GIC-backed Chinese startup Luckin Coffee seeks funding to double valuation to $2b

GIC-backed Chinese startup Luckin Coffee seeks funding to double valuation to $2b

Men check their mobile phones outside a Luckin Coffee store in Beijing, China July 17, 2018. Picture taken July 17, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Luckin Coffee, an up-and-coming coffee chain with ambitions to challenge Starbucks Corp in China, is targeting a valuation of $1.5 billion to $2 billion as it launches a new round of funding, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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