Tech Company Financing Transactions

LeEco Funding Round

LeEco closed a $1.1 billion funding round on 9/21/2016. Backers included Legend Holdings and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
9/21/2016
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$1,080,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Proceeds Purpose
LeEco reached out to TechCrunch to clarify that this funding will go into the development of its own sports car under the LeSEE brand, and not into its partnership with U.S.-based Faraday Future.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Transportation
Mailing Address
3553 North 1st St.
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
Phone
Undisclosed
Email Address
Overview
Formerly Known as LeTV. Letv.com is the world's first public video company. The only fully domestically funded company among China's major Internet companies. The true Internet company among listed companies in China's A-share stock market China's No.1 video company with the highest value in China's GEM board.
Profile
LeEco LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
LeEco Company Twitter Account
Company News
LeEco News
Facebook
LeEco on Facebook
YouTube
LeEco on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Yueting Jia
  Yueting Jia LinkedIn Profile  Yueting Jia Twitter Account  Yueting Jia News  Yueting Jia on Facebook
Co-Founder
Hank Liu
  Hank Liu LinkedIn Profile  Hank Liu Twitter Account  Hank Liu News  Hank Liu on Facebook
VP - Finance
Winston Cheng
  Winston Cheng LinkedIn Profile  Winston Cheng Twitter Account  Winston Cheng News  Winston Cheng on Facebook


 

 

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