand global launch ceremony for WALOVI's international cans, themed "China's Wanglaoji, World's WALOVI," was held in Shanghai. Making a significant brand upgrade, ... |
| 14.08.2025 | Flash sale platforms see 300% surge in smartphone sales in China | China’s instant retail sector is booming with flash sale platforms – which usually promise delivery in less than an hour – reporting explosive growth in electronics, sportswear, and other categories, according to a report from state broadca... |
| 07.08.2025 | China’s tech giants kick off 2026 grad hiring drive early, AI roles in high demand | China’s top tech firms are racing to secure AI talent from the class of 2026. ByteDance and Alibaba have launched their fall campus recruitment drives, offering over 5,000 and 7,000 positions respectively, many centered on AI and engineerin... |
| 07.08.2025 | Alibaba expands 88VIP into super membership covering food, travel, and retail | Alibaba is transforming its flagship 88VIP program into a cross-platform super membership. Starting this month, 88VIP will integrate services from http://Ele.meEle.me>, Fliggy, Freshippo and more, offering users perks across shopping, di... |
| 25.07.2025 | Ele.me exec Han Liu detained by police amid supply chain probe | Han Liu, former CEO and current head of logistics at Alibaba’s food delivery arm Ele.me, was recently taken by police from the company’s Shanghai office over suspected misconduct involving supply chain kickbacks, according to Chinese media ... |
| 23.07.2025 | CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter: Beijing has more to worry about than just deflation | Monday - Friday, 10:00 - 11:00 SIN/HK | 0400 - 05:00 CET
The persistent drop in prices is signaling the need for more serious changes — just as China prepares its national development blueprint for the next five years.
“When we talk about t... |
| 21.07.2025 | Ele.me, Meituan, JD.com summoned for talks by Chinese authorities | China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) summoned Meituan, Ele.me, and JD.com for talks on July 18 in light of the current food delivery subsidy war. The authorities urged China’s major platforms to comply with e-commerce, ... |
| 11.07.2025 | China’s ‘instant commerce’ price war sees $0.30 drinks and billions in subsidies doled out | China’s e-commerce players have consistently competed on delivery times, supported by the country’s large labor force and gig economy.
JD.com, Alibaba and Meituan are expanding their delivery networks and pledging billions in subsidies.
Whi... |
| 09.07.2025 | ‘0 yuan milk tea’: China’s food delivery price war hits fever pitch | BEIJING: Receipts piled on the floor as a label machine spat out an endless stream of orders at a ChaPanda outlet in Zhejiang.
“We are still 2,000 orders behind,” lamented a barista from the popular Chinese milk tea chain, posting a photo o... |
| 04.07.2025 | Alibaba to issue $1.5 billion exchangeable bonds to fund global e-commerce push | Alibaba announced on July 3 it plans to issue HK$12 billion (about $1.5 billion) in zero-coupon exchangeable bonds due in 2032 to fund its cloud infrastructure and a global e-commerce push. The bonds will reference Alibaba Health shares, wi... |
| 27.06.2025 | JD.com tests trash disposal service for food delivery customers | JD.com is testing a new service allowing delivery riders to help customers take out their trash, sparking debate on Chinese social media. The pilot program, launched on June 19, is being tested in cities including Beijing and Jiangsu Provin... |
| 25.06.2025 | Alibaba merges Ele.me, Fliggy into e-commerce unit in strategic shift | Alibaba Group has merged its food delivery platform Ele.me and travel unit Fliggy into its China e-commerce division as part of a shift from a traditional e-commerce model to a broader consumer services platform, CEO Eddie Wu said in a June... |
| 24.06.2025 | Alibaba's Bold Move: Merging Services to Create a Super Platform | In a world where competition is fierce, Alibaba is making waves. The tech giant recently announced a significant merger. Its food delivery service, Ele.me, and travel agency, Fliggy, are now part of its core e-commerce business. This strate... |
| 23.06.2025 | Alibaba Merges Ele.me and Fliggy Into Core Business to Create One-Stop Takeout, Travel, and Shopping Platform | (Yicai) June 23 -- Alibaba Group Holding has integrated its on-demand delivery platform Ele.me and online travel service Fliggy into its domestic e-commerce business group, marking a strategic shift toward building a one-stop platform for t... |
| 23.06.2025 | Alibaba to merge food delivery, travel agency platforms into core E-commerce business | Alibaba on Monday said it will merge its food delivery platform Ele.me and online travel agency Fliggy into its core e-commerce business as the Chinese group streamlines operations amid intensifying competition.
