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LY.com Valuation, Funding & Investors
LY.com is valued at $3B as of October 2016.
About LY.com
LY.com, formerly known as 17U.com and Tongcheng, is a Chinese online travel platform offering hotel, flight, train, and cruise bookings alongside sightseeing tickets and group-buying travel deals. Launched in 2004, it built an early lead in China's sightseeing-ticket and weekend-getaway segments before expanding into broader travel booking across roughly 200 cities. The company has counted Ctrip, Tencent, and Dalian Wanda Group among its major shareholders.
Founded
2004
HQ
Website
Status
Privately held
Customer focus
B2C
Revenue model
Product sales
Valuation
$3B (Oct 2016)
Sectors
LY.com Valuation
LY.com is currently valued at $3B, based on its undisclosed-stage round in October 2016.
LY.com's valuation has grown 3.0x from $1B at its strategic investment round in April 2014 to $3B in October 2016, across 2 priced rounds.
LY.com valuation by funding round
| Date | Stage | Valuation |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2016 | Undisclosed stage | $3B |
| Apr 2014 | Strategic investment | $1B |
LY.com Funding History
LY.com has raised a total of $1.7B across 5 funding rounds.
LY.com's first fundraising round was a $82M Series C in February 2014. The most recent completed round was a $309M strategic investment round in June 2018.
LY.com funding rounds
| Date | Stage | Investors | Raised | Valuation | Deal Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2018 | Strategic investment | Overseas Chinese Town (lead) | $309M | - | - |
| Oct 2016 | Undisclosed stage | - | $149M | $3B | - |
| Jul 2015 | Undisclosed stage | WANDA Group (lead); Tencent; CITIC Capital Holdings | $966M | - | LY.com (formerly Tongcheng or 17U.com), a leading Chinese online ticketing and travel platform offering hotel bookings, flights, cruises, sightseeing tickets, and group deals, secured approximately 6 billion RMB ($967 million USD) in funding in July 2015 led by Wanda Group via its Wanda Culture Industry Group (3.58 billion RMB), with participation from Tencent, CITIC Capital Holdings, and others. This marked the largest single funding round in China's online travel sector at the time, valuing the company at 13 billion RMB post-investment. Wanda became the largest shareholder, aiming to integrate its offline tourism resources with LY.com's online channels. The investment supported LY.com's relaunch of its suspended A-share IPO plans within the year and enhanced capabilities in user experience, mobile, R&D, big data, and market expansion. Existing investors included Ctrip and Tencent. No specific revenue, ARR, or EBITDA metrics for LY.com around the 2015 round were reported in sources; Wanda's offline tourism arm had separate revenue figures. |
| Apr 2014 | Strategic investment | Trip.com (lead) | $200M | $1B | LY.com, formerly known as 17u.cn or Tongcheng, was a leading Chinese online travel platform specializing in sightseeing tickets, local attraction bookings, flights, hotels, trains, and cruises, particularly strong in the weekend getaway and local tourism segments. In April 2014, it received over $200 million in cash investment from Ctrip (now Trip.com), China's leading online travel agency, which became its second largest shareholder after management, with rumors suggesting around a 30% stake. The deal established a strategic partnership, allowing LY.com access to Ctrip's hotel inventory while providing Ctrip exposure to LY's sightseeing ticket platform, reducing direct competition and enabling expansion into outbound travel. The investment boosted LY.com's profile amid intense competition in China's online travel market, where players like Ctrip, eLong, Qunar, and Tuniu vied for dominance in segments like sightseeing and vacation packages. LY.com had previously secured $82.5 million in Series C funding from investors including Tencent, Oriza Ventures, and Boyu Capital, and partnered with Tencent's WeChat for flight bookings. Ctrip's CEO Liang Jianzhang highlighted LY's leadership in the sightseeing ticket market, a key battleground, and supported its independent operations post-investment. Post-investment, LY.com expanded aggressively, investing CNY 120 million (about $19.3 million) in outbound tours and cruises in 2014, and sold over 30 million weekend getaway trips that year. This helped it surpass competitors like Tuniu in customer volume and vacation cruise business within months. The partnership eliminated price wars in sightseeing, fostering cooperation and enabling LY to focus on consumer demands. In 2015, LY.com raised a much larger 6 billion RMB ($967 million) round led by Wanda Group at a 13 billion RMB valuation, but that was a separate later event. |
