Two Chinese mobile internet companies and a Paris-based music and audio streaming service that seduced the venture capital funding

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More than $3B raised with the primary goal to boost the expansion of these companies that benefit from the confidence of powerful investors.

$3.3B / Series F for
Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese mobile internet company ingesting local life information and trading platform. This round values the company at $18B.
Founders: Tao Zhang
Investors: [DST Global, Tencent Holdings, Temasek Holdings].
 
$160M / Series B for
WeLab that provides Wolaidai, a Chinese mobile lending platform, and WeLend.hk, an online lending platform based in Hong Kong.
Founders: Aananth Solaiyappan, Simon Loong, Kelly Wong
Investors: [Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Lead), Guangdong Technology Financial Group, Sequoia Capital].

100M EUR / Series E for
Deezer , a Paris-based music and audio streaming service, that cancelled its planned IPO in October 2015, has raised over $216M in total funding to date.
Founders: Daniel Marhely, Jonathan Benassaya.
Investors:[ Access Industries, Orange].