Germany-based retail group Tengelmann’s corporate venturing unit has made its third online fashion investment incubated at Rocket Internet in as many months by backing Singapore-based Zalora.

Zalora said it had raised €20m ($25m), while Tengelmann has previously invested in Lazada and Linio.

Founded last year, Zalora in September raised “significant double digit millions” of dollars from investment bank JP Morgan, according to a source to news provider TechCrunch, which added that other investors in Zalora included Summit Partners and Invus.

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