| Feb 2014 | Series C | Tencent (lead); Boyu Capital; Oriza Holdings | $82M | - | LY.com, originally launched as 17U.com or Tongcheng in 2004, operates as one of China's largest online ticketing and travel booking platforms, offering services including hotel and flight reservations, cruise bookings, sightseeing tickets, and group buying deals across 200 Chinese cities. Existing investors at the time included Tencent, Oriza Holdings, and Boyu Capital. A subsequent major funding round in 2015 saw LY.com secure over 6 billion RMB from a consortium led by Dalian Wanda Group, Tencent Industrial Capital, and CITIC Capital Holdings, with Wanda contributing 3.58 billion RMB through its entertainment subsidiary and becoming the largest shareholder. This deal was expected to value the company at 13 billion RMB and supported relaunching its suspended IPO plans. The investment aimed to leverage Wanda's offline entertainment and tourism resources, including amusement parks and agencies with over 20 billion RMB annual revenue, alongside LY.com's online channels. LY.com continued growth post-2015, planning a Hong Kong IPO by 2018 with sponsors Morgan Stanley and China Merchants Securities targeting US$600 million raise, amid Tencent's strategy of spinning off incubated units for separate listings. |
Who has invested in LY.com?
7 investors have backed LY.com across its funding rounds, including Tencent, Oriza Holdings, CITIC Capital Holdings, Boyu Capital, WANDA Group and Trip.com.
Lead investors include Overseas Chinese Town, WANDA Group, Trip.com and Tencent.
LY.com Investors
| Investor | HQ | Rounds | Role | First check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Lead | Feb 2014 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Feb 2014 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Jun 2018 | ||
| 1 | Lead | Apr 2014 | ||
| 1 | Participant | Feb 2014 | ||
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Start Free TrialInvestments by LY.com
LY.com has invested in 7 companies to date.
Latest investment by LY.com was on August 28th 2026. LY.com invested in Sunrise in their $296M Undisclosed stage round.
Latest Investments by LY.com
| Description | Sunrise is a Shenzhen-based developer of high-performance GPUs for AI training, edge computing, and graphics processing. The company designs chips like the Sunhope series with up to 512 tensor cores, targeting data centers and autonomous vehicles. Manufacturing through TSMC processes, Sunrise supplies modules to Chinese hyperscalers and exports to Southeast Asia. Founded in 2018, it competes in the domestic semiconductor market amid US export restrictions. | T3 Mobile Travel Services runs an electric vehicle car-sharing network across Chinese cities including Beijing and Shanghai. The platform leverages renewable energy charging stations and integrates telematics from partners like Baidu for optimized fleet management. T3 combines automaker production capabilities with data platforms to expand its smart mobility services, focusing on short-term rentals for urban commuters and corporate fleets. | Shequtiantian Yue is a Changzhou-based cultural welfare service center in China. Operating through czsqttl.com, it organizes community events, elderly care programs, and recreational activities for local residents. Supported by municipal partnerships, the center hosts festivals, health workshops, and social gatherings in residential districts. | Shanghai Meihao Hotel Management is a Shanghai-headquartered operator managing over 100 mid-range hotels under the Meihao brand across China. The company standardizes operations in economically priced accommodations featuring standardized rooms and digital check-ins. With properties in tier-2 cities like Nanjing and Chengdu, it emphasizes efficient housekeeping and loyalty programs integrated with Meituan platforms. | |
| HQ Country | |||||
| HQ City | Hangzhou | Nanjing | Changzhou | Shanghai | |
| Deal Date | 28 Aug 2026 | 29 Oct 2021 | 3 Sep 2018 | 14 Aug 2018 | |
| Round | Undisclosed stage | Series A | Angel | Strategic investment | |
| Raised | $296M | $1.2B | $900K | $15M | |
| Investors | PICC Capital Insurance Asset Management; Infore Environment Technology Group; Andon Health; CCB Equity; Cowin Capital; Charoen Pokphand Group; Janchor Partners; CAS Star | Virtue Capital Fund; Beijing North Yintong Technology Development; CITIC Capital Holdings; Redview Capital | Tongcheng Zhongchuang Fund | Shaanxi Culture Industry Investment Group | |
| Valuation | $3B | undisclosed | undisclosed | undisclosed | |
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LY.com Competitors
LY.com competitors include listed companies like Rasan, Tongcheng Travel and Travel+Leisure, and private ones like FlixBus, Traveloka and OYO.
