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Nikkei Asia
25-06-2025
- Automotive
- Nikkei Asia
China ride-hail app CaoCao raises $236m in Hong Kong debut
IPO Geely-backed service seeks to challenge market leader Didi CaoCao listed at a price 19% lower than its public offering price. (Photo by Kensaku Ihara) KENSAKU IHARA HONG KONG -- Chinese ride-hailing service CaoCao listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Wednesday, raising 1.85 billion Hong Kong dollars ($236 million) to help fund its efforts to take on Didi, which commands the national market. The company, a division of privately owned Chinese automaker Geely, listed at a price 19% lower than its public offering price. The market capitalization as of Wednesday was about $2.42 billion.
South China Morning Post
17-06-2025
- Automotive
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong IPO pipeline swells as Geely-backed ride-hailing platform CaoCao joins the party
Hong Kong's initial public offering (IPO) market is heating up with a growing number of high-profile listings in the pipeline, including CaoCao, a ride-hailing platform backed by Geely , and Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls, a parts supplier to Tesla Firms from the mainland are seeking to tap into the city's capital markets as global investors diversify their portfolios away from US assets, injecting fresh liquidity into Hong Kong. On Tuesday, CaoCao, operator of the mainland's second-largest ride-hailing platform after DiDi, said it would seek to raise more than HK$1.85 billion (US$236.6 million) by selling 44.18 million shares at HK$41.94 each, with trading expected to commence on June 25 under the stock code 02643. The company planned to allocate 10 per cent of the base offering to Hong Kong investors, with the remaining 90 per cent going to global investors, it said in a filing to Hong Kong's stock exchange. Founded in 2015, the Geely-backed company held a 5.4 per cent market share in terms of gross transaction value on the mainland in 2024. The company said it would use the IPO's net proceeds to invest in tools and services that help drivers operate more efficiently and safely, develop vehicles designed for ride-hailing, advance autonomous driving, expand its geographical coverage, repay bank borrowings, as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes.
