![]() Listing plans and opt for Hong Kong instead, with one source at the time citing Beijing's concerns that U.S. In May, Reuters reported that Beijing was pressing audio platform Ximalaya to drop U.S. The tougher stance by the Cybersecurity Administration of China has been driven in part by concerns that the United States could gain greater access to data owned by Chinese firms - similar to concerns that the previous Trump administration had voiced about Chinese firms operating in the United States. later this year, a review of the filings showed. listings, Refinitiv data shows, well up from the $1.9 billion from 14 deals in the same period a year ago.Įight Chinese companies including home service platform Daojia Ltd and Atour Lifestyle Holdings have made public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list in the U.S. Chinese companies in need of capital have long headed to the U.S.So far this year, a record $12.5 billion by Chinese firms has been raised from 34 U.S. Ximalaya drops US IPO plan amid China's crackdown on overseas listing Septem3:59 pm Chinese companies have raised about US13 billion through first-time share sales in the US this year, Bloomberg data showed. Stock market to tap deep-pocketed investors, raising more than 100 billion in first-time share sales over the past two. Thursday, Ximalaya, one of China's most prominent audio streaming platforms backed by Tencent, said it will drop its IPO plan in the United States filed in April.ĭidi’s IPO was the second largest US listing by a Chinese firm on record, after Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s () US25 billion blockbuster debut in 2014. ![]() LinkDoc was expected to raise up to 211 million on the Nasdaq. Ximalaya has previously suspended its IPO plan after DiDi's disastrous IPO in July. It was the second-largest Chinese IPO in the U.S. pipeline among firms that had already filed to list, according to Refinitiv data. It is the first Chinese firm known to have pulled back from IPO plans since China's cybersecurity regulator toughened its approach to oversight last week with an investigation into ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc just two days after its New York debut. Amid a cybersecurity probe, Chinese authorities have pressured Ximalaya to drop its U.S. That was soon followed with an order for Didi's app be removed from app stores. IPO plan and list in Hong Kong instead since May. ![]() Under pressure from regulators and distrust from investors, many Chinese companies such as Xiaohongshu, a social commerce platform backed by Alibaba and Tencent Keep, a fitness app backed by Tencent and Ximalaya, have either dropped or suspended their U.S. IPO plans since July.Īccording to Reuters, China is currently framing new regulations to ban IPOs outside of the country for tech companies with data security risks. ![]() ![]() Yet the pressure for Chinese tech companies doesn't stop there - the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is also issuing new disclosure requirements, asking Chinese companies to reveal their use of variable interest entities (VIEs) to investors. LinkDoc Technology Limited, a medical data platform company backed by Alibaba, was the first to scrape its IPO plan in the U.S. LinkDoc Technology is now planning to lead a $200 to $300 million financing round before its upcoming IPO in Hong Kong, according to Bloomberg. ![]()
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