Asia Pacific Internet Group led the domestic services platform's latest round, in which it raised $10.8m, reportedly at a lower valuation than its $47m series B.

Asia Pacific Internet Group, the joint venture formed by e-commerce holding company Rocket Internet and telecommunications company Ooredoo, has led a €10m ($10.8m) round for domestic services provider Helpling, TechCrunch has reported.

Other existing investors in Germany-based Helpling also participated in the round, according to TechCrunch, but they did not include venture capital firm Accel, an investor in UK-based competitor Hassle, with which Helpling merged in mid-2015.

Helpling offers on-demand home services, most notably cleaning, though it is expanding to…