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| 26.05.2025 | Alibaba's new 'instant commerce' portal passes 40 million daily orders | SHANGHAI :Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba said Monday that its Taobao Instant Commerce portal, which delivers items within 60 minutes, has surpassed 40 million daily orders within a month of launching.
The portal brings merchants from Alib... |
| 13.05.2025 | Chinese e-commerce giants make expensive bets on fast deliveries | Chinese e-commerce giants make expensive bets on fast deliveries
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| 08.05.2025 | Ele.me's Bold Leap into Instant Delivery: A New Era of Convenience | In the bustling streets of Hangzhou, a revolution is brewing. Ele.me, Alibaba's food delivery giant, is taking bold steps to redefine convenience. The company recently deployed six humanoid robots from Unitree, creating a spectacle that ble... |
| 08.05.2025 | Ele.me deploys Unitree humanoid robots to promote flash delivery | Chinese food delivery service http Ele.me deployed six Unitree robots across popular spots in Hangzhou on May 6, including Xixi and Zijin Tianjie malls, to promote its services through an air-land-sea themed campaign, which also featured dr... |
| 06.05.2025 | Ele.me hits 10 million daily orders as Alibaba steps up instant delivery push | On May 5, Alibaba’s food delivery platform Ele.me announced it had surpassed 10 million daily orders via its Taobao Flash Buy service – its highest single-day volume to date. A total of 39 cities broke daily order records for the platform, ... |
| 03.05.2025 | The Tug of War: U.S. Lawmakers Target Chinese Firms Amidst Rising Tensions | In the ever-evolving landscape of global finance, a new storm brews over the U.S.-China relationship. Recently, two Republican lawmakers have taken a bold step, urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to delist prominent Ch... |
| 01.05.2025 | Taobao and Ele.me race into China’s instant retail battlefield | Alibaba is rebranding and upgrading its instant delivery service Taobao Hourly Delivery to Taobao Flash Buy (淘宝闪购), according to a report from Chinese outlet LatePost on Tuesday. The new service is rolling out across 50 cities this week and... |
| 17.04.2025 | The Tug of War: U.S.-China Relations in a Shifting Landscape | The U.S.-China relationship is a complex tapestry woven with threads of competition, cooperation, and conflict. As the world watches, the two giants engage in a high-stakes game of chess, each move calculated, each response measured. The re... |
| 15.04.2025 | Meituan Vows USD13.7 Billion to Support Restaurant Partners Amid JD.Com Rivalry | (Yicai) April 15 -- Meituan has pledged a CNY100 billion (USD13.7 billion) investment over the next three years to support the on-demand services giant’s restaurant partners as rival JD.Com steps up its push into food delivery.
The investme... |
| 04.03.2025 | [Two Sessions] China Should Update Labor Law to Protect Gig Workers, Shanghai's Judiciary Head Says | (Yicai) March 4 -- China should revise its labor law as soon as possible to strengthen the protection of gig economy workers' rights, the leader of the highest court in Shanghai proposed ahead of a high-caliber political meeting.
China’s la... |
| 15.01.2025 | Chinese tech giants tap into TikTok migration to Xiaohongshu | Major Chinese internet companies, including Alibaba International, Ele.me, and Trip.com, have taken to Xiaohongshu in a purported attempt to attract overseas users following a surge of TikTok users registering on the platform under the #Tik... |
| 30.12.2024 | Meituan addresses rider conditions with pledge to end delivery time penalties before 2026 | Meituan announced eight initiatives to improve conditions for its delivery riders, including replacing penalties for late delivery with positive incentives by the end of 2025, according to a post on its official WeChat account. The measures... |
| 18.12.2024 | Chinese Takeout Sites Meituan, Ele.me Step Up Efforts to Prevent Delivery Rider Fatigue | (Yicai) Dec. 18 -- Meituan and Ele.me, two of China's largest food delivery platforms, said they are strengthening measures to reduce fatigue among their riders.
Meituan is taking feedback from riders and other parties and is continuously e... |
| 09.09.2024 | Taobao integrates WeChat Pay, signaling new era for Chinese e-commerce | The interconnection between China’s tech giants has reached a new milestone.
According to 36Kr, Taobao will soon fully integrate WeChat Pay. Sources say the project has been a closely guarded initiative within Taotian Group (Taobao and Tmal... |
| 05.09.2024 | China aims to launch Mars sample-return mission around 2028
Taobao may soon allow users to pay through WeChat payment
Latest technology on show at three-day INCLUSION·Conference
WeChat support set to ... | China plans to carry out the Tianwen-3 mission through two launches around 2028, aiming to bring back samples from Mars, a Chinese space expert said on Thursday.
