Ladder Acquisition, Valuation, Funding & Investors

Xiaohuanggou is a platform for garbage sorting and recycling services covering paper, plastic, metal, waste textiles, glass, and additional waste categories. Operations focus on minimizing urban domestic waste quantities and promoting resource savings.

Yalla Group Ltd is a MENA-based online social networking and gaming company. It operates two flagship mobile applications, Yalla, a voice-centric group chat platform, and Yalla Ludo, a casual gaming application featuring online versions of board games popular in MENA, with in-game voice chat and localized majlis functions. The Group has one operating segment, which is the social networking and entertainment platform.

APUS Group is a Beijing-headquartered mobile internet technology company founded in June 2014, delivering APUS System as an optimized Android user interface supporting 25 languages for faster internet access. Recognized as the world's youngest unicorn by Wall Street Journal in August 2015 with a $1 billion valuation, it amassed 1.2 billion users across 200 countries by 2017, including 69 percent in 65 Belt and Road nations. APUS offers APUS AI and APUS Cloud services to enhance mobile experiences globally.

Genies is a Los Angeles-headquartered avatar platform partnering with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group as official avatar providers for artists like Justin Bieber. Launched in 2017, it powers 100 million creator avatars via a Snapchat Lens and AR Developer Kit. The Silver Studio app enables digital fashion design and trading on iOS and Android, following a $250 million funding round in 2021 valuing it at $1 billion.

Grover is a Berlin-based platform for subscription-based rentals of consumer electronics including smartphones from Apple and Samsung, laptops from Dell and MacBook, headphones, cameras, and smart home devices. The service delivers over 3,000 product models across Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United States with free shipping and insurance. Grover refurbishes returned items through certified processes to extend product lifecycles. Launched in 2015, it partners with retailers like MediaMarkt.

Miaoshou Doctor is a Beijing-headquartered online healthcare platform connecting patients with physicians for post-diagnosis management and follow-up care. It facilitates remote consultations, prescription renewals, and health tracking via its app, serving over 300 hospitals in China. Founded in 2015 by Tao He and Daoliang Han, the service covers specialties like cardiology and pediatrics, integrating electronic health records for seamless doctor-patient communication across provinces.

New York-based mobli is a visual media sharing platform organized into channels for people, places, and topics. Launched in 2012 with backing from Leonardo DiCaprio, it enabled real-time photo and video discovery via algorithmic feeds, attracting partnerships with Time Inc. and reaching 15 million users before pivoting.

OneFootball is a Berlin-headquartered digital media platform delivering live scores, news, videos, and statistics for over 100 soccer leagues worldwide. Founded in 2014, the app covers competitions from Premier League and Bundesliga to MLS and Copa Libertadores, partnering with organizations like Major League Soccer and UEFA clubs. Features include match calendars, player stats, and highlight clips, attracting millions of monthly users across iOS, Android, and web. OneFootball expanded into podcasting and fantasy leagues.

Red Ventures is a Charlotte-headquartered digital holding company founded in 2000 that owns and operates media brands including Bankrate, Healthline, The Points Guy, CNET, Lifewire, and Payscale. It delivers personalized content and marketing services across finance, health, travel, education, home services, and entertainment sectors. The company maintains offices in 10 US cities plus locations in London and Sao Paulo, powering consumer decision-making through data-driven platforms and partnerships with lenders and service providers. Red Ventures expanded its portfolio by acquiring CNET in 2020 and continues to integrate AI for enhanced user experiences.

Yidian Zixun is a China-based personalized news aggregation app founded in 2011 by former Baidu vice president Ren Xuyang. The platform uses recommendation algorithms to deliver customized content to users, competing with ByteDance's Toutiao in China's news app market. Phoenix New Media became Yidian's largest shareholder through a series of investments, and the app grew to tens of millions of daily active users.

Freechat is a decentralized social network on blockchain with DID verification, NFT integration, and AI-driven content recommendations via machine learning. Users post updates, join communities, play games, and make encrypted payments in crypto. Freechat's platform hosts UGC, smart contract ads, and privacy tools across distributed ledgers for global access.

Dazhongkanche is a platform connecting car buyers with dealerships and providing digital retail transaction systems for automobile sales. The company facilitates channel management and information services for users in China's automotive market.

NewsBreak is a Mountain View-headquartered app delivering hyper-local news from 10,000 U.S. sources to 40 million users. Founded in 2015 by former Baidu engineers, it achieved unicorn valuation in 2021 with $115 million Series C funding. The platform monetizes through publisher tools and local ad campaigns, expanding to 500 cities.

Banma Kuaipao, also known as Zebra Express, is a China-based delivery and ride-hailing platform founded in 2015. It operates a last-mile delivery service through a network of local drivers and has expanded into passenger ride-hailing, securing 125 ride-hailing licenses across cities in China, including many second- and third-tier markets. The company has partnered with automaker Zotye Auto, which supplies vehicles and fuel to support its ride-hailing operations.

Truecaller AB is a platform for verifying contacts and blocking unwanted communication. The company enables safe and relevant conversations between people and makes it efficient for businesses to connect with consumers.

Hello Group Inc provides mobile-based social networking services. It enables users to establish and expand social relationships based on location and interests. Its platform includes the Momo mobile application and a variety of related features, functionalities, tools, and services that it provides to users, customers, and platform partners. The company derives its revenue from live video services, value-added services, mobile marketing services, mobile games, and other services. It operates in three segments: Momo's service lines, Tantan's service lines, and QOOL's service lines, out of which Momo's service lines segment derives the majority of revenue.

VNG Corp offers variety of products and services, including Online games, Communications and Media, Fintech, Cloud services, Zalo AI, and TrueID.