Development History:

2009.04 "Ele.me" website was officially launched

2009.09 Integrated restaurant operation solution was launched

2009.10 Average daily orders exceeded 1,000

2010.05 Website 2.0 version was launched, and all aspects of performance were improved

2010.06 Overtime compensation system was launched to establish a new industry standard

2010.08 The company expanded and moved to a new address

2010.11 Mobile web ordering platform was launched

2011.05 Annual transaction volume exceeded 20 million

2011.07 Beijing branch and Hangzhou branch were established

2011.12 Average daily transaction volume exceeded 10,000, becoming the largest ordering website in China

2012.03 Guangzhou branch and Tianjin branch were established, with a team size of over 100 people

2012.04 iOS version 1.0 was launched

2012.08 iOS version 2.0 was launched and provided for free download

2012.09 Successfully launched online payment function and restaurant super settlement system, taking the lead in forming a closed-loop system for online ordering

2012.11 Android version was launched

2012.12 The transaction volume on the same day exceeded 3 million, and the team size reached 200 people

2013.03 Suzhou branch, Harbin branch, and Fuzhou branch were established

2013.10 Shenzhen branch, Nanjing branch, Changchun branch, and Xiamen branch were established

2013.11 Completed USD 25 million Series C financing, led by Sequoia Capital, followed by GSR Ventures, its Series A investor, and Matrix Partners, its Series B investor.

2014.05 Ele.me received USD 80 million investment from Dianping, becoming its deep strategic partner.

2014.09 The company has more than 2,000 employees, and its online ordering service has covered nearly 200 cities across the country, with 10 million users, nearly 180,000 franchised restaurants, and an average of more than 1 million orders per day.

2015.01 Ele.me has completed its Series E financing, receiving USD 350 million from CITIC Industry Fund, Tencent, JD.com, Dianping, and Sequoia Capital.

2015.06 "Youcai" platform was launched, trial run in July, and officially launched in August. At present, the daily transaction volume has reached 4 million yuan, covering 8 cities across the country. It is expected to cover large and medium-sized cities with active economies in China by the end of 2015, and connect with merchants on the Ele.me food delivery platform by the end of November.

2015.08 Ele.me received a $90 million capital increase from Hualian Shares

2015.08.28 Ele.me received $630 million in financing, setting a record in the global food delivery industry

2015.11 Ele.me's self-operated delivery team has exceeded 6,000 people, with a standard efficiency of 35 orders per person per day. The Fengniao team and crowdsourcing delivery staff have exceeded 500,000 people, covering more than 300 cities across the country.

2015.11 Ele.me and Didi Chuxing have landed their cooperation. In the future, the two parties will work together to build a "2+4" same-city delivery network of two-wheeled electric vehicles and four-wheeled vehicles.

On December 17, 2015, Ele.me and Alibaba signed an investment framework agreement. Alibaba invested $1.25 billion in Ele.me. After the investment, Ele.me's valuation exceeded $4.5 billion and it continued to operate independently.

After this round of investment, Alibaba held a 27.7% stake in Ele.me, becoming the largest shareholder.

On April 13, 2016, Ele.me officially reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Alibaba and Ant Financial, and received $1.25 billion in investment.

Among them, Alibaba invested $900 million and Ant Financial invested $350 million.