The Secret to Success in Xiaomi’s IPO: Critical Thinking Outweighs Hard Work
In July 2011, Xiaomi received a US$41 million Series A investment by Morningside Ventures, Qiming Ventures, IDG, and the Xiaomi founding team. It was valued at US$250 million at the time.
Before the listing, Xiaomi founder and CEO Lei Jun was the largest shareholder with 31.1296% of the shares followed by Morningside with 17.193% and Xiaomi President Lin Bin with 13.3286%.
During the July 2018 IPO, Morningside sold 29% of its shares, cashing out at HK$10 billion.
In 2014, Richard Liu, cofounder and general partner of Morningside Ventures, shared on the topic of entrepreneurship which reveals logic behind Morningside’s 866x investment in Xiaomi.
Source: https://www.toutiao.com/i6578050263888691716/?iid=37925032043