Company:Pinduoduo

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Pinduoduo
TypePublic
NASDAQPDD
IndustryInternet
Headquarters,
Key people
Colin Huang (founder)
ProductsE-commerce
Websitewww.pinduoduo.com

Pinduoduo (Chinese: 拼多多) is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals. It was founded by Colin Huang as Shanghai Dream Information Technology Co., Ltd. in September 2015.

History

  • In September 2015, the company was be founded.
  • In July 2016, Tencent, Gaochun and Xintianyu invested more than US$110 million in the B round.
  • In 2018, the number of users has exceeded 200 million, GMV has exceeded 100 billion yuan, and the daily order volume ranks second in mainland China only after Taobao.[1]
  • On July 26, 2018, the company was listed on the NASDAQ stock market in the United States. It is trading under the ticker symbol PDD. The IPO price was $19.[2] It raised US$1.6 billion, making it one of the largest IPOs of 2018.[3]

Controversy

  • On June 7, 2018, China Legal Evening News reported that "there are many illegal and violent goods involved in the law," and you can buy cheap goods, and there are many commodities that involve pornography, violence, and illegal activities. Including the blade knife, pseudo base station device, motorcycle license plate and inflatable doll, etc.[4]

Reference

External Links

Official website