In its search for services that drive sales and services to its core e-commerce business, China-based Alibaba has led a series C round worth $50m in Quixey, a US-based search engine for software applications. Since its inception, Alibaba has developed and is now acquiring businesses in consumer e-commerce, online payment, business-to-business marketplaces and cloud computing, reaching Internet users in more than 240 countries and regions.
Alibaba Group, the China-based e-commerce trading site backed by Yahoo! and Softbank, has led a $50m series C round in Quixey, a search engine for software applications. GGV Capital also joined the round, along with existing investors Innovation Endeavors, TransLink Capital and US Venture Partners in the U.S., as well as Atlantic Bridge in London and Dublin and WI Harper in Beijing. The company has now raised $74.2m to date.
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