Has Luckin Coffee been listed? Luckin Coffee is coming to Hong Kong IPO soon. The investment bank has prepared listing materials for him.

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Luckin Coffee, who lost Rmb800m a year and threatened to beat Starbucks, is rumored to be going public. EqualOcean reported on the 14th that the investment bank has begun to prepare information for Luckin Coffee about the IPO (initial public offering) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, but the media did not release more details about IPO.

In fact, as early as November 2018, Reuters reported that Luckin Coffee had put IPO on the agenda and was in preliminary discussions with overseas investment banks, which could eventually list in 2019, most likely in Hong Kong or New York.

According to Wall Street reports, it is worth noting that through the online inquiry of enterprise certification information, Luckin Coffee has registered Luckin Coffee (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd.

In addition, Luckin Coffee also announced on the 7th the appointment of Reinout Schakel as the company's chief financial officer and chief strategy officer, reporting to CEO Qian Zhiya. It is reported that Reinout Schakel has served as an executive director of Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong and has worked at Credit Suisse and PricewaterhouseCoopers for many years, with more than 10 years of experience in equity, debt financing and mergers and acquisitions.

The two moves of registering overseas enterprises and appointing a new CFO with a deep banking and investment background are also considered by outsiders to be preparing for IPO in Hong Kong.

Luckin Coffee, founded in November 2017 and chaired by Qian Zhiya, a former Shenzhou premium car group COO, began trial operations in January 2018 with the goal of challenging Starbucks in China.

In the past year, Luckin Coffee is one of the fastest growing startups in China. On December 25, 2018, Luckin Coffee, who has been in business for less than a year, announced that he had completed the layout of 2000 stores for the whole year ahead of schedule, with an average of 5.5 new stores per day. Covering 22 cities in China.

By contrast, Starbucks opened 3400 stores 20 years after it entered the Chinese market.

The rapid expansion of offline outlets has benefited from financial support. According to the check, Luckin Coffee received US $200 million in financing in June and December 2018 respectively. Pleasure Capital, Dawei Capital, GIC (GIC), China International Capital Corporation and others are all shareholders, and the company is valued at $2.2 billion after the latest round of financing.

However, Luckin Coffee caused discussion in the market mainly by subsidizing users, large-scale advertising and challenging Starbucks. Luckin Coffee revealed that he had lost 857 million yuan in the nine months to the end of December 2018.

Such a "money-burning model" has also aroused public discussion, and even questioned that it will be the next ofo. However, Qian Zhiya said in early January that he would adhere to the subsidy for a long time, lasting for about three to five years. The company and investors had a highly consistent attitude on the subsidy strategy, and they were also worried that Lucky had just completed round B financing and had enough cash in hand.

Lucky CMO Yang Fei also said that there is no problem with the company's cash flow and can remain unprofitable for three to five years, so he does not worry about the tight capital chain and will not become the next ofo.

In 2019, Luckin Coffee also set three strategic goals to accelerate the development of the market: more than 2500 new stores and more than 4500 total stores; at the same time, it will surpass Starbucks in terms of stores and cups to become the largest chain coffee brand in China; in addition, Luckin Coffee claims to provide customers with high-quality, cost-effective and convenient products.

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