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Recently, it was reported that Xiaohongshu may be listed in Hong Kong as soon as the second half of 2024, and plans to conduct another round of financing before launching the IPO. According to Bloomberg, Xiaohongshu may achieve a net profit of about $500 million this year, which is much higher than the company's expected net profit of $50 million at the beginning of this year.
In response to the above rumors, Xiaohongshu responded to ** that "the company currently has no listing plan".
Aotou Finance found that this is not the first time that Xiaohongshu has been rumored to be listed. As early as April 2021, Reuters reported that Xiaohongshu planned to go public in the United States in the middle of the year, raising about $500 million to $1 billionIn July 2021, the U.S. capital market stepped up data regulation of Chinese companies, and Xiaohongshu suspended its U.S. stock listing planIn July of the same year, Xiaohongshu was rumored to be listed in Hong Kong.
In the eyes of the outside world, Xiaohongshu already has the external conditions and internal needs for listing. "On the one hand, the net profit of 500 million US dollars shows that Xiaohongshu has the ability to make profits at scale, and on the other hand, Xiaohongshu's investors are also under pressure to quickly recover their costs under the pressure of capital realization. Industry analysts told Aotou Finance.
Tianyancha shows that Xiaohongshu has completed a total of 6 rounds of financing in the 10 years since its establishment, and its investors include Alibaba, Tencent, Zhen**, Hillhouse Capital and other well-known investors.