Xiaozhu () is a

consumer-to-consumer Customer to customer (C2C or consumer to consumer) markets provide a way to allow customers to interact with each other. Traditional markets require business to customer relationships, in which a customer goes to the business in order to purchas ...

short-term home and apartment rental platform based in

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

, China. The company was founded by Kelvin Chen Chi, a doctor from

Chengdu Chengdu; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, previously Romanization of Chinese, romanized as Chengtu. is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a ...

, 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 Airbnb, Inc. ( , an abbreviation of its original name, "Air Bed and Breakfast") is an American company operating an online marketplace for short-and-long-term homestays, experiences and services in various countries and regions. It acts as a ...

. 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 ( founder and former executive chairman of Alibaba) and David Yu (founder of Target Media). Background Yunfeng Capital was foun ...

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

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* Chinese companies established in 2012 Companies based in Beijing {{China-company-stub