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Beijing Zmeng Network Technology Co., Ltd. (ZMT), China's largest offline data service platform, has a completed a series B+ round of financing valued at $ 27.1 million. YF Capital, founded by Alibaba chairman Jack Ma, led the fundraising round, followed by IDG Capital Partners and Kinzon Capital. Founded in 2013, ZMT now has more than one million business partners in 300-plus Chinese cities. IDG Capital and Fosun both previously invested in an earlier round at ZMT.
Yixin Group Ltd., China’s largest online automotive financing platform, debuted this week on the Hong Kong exchange – with shares rising 32% to $867 million. Backers of the Chinese car e-retailer include Tencent Holdings, Baidu, JD.com, IDG Capital and Bit Auto Holdings Ltd.
9F Group, a Beijing-based fintech company founded in 2006, has raised “hundreds of millions of dollars” from a massive new round of capital infusion, the company said. Contributors included Cinda International, Focus Media and Youzu Interactive. 9F initially achieved Unicorn status in 2015, after raising $110 million in Series B round funding from IDG Capital and SIG Asia. The fintech firm provides customized consulting services, including microfinance, wealth management and peer-to-peer lending.
Maimai, China’s primary professional networking rival to LinkedIn, now has $750 million in funding and is aiming for a 2019 IPO. Founded in 2013, web-based firm has 30 million registered users in China, including 10 million monthly active users. Top U.S. investors include DCM Ventures and IDG Capital.
SpeakIn Technologies Co., Ltd., a Shenzhen-based voice recognition firm, reported this week that it has raised “tens of millions of RMB” from a new A2 Series round of funding led by Yuanchuang Capital. In May, SpeakIn raised more RMB funds from IDG Capital, Hongzhi Capital and Fuyu (Shanghai) Investment Co. The voice recognition startup provides technology for both commercial and industrial applications.
Farfetch, a British Unicorn, now sells more than £500 million annually in high-end fashion and other luxury goods online. Investors in the decade-old firm include Temasek, Eurazeo and IDG Capital.
Razer Inc., a leading supplier of gaming laptops and other accessories, raised $530 million on its first day of trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange, as shares climbed 18%. Key backers of the Singapore-and San Francisco-based firm include GIC, Horizon Ventures, IDG-Accel, Intel Capital, Credit Suisse Group and UBS Group.
Bokecc.com, a Chinese provider of video cloud computing solutions to educational institutions, media companies and government institutions, has raised $31 million in Series C round founding from NewQuest Capital Partners, Jiawo Capital and SilkRoad Huachuang Investment. In 2011, Bokecc received $20 million in Series B round funding from Steamboat Ventures, a Walt Disney Company affiliate, and IDG Capital, Jiangsu High-Tech Investment Group, and IDG-Accel Growth Fund.
Interviewed at the Web Summit in Portugal, Jim Breyer, an early investor at Accel in Facebook, predicts that Breyer Capital, the venture capital and private equity firm he founded in 2006, will make 6-to-10 investments in the coming year, mainly in companies specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) and deep-learning applications for the finance, healthcare, publishing and other vertical industries. Breyer is a longtime partner with IDG Capital and visits China up to four times a year.
Seeco (NASDAQ: SECO), a Chinese luxury e-retailer, has announced third-quarter earnings estimates of $4.5 million to $5.1 million on revenues of $145.8 million to $147.3 million. IDG Capital is the largest investor in Seeco with an 18.5% stake.
IDG Capital and the Credit Wealth Management, an independent wealth management arm of CreditEase Group, have formed a comprehensive strategic partnership, according to interviews with Hugo Shong (Xiong Xiaoge), Global Chairman of IDG Capital, and Tang Ning, CreditEase’s founder. IDG Capital first invested in CreditEase in 2011. Four years later, Yirendi (NYSE: ADR), CreditEase’s peer-to-peer lending arm, joined the New York Stock Exchange. Speaking alongside Shong at a private equity forum in Beijing, Yang said that CreditEase has also recently launched a new product, which leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to augment his firm’s ability to select investable targets.
Agora.io, a cloud-based platform for real-time communications installed on 500 million devices worldwide, has announced a partnership with Xiaomi, one of China’s leading smartphone makers. Based in Santa Clara, California, Agora.io is backed by a variety of global venture capital and private equity firms, including IDG Capital, Morningside, SIG, GGV Capital and Shunwei. IDG Capital was also an early investor in Xiaomi.
Razer Inc., a leading global supplier of digital games, was listed this week on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange in Hong Kong. Net proceeds from the filing are expected to exceed HK$3.5 billion. Founded in 2005, Razer has headquarters in both San Francisco and Singapore. The firm’s backers include IDG Capital-Accel, Intel Capital and Horizon Ventures.
Changingedu, a Shanghai-based online-to-offline (O2O) education company, has raised $55 million in a Series D funding round. Investors include ClearVue Partners, TAL Education Group, IDG Capital, Sequoia Capital, Trustbridge Partners and FreeS Fund.
Acadsoc, an English-language online education company, announced this week that it had raised $15 million in a Series B+ funding round. Shenzhen Capital Ground led the fundraising round, and IDG Capital also participated. Acadsoc’s online platform offers English-language courses to primary and middle school students, mainly in China. The Shenzhen-based firm has over 1,500 employees.
E-sports provider EDward Gaming has entered into a partnership with Olympique Lyonnais football club to provide digital gamers with products that promote the French club in China. IDG Capital has a 20% stake in Olympique Lyonnais. Like its other games, EDward said that the new online producrs would be distributed in China by Tencent, in which IDG Capital was also an early investor.