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Softbank, others invest 70 billion yen in taxi hailing app

Kuaidi Dache will use funds to expand its services, market share

    Published Thu, Jan 15, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    Tokyo

    JAPAN'S SoftBank Corp said it and other firms including Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd had invested about 70 billion yen (S$795 million) into Travice Inc, the operator of Chinese taxi hailing app Kuaidi Dache.

    Alibaba already holds an undisclosed stake in Kuaidi, one of two local apps that together control around 90 per cent of the China online taxi hailing market.

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