| Company | HQ | Status | Revenue | EBITDA | Valuation | Revenue Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private | - | - | $3B | - | ||
| Publicly listed | $174M | $73M | $3B | 11.0x | ||
| Publicly listed | $2.9B | $659M | $3.2B | 0.7x | ||
| Private | $814M | - | $2.8B | 3.4x | ||
| Private | $669M | $112M | $3.8B | 5.7x | ||
| Publicly listed | $4B | $684M | $3.9B | 2.3x |
LY.com Public Comps
LY.com is still privately-owned, but its public comps include Rasan, Tongcheng Travel, Travel+Leisure, Ziff Davis, HBX Group, TBO.com, Moltiply Group, MakeMyTrip, Mony Group and Trustpilot Group.
| Last FY | EV/Revenue | EV/EBITDA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | EBITDA | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | Last FY | LTM | 2027E | |
| $174M | $73M | 16.1x | 11.0x | 38.6x | 25.9x | |||
| $2.9B | $659M | 0.7x | 0.7x | 3.0x | 2.6x | |||
| $4B | $684M | 2.3x | 2.3x | 13.6x | 8.9x | |||
| $1.5B | $335M | 0.9x | 1.0x | 3.8x | 3.3x | |||
| $896M | $218M | 3.0x | 3.3x | 12.4x | 5.7x | |||
| $262M | $41M | 6.7x | 5.2x | 43.2x | 34.3x | |||
| $787M | $148M | 2.4x | 2.3x | 13.0x | 8.6x | |||
| $1B | $171M | 5.0x | 4.5x | 30.3x | 25.7x | |||
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Common questions about LY.com
| When was LY.com founded? | LY.com was founded in 2004. |
| Where is LY.com headquartered? | LY.com is headquartered in China. |
| Is LY.com publicly listed? | No, LY.com is a private, VC-backed company. |
| What is LY.com's valuation? | LY.com was last valued at $3B in its undisclosed-stage round in October 2016. |
| How much funding has LY.com raised? | LY.com has raised $1.7B across 5 funding rounds. |
| What was LY.com's last funding round? | LY.com's last funding round was a $309M strategic investment round in June 2018, led by Overseas Chinese Town. |
| Who are LY.com's investors? | LY.com's investors include Tencent, Boyu Capital, Overseas Chinese Town, Trip.com, Oriza Holdings, WANDA Group and CITIC Capital Holdings. |
| Which companies are comparable to LY.com? | Companies comparable to LY.com include FlixBus, Rasan, Tongcheng Travel, Traveloka, OYO and Travel+Leisure. |
| How many companies has LY.com invested in? | LY.com has invested in 7 companies, including Sunrise, T3 Mobile Travel Services, Shequtiantian Yue, Shanghai Meihao Hotel Management, AIbuy24h, Caimomo and Bus Steward. |
| What was LY.com's last investment? | In August 2026, LY.com invested in Sunrise's $296M undisclosed-stage round alongside PICC Capital Insurance Asset Management, Infore Environment Technology Group, Andon Health and 5 other investors. |
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