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Taotaosou is a search-based image shopping platform in China

Hangzhou, ChinaFounded 2010Fashion
Valuation $50–100M Last recorded · 2013
Headcount <100 Current team size
Total funding $10–50M Disclosed equity funding
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About TaoTaoSou

TaoTaoSou is a professional online platform specializing in the recycling of a wide array of gift cards and vouchers. The company primarily serves individuals in the Chinese market who possess unused or unwanted gift cards, offering them a way to convert these assets into cash.

Their business model revolves around purchasing various types of cards directly from consumers. This includes e-commerce shopping cards like JD.com E-cards, mobile phone top-up cards, fuel cards from providers such as Sinopec, gaming cards, and retail vouchers from stores like Walmart. After acquiring these cards, the platform likely resells them, capitalizing on the price difference between their purchase and sale prices. TaoTaoSou operates as a digital marketplace, facilitating the exchange and creating a secondary market for these prepaid assets.

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At a glance

Status
Operational
Founded
2010
Headquarters
Hangzhou, China
Employees
15
Open positions
None listed
Dealroom signal
63.3/100
Industry
Fashion
Sector
Fashion, Shopping, Search Engine, App, Platform
Client focus
b2c

Funding history

3 recorded events

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
SERIES B✓Equity / VC Jun 2013 $10M $40M Alibaba Capital Partners · CDH Investments · Detong Capital —
SERIES A✓Equity / VC Sep 2011 $0 — CDH Investments —
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Growth signals

TaoTaoSou website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for TaoTaoSou is 200 monthly website visits, up 150% over the last three months. TaoTaoSou's team declined 6.3% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits200 3-month web change+150% 1-year team growth-6.3%
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Investments and acquisitions

Capital deployed

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Investors

3 investors on the cap table

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Seed1 investor entered at this stage

  • Alibaba Capital Partners

Series A2 investors entered at this stage

Team profiled 2 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 1 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Global footprint

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1 countries with
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Market sentiment

Posts on X, past 7 days

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Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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