Bao Fan is the founder of China Renaissance, a boutique investment bank advising on Chinese technology companies.
Among the landmark deals the bank has worked on is the 2015 merger of Didi and Kuaidi, which created China’s largest ride-hailing firm. It was also an advisor on the $15 billion merger between Meituan and Dianping, which created the country’s largest internet-based services provider. China Renaissance was also a bookrunner on e-commerce giant JD.com’s $2 billion listing in 2014. More recently, it has worked on some of the latest technology IPOs, including iQiyi's $2.4 billion US listing and China Literature's $1.2 billion float in Hong Kong.
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