Existing investors Access Industries and Orange returned to fund a round that increased the music streaming service's overall funding to more than $260m.

France-based music streaming platform Deezer raised €100m ($110m) yesterday in a round led by conglomerate Access Industries that also included telecommunications company Orange.

Founded in 2007, Deezer operates a music streaming service that has accumulated more than six million subscribers spanning more than 180 countries.

The company claims its music catalogue, which includes more than 40 million songs, is the largest of any streaming platform worldwide, and it also provides access to some 40,000 podcasts.

The company had raised more…