UPDATE 1-Tencent-backed Soulgate halts U.S. IPO plans after getting new funding options
UPDATE 1-Tencent-backed Soulgate halts U.S. IPO plans after getting new funding options
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June 23 (Reuters) - Soulgate Inc, the Chinese social networking app backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd , has halted plans for its initial public offering in the United States, the company said on Wednesday.
The company, which was aiming for a valuation of up to $1.8 billion, said it scrapped its plans to list on the Nasdaq because it received other offers to raise capital.
"Due to alternative financing options made available to Soulgate, the company decided to halt the IPO," a Soulgate spokesperson said.
The Shanghai-based company, which launched its mobile app in November 2016, was looking to raise up to $198 million through the IPO.
In March, the company had 9.1 million daily active users on average, its IPO prospectus said. Tencent owns a 49.9% stake in the company.
Morgan Stanley, Jefferies, BofA Securities and CICC were the lead underwriters for the IPO that was scrapped.
(Reporting by Niket Nishant and Noor Zainab Hussain in
Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli and Devika Syamnath)
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(添加公司聲明，其他細節)路透6月23日電-騰訊控股有限公司(Tencent Holdings Ltd.)支持的中國社交網絡應用Soulgate Inc週三表示，該公司已暫停在美國進行首次公開募股(IPO)的計劃。該公司的目標是估值高達18億美元，該公司表示，由於收到了其他融資要約，它放棄了在納斯達克(Nasdaq)上市的計劃。Soulgate的一位發言人説：“由於向Soulgate提供了其他融資選擇，該公司決定暫停首次公開募股(IPO)。”這家總部位於上海的公司於2016年11月推出了自己的移動應用程序，希望通過IPO籌集至多1.98億美元。該公司的IPO招股説明書稱，3月份，該公司平均日活躍用户為910萬。騰訊持有該公司49.9%的股份。摩根士丹利(Morgan Stanley)、傑富瑞(Jefferies)、美國銀行證券(BofA Securities)和中金公司(CICC)是此次IPO的主承銷商。(Niket Nishant和Noor Zainab Hussain在北京報道Bengaluru；編輯：Shjiini Ganguli和Devika Syamnath)(Niket.Nishant@thomsonreurs.com；)
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