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人人车身价只剩1000美元了?

人人车身价只剩1000美元了?

彭博社 2020-10-26
如果人人车成功出售,将是中国自十年前进入互联网繁荣以来,较大的一次创业失败。

人人车曾经是中国最热门的科技独角兽公司之一,得到了高盛集团(Goldman Sachs Group Inc.)和腾讯控股等公司的投资。如今该汽车交易网站可能以1,000多美元卖掉自己。

总部位于北京的这家初创公司在两年前的一轮融资中,投资前估值一度达到了14亿美元。据知情人士透露,该公司初步计划将其主要资产以1万港元(约合1,290美元)的价格出售给中国在线分类广告领域的领军者58同城。知情人士称,58同城将接管人人车的香港实体,并为其大陆业务提供至少400万美元的贷款。由于该笔交易并未公开,因此该知名人士要求匿名。知情人士表示,双方尚未敲定最终协议,有可能不会继续谈判。

人人车的代表拒绝就此发表意见,他表示人人车收到了一封咨询邮件,其中的内容并不准确,但没有详细解释。

这笔交易或许能够帮助人人车摆脱困境。随着在中国曾经如火如荼的共享经济瓦解,人人车的融资出现了问题。人人车成立于2014年,是一个二手车交易平台,比线下经销商收取的佣金更低。该公司的投资者包括叫车服务业巨头滴滴出行,以及顺为资本(Shunwei Capital)和红点中国(Redpoint China)等风险投资公司。人人车的资料显示,2018年,该公司获得一轮3亿美元投资,由高盛领投。

但与优信有限公司以及软银愿景基金(Softbank Vision Fund)投资的瓜子二手车的激烈竞争,以及新冠肺炎疫情对业务的严重影响,很快导致人人车资金链断裂。据彭博新闻(Bloomberg News)查看的法院文件显示,人人车的债权人之一Argyle Street Management Ltd.公司正在向人人车的注册地开曼群岛的一家法院申请对人人车的清盘令,理由是人人车无法偿还约1,500万美元债务。

该申请可能使人人车与58同城的交易出现变数。据知情人士称,在上周召开的股东大会上,该交易遭到了部分投资者的反对,但得到了腾讯和滴滴的支持。不过投资者仍然在寻找其他方案解决人人车的流动性危机。

人人车收到的一封电子邮件中咨询了关于公司与58同城的1万港元交易和相关贷款的问题。人人车的代表回复了这封邮件,并表示该交易得到了腾讯和滴滴的支持,但这位代表并未具体说明哪些信息不准确。58同城未对置评请求做出答复,腾讯和滴滴的发言人也拒绝发表评论。

如果廉价出售资产的交易获得通过,这将是中国自十年前进入互联网繁荣以来,较为惊人的一次创业失败。人人车急速的由盛转衰,令人回想起一些小泡沫破灭时轰然倒下的那些备受关注的公司,比如共享单车领域的摩拜单车或Ofo等。但中国智能手机和互联网使用率仍然在持续增长,因此这种情况极其罕见。

58同城经常被称为中国版的Craigslist,腾讯是其投资者之一。今年6月,该在线分类广告平台通过了一笔私有化协议,估值约为87亿美元,成为又一家退出美国股市的中国公司。(财富中文网)

翻译:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

人人车曾经是中国最热门的科技独角兽公司之一,得到了高盛集团(Goldman Sachs Group Inc.)和腾讯控股等公司的投资。如今该汽车交易网站可能以1,000多美元卖掉自己。

总部位于北京的这家初创公司在两年前的一轮融资中,投资前估值一度达到了14亿美元。据知情人士透露,该公司初步计划将其主要资产以1万港元(约合1,290美元)的价格出售给中国在线分类广告领域的领军者58同城。知情人士称,58同城将接管人人车的香港实体,并为其大陆业务提供至少400万美元的贷款。由于该笔交易并未公开,因此该知名人士要求匿名。知情人士表示,双方尚未敲定最终协议,有可能不会继续谈判。

人人车的代表拒绝就此发表意见,他表示人人车收到了一封咨询邮件,其中的内容并不准确,但没有详细解释。

这笔交易或许能够帮助人人车摆脱困境。随着在中国曾经如火如荼的共享经济瓦解,人人车的融资出现了问题。人人车成立于2014年,是一个二手车交易平台,比线下经销商收取的佣金更低。该公司的投资者包括叫车服务业巨头滴滴出行,以及顺为资本(Shunwei Capital)和红点中国(Redpoint China)等风险投资公司。人人车的资料显示,2018年,该公司获得一轮3亿美元投资,由高盛领投。

