Related foreign media reports，According to people familiar with the matter，Domestic travel O2O giant platform Didi Kuaidi plans to be valued at US$12 billion to US$15 billion，At least US$1.5 billion to complete a new round of financing，To counter Uber’s rapid expansion in China。

It is reported that participants in this round of financing include new investors and existing investors，The valuation has doubled compared with the merger of the two companies in February this year。Just last week，Yiou.com article "Uber plans to invest another 7 billion yuan in China，Didi Kuaidi may be challenged》display，According to internal Uber emails obtained by the Financial Times，Due to business development needs in China，Uber plans to invest 7 billion yuan in the Chinese market this year to accelerate 188bet app download its deployment in the taxi market。This move will further strengthen the competition between Uber and Didi Kuaishou in the taxi market。Facing China’s huge market and development speed，Uber plans to conduct a new round of financing on June 22nd。

It is understood that Uber expanded to China in August 2013，And stimulated the development of China’s taxi-hailing O2O market。Uber has been trying to localize its services since entering China，Launched ride-sharing service People’s Uber，And received a strategic investment of US$600 million from Baidu。It was previously reported that Uber has received a US$200 million investment from China Life Insurance，Uber’s main business in the country is private car and ride-sharing services。Uber founder Travis once said，Uber creates more than 20,000 jobs around the world every month，and drive billions of dollars in economic growth。

According to public information，Uber’s current market share in China is about 11%，Didi Kuaidi’s group occupies 78% of the share，Baidu is behind Uber，And Didi Kuaidi has Tencent、Supported by giants like Alibaba and SoftBank。

As of now，Traditional car rental platform China Car Rental、EHI Car Rental、Shouqi Leasing and others 188bet online sports betting are gradually deploying private car business，Yidao Yongche also takes private cars as its core business，And explore in depth in the automotive industry link，As for the earlier news that Yidao Yongche has received investment from Baidu, it is actually a rumor。Similarly troubled by policies，Recently with Tianjin、Hangzhou、Guangzhou、A series of social incidents caused by special buses have appeared in Wuhan and other areas，The private car business in the domestic travel O2O field has attracted the attention of all parties。

Go with this，Including Didi Kuai Group、Yidao Yongche and other private car platforms，Continuously launch new travel services，And carpooling、Business and other services have also become very popular，Currently before a unified policy document is issued，Various travel platforms seek development in the cracks of policies。

Previously promoted “Didi Hitch” for Didi Kuaishou，There will be competition between left and right in the field of travel，Point out the subsidy war on taxi-hailing O2O platforms in early 2014，Leading to a reshuffle of the taxi-hailing market，At the same time, it also laid the foundation for fast、Didi’s taxi-hailing app market position。The merger of Didi Kuaidi 188bet sports betting app download on February 14, 2015，Some layouts surrounding the travel field have been released one after another，Bringing the ride-sharing O2O platform back into people’s sight，And entering the hot stage of financing。Previously Yiou.com columnist Irving wrote in "The Merger of Didi and Kuaidi"，A capital game for IPO！》represented，The merger of Didi and Kuaidi，The pattern of China’s car O2O market has not been completely determined，The commercial vehicle market enters the melee stage，Competition will continue to intensify。Didi Kuaidi as a favorable competitor in the market，It’s just possible to become the ultimate winner。

The current members of the “Ten Billion Dollar Closed Holding Company Club” worldwide include，Taxi O2O software Uber、Short-term rental website Airbnb、Cloud storage service Dropbox and China’s Xiaomi。And if this round of financing is successfully completed，Didi Kuaidi Group will also become the next tens of billions of domestic startups after Xiaomi。