The Rakuten-backed travel website operator secured funds from JD.com and Ctrip in the round, which followed a $72m initial public offering in May.

China-based online travel company Tuniu raised $148m in a round co-led by e-commerce company JD.com and Hony Capital, a private equity firm sponsored by conglomerate Legend Holdings, on Monday.

JD and Hony each supplied $50m of the funding, while another online travel service, Ctrip, invested $15m and Tuniu chief operating officer Haifeng Yan $16.5m.

Founded in 2006, Tuniu went public on Nasdaq through a $72m initial public offering in May this year, after securing venture capital from e-commerce company Rakuten,…