Chapter 130 End of Series C Financing, Monthly Pass]
Century Avenue, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Pudong, and the five-star hotel in the Magic City.
In the luxurious Carlton suite on the fiftieth floor, an elite man in suit and tie threw the notebook out of his hand angrily:
"I'm so angry. Is that Happy Capital a fool? Is it so much money? Are you crazy?"
The young clerk who was following behind did not dare to show his anger. He stood aside with trembling fear and became a wooden man, silently saying in his heart: I can’t see me, I can’t see me!
But, according to Murphy's Law, the more you fear something, the more likely it will happen.
Therefore, the prayers of the small staff are useless at all, but instead make things worse.
Bang!
The ashtray flew over from a distance and instantly hit him, the wall behind him.
The sharp wind blew over my cheeks, and the wind brought by it hurts very much.
"What are you still standing here? Why don't you get out and work quickly? Are you done with work? Did the company ask you to be a door god?"
The voice of the elite man came, and the staff immediately felt like they were amnesty and ran away in an instant.
Seeing this scene, the elite were so masculine that they cursed again.
Logically speaking, the cultivation of elite men should be very good, but at the negotiation table just now, the reckless price increase of Happy Capital is even more disgusting than the old lady in the vegetable market. It simply hinders the principle of fair competition, which really makes him too angry.
KEEP's Series C financing seems to be very profitable, but in fact, it is almost at the ceiling.
Not all Internet technology companies are queuing up by angels, and then ABCD, and then lined up by people across the country.
For fitness sectors like KEEP, the market limit is here. It is difficult to become stronger and bigger.
Morningside Capital, where the elite man is located, initially offered $25 million, while Happy Capital was $27 million, with a completely different level.
Moreover, unlike Morningside Capital, Happy Capital is independently led by investment and does not intend to work with other capitals.
Several venture capital companies such as Haidong Securities, BAI and Jiyuan Capital also had no choice but to follow up, but Happy Capital was too strong.
After adding up to $35 million, everyone withdrew and stood aside and watched the show cursingly.
Morningside Capital, which was still struggling to hold on, had to give up after persisting for a few minutes.
Because Happy Capital has already bid $40 million, the investment amount has completely exceeded twice the current market value of KEEP, and there is no need for this.
After all, after KEEP received its Series B financing before the New Year, the user growth data has been very average in April. Moreover, the data in various aspects, platform comprehensive scores, user experience, user stickiness, etc. are not as amazing as before.
Building such a platform is to make content, bind users, strengthen user stickiness, etc., but what about KEEP? It is not in good condition.
For example, Mo Weiyu's subordinates did the due diligence, and the upper limit of investment quota was also lowered.
In this way, Happy Capital became the last big winner. At the same time, relevant results were also announced on the official website of KEEP.
Happy Capital led the investment, Haidong Securities, Jiyuan Capital followed up, and Morningside Capital gave up.
There is no way for the follow-up investment of the latter two companies. This is a contract signed by KEEP.
KEEP, a mobile fitness application company that uses content teaching and social models, has completed four rounds of financing in more than a year since its launch in February 2015.
Duan Anliang was not very happy. Although he finally got the investment package, he paid quite a lot of money.
Moreover, after paying so much money, he is actually not the major shareholder of KEEP, but only the third largest shareholder.
In addition, according to Su Ming's opinion, in the next D or C+ round of financing, Huanle Capital will also increase its investment quota and strive to become the largest shareholder.
To be honest, Duan Anliang is not very optimistic about the future of KEEP, he just obeys orders.
After ending the financing negotiations of KEEP, Duan Anliang continued to conduct due diligence on Xiaohuangche, Mobike and Xiaochengzi.
Needless to say, Xiaohuangche is already its largest shareholder. Although the C round of financing is imminent, Duan Anliang has made relevant preparations.
Mobike is an old rival to Xiaohuangche. In the past March and early April, shared bicycles have suddenly become popular in the four largest first-tier cities in the country. Duan Anliang cannot be unclear.
The last little orange appeared in early April, and it is still a company that has only been established, and it will take some time before it goes online.
Even so, Xiao Orange is coming in full force.
Because Xiao Chengzi's angel round financing is more exaggerated than the previous Xiao Huangche and Mobike, it was an angel round financing worth US$35 million, breaking through the first round financing ceiling of venture capital companies.
Why is the little orange so awesome?
Because there is a big boss behind it, Ah Li!
Ali is one of the three major Internet giants in China, with huge amounts of funds on the left and endless channels on the right.
The legendary Ali's own son, 35 million US dollars, sprinkling water!
Therefore, although it has not been launched yet and is still in full swing, the two major bicycle sharing giants, Xiaohuangche and Mobike, have already made it seem like they are facing a big enemy.
Yang Shijie has sent several founders to Pengcheng Chaqian Station and is preparing to discuss cooperation with Fexin.
The only ones who can resist Ali in China are probably Fexin and Du Niang. However, there is Du Niang behind Mobike, so Yang Shijie cannot cause trouble.
Faced with such a fierce situation, Yang Shijie had no choice but to come up with this bad plan.
For Duan Anliang, in addition to due diligence in the shared bicycle industry, he also needs to recruit talents, especially in April, graduation season!
Happy Capital needs to grow and grow. Not only do you need to poach people with high salaries, but you also need to reserve talents.
Nowadays, companies are developing more and more projects, and there has been a shortage of manpower, so recruitment has become an urgent problem.
"Boss, Mr. Duan currently needs to poach two investment bank executives. The list of candidates and salary plans have been sent to your email..."
Su Ming was playing games, and after receiving a call from Lin Huizhu, he frowned:
"Do you need to apply for such a thing? It's just an ordinary executive, not at the level of a deputy general manager or general manager. Please discuss such things with Duan Anliang.
After the interview, just determine the specific list and salary, and archive the relevant situation.
I am very busy and have to deal with these things every day. What should I do in the future? Don’t you be so busy every day?"
When the latter heard this, he kept talking about Simi Marseille (すみません) and was frightened by Su Ming and didn't dare to speak Mandarin anymore.
Because in the Eastern Kingdoms, the culture of their country is very different from that of the country. So when she heard the scolding of the boss Su Ming, she was immediately frightened.
However, if you think about it carefully, she was indeed reckless today.
There are so many companies under the boss's name. If every company is so worried, it will be really busy.
Take Happy Capital for example. If the salary of an ordinary executive is overwhelmed by a salary of 500,000 yuan, it will be a company partner or receive equity incentives from management.
However, not long after Huanle Capital was established, even General Manager Duan Anliang did not have shares, making it even more impossible for others to do so.
Chapter completed!