Liu Jizhong, chief designer of China's Mars sample-return mission, unveiled th... |
| 19.08.2024 | Douyin Waimai’s future in doubt after another strategic shift by ByteDance | In a recent internal announcement, Douyin Waimai, previously part of Douyin E-commerce’s quick commerce division, has been reassigned to the local lifestyle services division. This marks the second restructuring of Douyin’s food delivery se... |
| 03.07.2024 | Taobao deepens integration with Ele.me after suggestions Alibaba could sell the delivery service | Alibaba’s Taobao is sending more traffic to the one-hour delivery service of its food delivery arm Ele.me, via a prominent portal at the top of the e-commerce platform’s homepage, as Alibaba pushes faster delivery to align with its “user-fi... |
| 15.06.2024 | Optimism grows at Meituan as losses shrink and orders surge in Q1 turnaround | InsightsIn a battle between Meituan and Douyin, who will prevail?
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Despite a slowdown in marketing subsidies, Meituan’s in-store revenue did not decline significantly, with local commerce revenue only down 0.9% q... |
| 20.05.2024 | Announcing the Software Development Conference 2024: Gathering 50+ experts to explore the new frontier of software intelligence | BEIJING, May 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Software Development Conference 2024 (SDCon), co-organised by CSDN and Boolan, a high-end IT consulting and education platform, will be held at the Westin Beijing on 4-5 July, and will continue to d... |
| 01.05.2024 | Long hours, low wages: What is it like to be a gig worker in China's growing food delivery market? | Listen to this article
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| 15.03.2024 | 11 Alibaba apps begin development for Huawei HarmonyOS | On Thursday, Huawei Terminal Cloud Services announced its partnership with 11 Alibaba-run applications to initiate development for Huawei’s self-developed HarmonyOS, including Xianyu, 1688, Fliggy, http://Ele.meEle.me>, Hema, Cainiao, Di... |
| 04.03.2024 | Alibaba’s Ele.me head to step down amid shift to younger leadership | Alibaba’s food delivery head Yu Yongfu is scheduled to step down on the last day of March, coinciding with the end of the company’s 2024 fiscal year, as part of a recent management overhaul at the tech giant. Over three years, Yu has been i... |
| 13.12.2023 | Data snapshot: 10 years of restaurant tech funding shows the rise and fall of food delivery | Data snapshot is a regular AgFunderNews feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
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| 31.07.2021 | Why Do Board Directors And CEO’s Need To Value UN Sustainability Goal 10 - Reduce Inequality Within And Among Countries And How AI Can Help Or Hinder? | Diverse male applicants looking at female rival among men waiting for at job interview, professional ... [+] career inequality, employment sexism prejudice, unfair gender discrimination at work conceptgetty |
| 06.04.2021 | Is the ‘strictest plastic ban in history’ working in China? | |
| 31.03.2021 | The $100M+ Dollar Club of Hong Kong and Shanghai Startups | The Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong is located on the Eastern coast of China near the Pearl River. The city that routinely tops the world’s most expensive cities to live in, is a major financial hub that’s home to banks like the ... |
| 23.10.2020 | Alibaba pays $3.6bn to acquire hypermarket chain in tech-driven ‘new retail’ push | Alibaba has announced it will pay $3.6 billion to acquire a majority stake in Sun Art Retail Group – one of China’s largest operators of supermarkets and hypermarkets.
The Hangzhou-based tech giant initially invested in Sun Art back in 2017... |
| 07.07.2020 | Chinese food delivery giant pumps $14m into robot maker PuduTech | Chinese robotics startup PuduTech has raised just over ￥100 million ($14.2 million) in Series B funding from on-demand platform Meituan Dianping, as Covid-19 accelerates investment into ‘contactless’ food-related technologies.
Shenzhen-base... |
| 12.05.2020 | Tencent backs Tim Hortons as China’s tech-driven coffee wars come to a boil | Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons has secured an undisclosed amount of investment from Chinese internet giant Tencent, in the latest crossover between the tech industry and coffee foodservice in China.
