Xiaozhu () is a consumer-to-consumer short-term home and apartment rental platform based in Beijing, China. The company was founded by Kelvin Chen Chi, a doctor from

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

, in 2012. As of 2018, Xiaozhu had an approximately 21.6% market share among Chinese short-term rental platforms. Its main competitors within China are Tujia and Airbnb. In October 2018, Xiaozhu closed a $300 million funding round led by

Yunfeng Capital Yunfeng Capital (YF Capital; ) is a Shanghai-based private equity firm founded in 2010. It was founded by Jack Ma (Organizational founder, founder and former Chairperson, executive chairman of Alibaba Group, Alibaba) and David Yu (founder of Targe ...

. A tech unicorn, the company has an estimated valuation of more than one billion dollars.

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