The online query platform is now reportedly valued at $3.5bn, Kuaishou having led a round that included Baidu and existing investor Tencent.
Livestreaming platform developer Kuaishou has led a $434m series F round for China-based online question-and-answer service Zhihu, Bloomberg reported yesterday.
Internet groups Baidu and Tencent also contributed to the round along with private equity firm Capital Today. It valued the company at almost $3.5bn, sources close to the deal told Caixin Global.
Founded in 2011, Zhihu runs an online platform where users can source answers to questions from an online community made up of some 220 million registered users.
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