Meituan is China's leading e-commerce platform for services, operating a technology-driven marketplace that connects consumers with a wide range of local services including food delivery, ride-hailing, and other retail categories under its "retail + technology" strategy. Founded in 2010 and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2018, the company's mission is to help people "eat better, live better" by digitally upgrading both service and goods retail.
“Wang Xinyu met founder Wang Xinxin in his first week of work in July 2016. The combined Meituan ecosystem (Meituan direct + Longzhu) is now Unitree's largest external shareholder.”
Source→“Meituan leading a $50M Series A is notable because it's an operator with deep consumer services DNA, which could accelerate distribution and practical agent behaviors around everyday tasks.”
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