Category: Fund Raising

Nio announces plan to issue $1 billion convertible notes, shares down after-hours

Nio plans to use a portion of the net proceeds to repurchase certain existing debt securities, with the remainder to be used primarily to further strengthen its balance sheet position and for general corporate purposes.

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Evergrande NEV, mired in losses, announces $500 million investment from Middle Eastern investor

NWTN will get a 27.5 percent stake in Evergrande NEV and the right to nominate a majority of the board of directors, valuing the Chinese carmaker at $1.82 billion.

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Italian powertrain maker Mavel gets investment from Nio Capital, to be supplier of Nio’s next-gen models

Mavel, founded in Italy in 1999, will be a supplier of core components for Nio's next-generation platform, Nio Capital said.

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Solid-state battery startup Talent New Energy closes new funding, has over 10 GWh of capacity planned

Talent's second phase of a 2 GWh/year plant in Chongqing is expected to be completed by the end of 2023, and a 10 GWh/year industrial park project in Anhui is under construction.

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Voyah secures $2.1 billion in credit lines from 6 local banks

Voyah will raise a Series B round next and has plans for an initial public offering, its CFO said.

(A Voyah Zhuiguang on display at the Shanghai auto show. Image credit: CnEVPost)

Voyah, Dongfeng Motor's new energy vehicle (NEV) brand, has received RMB 15 billion yuan ($2.1 billion) in credit lines from six local banks, setting it up for future expansion.

Voyah held a signing ceremony for the partnerships with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of Communications, China CITIC Bank and China Merchants Bank.

Voyah will invest more in product development and marketing and launch more quality products, its CEO Lu Fang said, according to a press release.

The NEV maker has completed its Series A financing and will next raise Series B, Local media Shanghai Securities News quoted Voyah CFO Shen Jun as saying.

Voyah has plans for an initial public offering, and it will have more than 300 core employees holding shares, Shen said.

Voyah is the brand Dongfeng Motor announced in late 2020, when the first model, Voyah FREE, was also unveiled.

The Voyah FREE went on sale in China in June 2021 and is available in an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) version as well as an all-electric version, with current starting prices of RMB 333,600 to 393,600 respectively.

On May 7, 2022, Voyah's second model, the Dreamer MPV, was launched with a starting price of RMB 369,900.

In November 2022, Voyah announced the completion of RMB nearly 5 billion Series A financing, valuing it at nearly RMB 30 billion.

On April 18 of this year, Voyah launched the Zhuiguang sedan on the first day of the Shanghai auto show, offering three versions with a starting price of RMB 322,900.

Voyah has had a lukewarm sales performance over the past two years, selling 3,003 vehicles in May, bringing combined January-May sales to 12,024 units.

For comparison, (NASDAQ: LI), which currently only offers EREVs, delivered 28,277 vehicles in May for a combined January-May total of 106,542 vehicles.

($1 = RMB 7.1631)

Voyah deliveries in May: 3,003

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