但与优信有限公司以及软银愿景基金(Softbank Vision Fund)投资的瓜子二手车的激烈竞争,以及新冠肺炎疫情对业务的严重影响,很快导致人人车资金链断裂。据彭博新闻(Bloomberg News)查看的法院文件显示,人人车的债权人之一Argyle Street Management Ltd.公司正在向人人车的注册地开曼群岛的一家法院申请对人人车的清盘令,理由是人人车无法偿还约1,500万美元债务。

该申请可能使人人车与58同城的交易出现变数。据知情人士称,在上周召开的股东大会上,该交易遭到了部分投资者的反对,但得到了腾讯和滴滴的支持。不过投资者仍然在寻找其他方案解决人人车的流动性危机。

人人车收到的一封电子邮件中咨询了关于公司与58同城的1万港元交易和相关贷款的问题。人人车的代表回复了这封邮件,并表示该交易得到了腾讯和滴滴的支持,但这位代表并未具体说明哪些信息不准确。58同城未对置评请求做出答复,腾讯和滴滴的发言人也拒绝发表评论。

如果廉价出售资产的交易获得通过,这将是中国自十年前进入互联网繁荣以来,较为惊人的一次创业失败。人人车急速的由盛转衰,令人回想起一些小泡沫破灭时轰然倒下的那些备受关注的公司,比如共享单车领域的摩拜单车或Ofo等。但中国智能手机和互联网使用率仍然在持续增长,因此这种情况极其罕见。

58同城经常被称为中国版的Craigslist,腾讯是其投资者之一。今年6月,该在线分类广告平台通过了一笔私有化协议,估值约为87亿美元,成为又一家退出美国股市的中国公司。(财富中文网)

翻译:刘进龙

审校:汪皓

Renrenche was one of China’s hottest tech unicorns backed by investors including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. Now the car website could sell itself for a little over $1,000.

The Beijing-based startup—which had a pre-money valuation of $1.4 billion in a financing round just two years ago—has a preliminary plan to sell its major assets to 58.com Inc. for HK$10,000 ($1,290), according to people familiar with the matter. China’s online classified ad leader will take over Renrenche’s Hong Kong entity, while offering at least $4 million in loans to its mainland operations, said the people, asking not to be identified because the transaction is private. The parties have yet to finalize the deal and may not proceed with it, the people said.

A representative for Renrenche declined to comment but said the contents of an emailed query sent to the company was inaccurate, without elaborating.

The deal may help bail out the car trading platform, which ran into financing troubles amid the unraveling of China’s once-booming sharing economy. Founded in 2014, Renrenche connects users seeking to trade second-hand vehicles, taking a smaller cut than offline dealers. Its backers include ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, as well as venture firms like Shunwei Capital and Redpoint China. In 2018, it completed a $300 million investment round led by Goldman Sachs, according to a company statement.

But competition with rivals like Uxin Ltd. and Softbank Vision Fund-backed Guazi.com—coupled with business disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic—quickly dried up funding for Renrenche. One of its creditors, Argyle Street Management Ltd., is seeking a winding-up order in a court in the Cayman Islands, where Renrenche is registered, on the grounds that the company was unable to pay back roughly $15 million in debts, according to a court filing viewed by Bloomberg News.

That petition may complicate the transaction with 58.com. The deal was rejected by some investors but won key support from Tencent and Didi during a shareholder meeting last week, according to the people. Investors are still looking into other options to resolve Renrenche’s liquidity crisis, said the people.

Renrenche’s representative was responding to an email that included questions on the HK$10,000 offer by 58.com as well as the loans, and that the deal had won backing from Tencent and Didi. The representative didn’t specify what was inaccurate. 58.com didn’t respond to requests for comment, while spokespeople at Tencent and Didi declined to comment.

If the firesale goes through, it would mark one of the more spectacular startup failures since China’s internet boom kicked off a decade ago. Renrenche’s rapid fall echoed high-profile failures when mini-bubbles popped, like Mobike or Ofo in bike-sharing, but those have been rarities given sustained growth in smartphone and internet adoption.

58.com, often billed as China’s answer to Craigslist, also counts Tencent among its backers. In June, the online classified portal agreed to a buyout deal at about an $8.7 billion value, joining a slew of Chinese firms to ditch their U.S listings.

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