Founded in 2005, DDMap had previously been Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC, family office Morningside Group and venture capital firm KTB Ventures.

DDMap, a China-based life services website, has raised more than $40m in its series D round from US-based bank Citigroup’s and local retailer Alibaba’s corporate venturing units.

Alongside Citi Ventures and Alibaba Ventures in the round was venture capital firms CID Capital and F&H, which was formed by John Wu, former chief technology officer and angel investor at Alibaba. F&H’s first fund raised S$159m ($130m) and Wu said he often invested alongside Alibaba Ventures.

Founded in 2005, DDMap had previously been Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC, family office Morningside Group and venture capital firm KTB Ventures.

HTC invested an initial $5m in DDMap as part of a $9m C round in 2010 and later the smartphone maker increased its investment by $3m.