Well-known taxi hailing software, focusing on the field of taxis and high-end commercial car services, urban intelligent integrated transportation platform, in 2013 the acquisition of Bumblebee Taxi to launch the No. 1 special car, in 2015 with Didi Dache strategic merger
Hangzhou Kuaidi Technology Co., Ltd. is a large urban intelligent integrated transportation platform in China, its Kuaidi taxi was established in May 2012, has received hundreds of millions of dollars of investment from Alibaba, Jingwei Venture Capital and other institutions, up to now Kuaidi taxi has covered more than 300 cities across the country, and occupies nearly 60% of the domestic taxi software market, is the largest taxi hailing software in China. In November 2013, Kuaidi Dache acquired Bumblebee Taxi, and in July 2014, it officially launched the No. 1 special car, a car brand serving mid-to-high-end usersHangzhou Kuaidi Technology Co., Ltd. has become the first travel platform in China that comprehensively covers the field of taxi and mid-to-high-end commercial vehicle services.
History
In May 2012, Hangzhou Kuaizhi Technology Co., Ltd. was established;
In August 2012, Kuaidi Taxi was launched in Hangzhou;
In November 2013, Kuaidi announced the acquisition of Bumblebee Dache, and after the completion of the acquisition, Kuaidi Dache has a market share of more than 80% in the two first-tier cities of Shanghai and Guangzhou, and a market share of more than 50% in China. At the same time as announcing the acquisition, Alibaba, as an investor, announced that it would inject nearly 100 million US dollars together with other financial investors to support the development of Kuaidi Taxi.
On December 18, 2013, Bumblebee, a subsidiary of Kuaidi Taxi, announced the launch of a commercial car service;
On March 4, 2014, when the "subsidy" war for ride-hailing software began to cool down, Kuaidi Taxi and Alipay wallets released a letter to users, announcing the adjustment of the taxi subsidy program.
On June 11, 2014, Kuaidi Taxi announced that it would launch the "Taxi Voucher" campaign nationwide, and passengers will receive a certain amount of Kuaidi Taxi vouchers every time they successfully take a taxi and complete the online payment, which can be directly deducted from the fare when paying for the next taxi. The event will last for a week, and passengers can randomly get a taxi voucher of 1~10 yuan after taking a taxi and paying successfully, and return it to the passenger's account the next day.
In December 2014, Kuaidi Taxi's No. 1 car announced its entry into the enterprise market, and will launch the first enterprise version of the product in the field of domestic business car rental, introducing the competition from the C-end to the B-end.
On January 15, 2015, Kuaidi Dache closed a new round of financing totaling US$600 million, led by SoftBank Group, with Alibaba Group and Tiger Global Fund also participating.
On February 14, 2015, Kuaidi Dache and Didi Dache announced a strategic merger。The new company implements the Co-CEO system, with Cheng Wei, CEO of Didi Dache, and Lu Chuanwei, CEO of Kuaidi Taxi, serving as co-CEOs at the same time. The two companies will remain unchanged in terms of personnel structure, and the business will continue to develop in parallel and will retain their respective brands and business independence.