The iconic Toronto-based brand announc... |
| 26.03.2020 | Chinese agrifood startups raised $3.6bn in 2019 as economic headwinds intensified | Editor’s note: Winnie Leung is vice president at Bits x Bites, an agtech and foodtech-focused venture capital firm based in Shanghai, China. AgFunder produces its annual China AgriFood Startup Investing Report in partnership with Bits x Bit... |
| 27.08.2018 | Qutoutiao выходит на IPO, совместное предприятие Ele.me и Koubei и другие новости венчурного рынка Азии за неделю | Обзор важных событий рынка от Telegram-канала «Мобильная Азия».
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| 24.08.2018 | Ele.me and Koubei Merge, Receive $3 Billion | Ele.me, an online food delivery platform, and Koubei, a local services platform focused on in-store consumption in China, merged under an established holding company, received $3 billion.
Alibaba, which completed the acquisition of Ele.me i... |
| 07.08.2018 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, August 7 | MEDIA MONEY
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| 07.08.2018 | Klook Raises $200M Series D from Goldman Sachs | Klook, a world-leading full-service in-destination booking platform, today announced it has closed US$200 million in Series D funding, bringing its total financing to date to US$300 million. This makes Klook the most-funded company in the t... |
| 30.07.2018 | Starbucks China is betting on deliveries with Ele.me to stay ahead | Seattle coffee giant Starbucks is tying up with China’s O2O and food delivery company Ele.me in a bid to reverse slowing growth in the world’s biggest consumer market.
The company will formally announce the launch of a nationwide, Ele.me-po... |
| 24.07.2018 | Ele.me to boost market share by splurging $440m ahead of rival Meituan’s IPO | In a move to increase its market share in China to over 50 per cent, Alibaba-owned online food delivery platform Ele.me will be spending CNY 3 billion (US$440 million) from July 2018 to September 2018 on discounts and promotions, said CEO W... |
| 23.04.2018 | China’s ele.me claims 260m users and 6 billion orders for 2017 | Chinese food tech startup ele.me, which recently got acquired by Alibaba, just released some of its key stats in a report at a time leading up to its 10th anniversary.
The report claims that the Shanghai-based company, which was founded in ... |
| 08.03.2018 | AgriFood Tech Investment Surges to $10.1bn Bringing in a New Normal | Editor’s Note: This week we released the new AgFunder AgriFood Tech Investing Report 2017, continuing to expand the scope of our previous AgTech Investing Reports. You can download the report here. For more information about our research, r... |
| 27.02.2018 | Alibaba moves to gobble up China-based food delivery startup Ele.me in full | Alibaba’s 2018 investment spree looks set to continue after it made a push to buy Ele.me, the food delivery startup from China that it has invested in, in full.
Bloomberg reported yesterday that Alibaba plans to purchase the roughly-60 perc... |
| 27.02.2018 | Deals | Alibaba Rumored to Fully Acquire Eleme, Upping Competition with Tencent-backed Meituan-Dianping (Updated) | Chinese billionaire Jack Ma is adding another valuable item to the shopping bag of the ecommerce empire he co-founded 19 years ago. Local news service Tencent Tech reported, citing anonymous sources, that Alibaba would be pumping in US$ 9.5... |
| 27.02.2018 | KrASIA Daily: Buying out Baidu, Alibaba Rumoured to Acquire Top Food Delivery Startup Ele.me | Editor’s note:
In May 2017, Alibaba, together with its financial arm Ant Financial, led a US$ 1 billion round into Ele.me. Part of the funding was used to acquire the largest Chinese search engine Baidu’s food delivery operations announced ... |
| 07.02.2018 | DEADLINE APPROACHING: Cast Your Vote in the AgFunder Innovation Awards | ***VOTING CLOSED***
It’s that time of year again to recognize the innovators and entrepreneurs driving the agrifood tech sector forward with the AgFunder Innovation Awards. These are peer-selected awards based on votes placed by you, our 45... |
| 20.09.2017 | AgriFood Tech Startups Raise $4.4bn in H1-2017 as Global VC Market Signals End of Downturn | Editor’s Note: Today we release the new AgFunder AgriFood Tech Investing Report – MidYear 2017, expanding the scope of our previous AgTech Investing Reports. You can download the report here. For more information about our new research, rea... |
| 25.08.2017 | Ag Industry Brief: Food Giants Team-Up on Blockchain, Farms Prep for Hurricane Harvey, Cheaper Whole Foods, more | Food Giants Team Up to Develop Global Blockchain for Supply Chain
Walmart, Nestle, Driscoll’s, Tyson Foods Unilever, IBM, Dole and several other major food companies have teamed up to explore using blockchain technology (also known as a dis... |
| 24.08.2017 | Baidu sells food delivery business to its rival Ele.me | The online food ordering-and-delivery market, once very hot, appears to be cooling down a little in China. Today Baidu, the country’s search giant, announced an exit from the business: Baidu has confirmed that it has sold its Xiaodu food de... |
| 05.06.2017 | Ele.me Secures over $1 Billion in Funding | Ele.me, a Shanghai, China-based food delivery service, secured over $1 billion in funding.
