Sequoia-Backed Cloud Tech Firm Weighs $500 Million IPO

  • Yuntongxun has picked Citi, Goldman Sachs for listing plans
  • U.S. and Hong Kong among listing venues under consideration
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Chinese cloud communications company Beijing Ronglian Yitong Information Technology Co., also known as Yuntongxun, is weighing an initial public offering that could raise as much as $500 million, people with knowledge of the matter said.

The Beijing-based firm is working with Citigroup Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on the share sale and aims to list as soon as the first half of this year, the people said, asking not to be identified as the matter is private. The startup, which counts Sequoia Capital China among its early investors, is considering potential venues for the IPO including the U.S. and Hong Kong, but no final decision has been made, the people said.