Meituan Dianping

Tech

Meal kits, food delivery and the death of the kitchen

(May 6): Even as algorithms, and the artificial intelligence that underlies them, these days decide what news stories we read or what we should buy or watch on TV or, indeed, what we should wear, state-of-the-art Machine Learning still has not advanced en

Investing strategies

Tech companies, network effect, universal apps: Where the future and the past are different, yet similar

SINGAPORE (Apr 29): A significant portion of the value we have seen created in technology has been credited to the network effect (or positive feedback loop) associated with digital platforms. Think Facebook, Apple, Amazon.com, Google (owned by Alphabet),

IPO

China's Meituan Dianping sets HK IPO valuation at up to US$55 bil

(Sept 3): China’s Meituan Dianping, an online food delivery-to-ticketing services platform, has set an indicative price range of HK$60 to HK$72 ($10.48-$12.58) per share for its initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, valuing itself at up to US$55 b

M&A

China's Meituan said to acquire Mobike for US$3 bil

(Apr 4): Meituan Dianping, the Chinese food review and delivery giant, is close to acquiring Mobike in a deal that will value the three-year-old bike-sharing startup at about US$3 billion ($3.9 billion), according to people familiar with the matter.
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