Alibaba made the investment which – once finalized – will carry a value of $6 billion.
The financing will enable the the company to strengthen its po... |
| 25.05.2017 | Term Sheet — Thursday, May 25 | FIGHTS, CRYPTO-CORNS
Investor fight: Blink Health, a New York-based prescription drug startup, is embroiled in another lawsuit. This week Michael Karsch, an early investor, sued the company and its founders for $30 million for violating sec... |
| 27.10.2016 | Uber brings surge pricing to UberEATS | Customers should prepare to pay higher delivery fees during busy times due to lack of drivers
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital), Aydin ... |
| 16.04.2016 | Nokia and Skype strongmen invest in Finnish food delivery app | Dennis Mitzner Contributor
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| 15.04.2016 | Alibaba acquires $1 billion stake in Lazada Group; Ele.me raises $1.25 billion; Affirm raises $100 million | This week was a busy one for Alibaba, with the Chinese giant acquiring a controlling stake in Southeast Asian online retailer Lazada Group for $1 billion, and leading a $1.25 billion investment into Chinese on-demand food delivery startup E... |
| 14.04.2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: Israeli Seed Breeding Startup Raises $1.25m, Alibaba Invests $2.3bn in Ele.me, more | Israeli Seed Breeding Startup EQUInom Raises $1.25m
EQUInom, an Israeli seed breeding startup, has raised a $1.25 million round led by Hazera, a field crops and seed production specialist group. The startup uses computational breeding techn... |
| 13.04.2016 | Ele.me raises $1.25 billion for food delivery in China | Chinese food delivery unicorn gets huge infusion of cash from Alibaba Group and affiliate
Editor's Note: Our annual Vator Splash Spring 2016 conference is around the corner on May 12, 2016 at the historic Scottish Rite Center in Oakland. Sp... |
| 13.04.2016 | Alibaba, Ant Financial invest $1.25 billion in China online food-delivery firm Ele.me | By Reuters Staff
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| 25.12.2015 | Alibaba To Invest $1.25B In Restaurant Delivery Service Ele.me, Says Report | Alibaba will reportedly invest $1.25 billion in Ele.me, a food delivery service based in Shanghai, says financial news site Caixin (link via Google Translate). The deal would Alibaba the startup’s biggest shareholder, with a 27.7 percent st... |
| 04.09.2015 | Source: Ele.me’s reported $630M funding was actually ‘less than $400M’ | A reported $630 million round of funding into China’s food delivery service Ele.me last week — making it the third-most funded startup in China — may have actually been less than $400 million, a source familiar with the matter has told Vent... |
| 04.09.2015 | Source: Ele.me’s reported $630M funding was actually ‘less than $400M’ | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
A reported $630 million round of funding into Chi... |
| 28.08.2015 | Daily funding roundup - August 28, 2015 | iZettle bagged $67M; Narvar raised $10M; Thread secured $8M
Gauss Surgical, Inc., a company that develops a mobile vision platform for the Operating Room, completed series A financing to accelerate sales growth and further commercialization... |
| 28.08.2015 | Ele.me Raises US$630M in Series F Funding | Ele.me, a Shanghai, China-based meal delivery startup, secured US$630m in Series F funding.
The round was led by CITIC Capital and Hualian, a supermarket chain, with participation from existing backers Tencent, JD, and Sequoia Capital.
The ... |
| 02.02.2015 | Ele.me Raises $350M in Series E Funding | Ele.me, a Shanghai, China-based food delivery service, raised $350m in Series E funding.
Backers included CITIC, Tencent, JD.com, Dianping.com, and Sequoia Capital.
Founded in September 2008 by Xuhao Zhang, Ele.me.com is an online platform ... |
| 27.01.2015 | Food Delivery Service Ele.me Raises $350M From Tencent, Sequoia Capital | Ele.me, a food delivery service based in Shanghai, announced this afternoon (link via Google Translate) that it has raised $350 million in Series E funding from CITIC, Tencent, JD.com, Dianping.com, and Sequoia Capital.
The investment is no... |
