The Ant Group-backed e-signature software provider secured the fresh funding 10 months after closing a $151m series D round.

Tiangu Information Technology, the China-based operator of electronic signature technology provider eSign that counts financial services provider Ant Group as an investor, secured RMB1.2bn ($186m) in series E funding yesterday.

Venture capital firms IDG Capital and Sequoia China joined investment manager Hidden Hill Capital to co-lead the round, which included GIG Asset Management, Grand Flight Investment, Sealand Innovation, Shenzhen Fortune Caizhi Venture and Wens Investment.

Founded in 2002, Tiangu Information Technology provides a legally valid digital signature software platform called…

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.