Social software soul withdraws its IPO application: Tencent is a major shareholder

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After nearly a year , Social software Soul Withdraw the application for listing in the United States .

Soul A few days ago to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission （SEC） Submitted documents show , The company decided to withdraw F-1 Registration statement document , No longer based on F-1 Documents issue securities .

2021 year 5 month 11 Japan ,Soul towards SEC Submit prospectus , Apply for SSR Listed on Nasdaq for trading code . Once the listing is successful ,Soul Will become the first stock in the social meta universe .

2021 year 6 month 19 Japan ,Soul towards SEC to update F-1 Prospectus Documents , The distribution range is 13 Dollar to 15 dollar . Plan to release 1320 Thousands of stocks ADS（ Before exercise of over allotment right ）, And simultaneously conduct private placement （CPP）. If you add the exercise of overallocation rights , The maximum financing amount exceeds 3 Billion dollars .

Soul This time IPO Huomiha Tour 8900 US $million private placement . in addition , Prospective investors include Janus Henderson inverstors And Boyu capital 8000 Million dollars subscription intention . At the issue price ,Soul The valuation is close to 20 Billion dollars .

2021 year 6 month 24 Japan , Approaching the time of listing ,Soul Make a sudden announcement , After careful consideration , Management suspended first IPO Pricing process . Major shareholder Tencent also supported this decision .

Soul call ,“ We met our strategic partners who loved us very much 、 investors , It has been supported by many parties . We are very glad to get very popular market feedback after updating the pricing range .”

Soul Also revealed , In the process , The company has also received the possibility of other capital operations .

After this ,Soul There is no listing trend for a long time .

Soul It's based on the interest map , And a new generation of young people's virtual social network with game playing method for product design , The vision is to continue to build a social meta universe for young people .

2020 Annual revenue 4.98 One hundred million yuan , The same period last year was 7071 Ten thousand yuan ;Soul stay 2021 The first quarter of the year's revenue was 2.38 One hundred million yuan , year-over-year 6621 Ten thousand yuan growth 260%.

Soul Shareholders include Tencent and Yuansheng capital , Tencent holds the highest proportion . Tencent pair Soul A large proportion of shares shows that Tencent is following the investment Epic、Roblox After the Metaverse Quanzhen Internet's heavy position .

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