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Alibaba confirms it is mulling further investment in bike-sharing start-up Hellobike

  • Bike-sharing firm has processed 12 billion orders over the past two and a half years

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Alibaba Group confirmed it was looking at contributing to a new round of fundraising by Shanghai-based bike sharing start-up Hellobike.

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“We are considering this opportunity,” said an Alibaba spokeswoman, responding to an earlier Chinese media report saying that Alibaba planned to invest “hundreds of millions of US dollars” in Hellobike in the near future.

Alibaba declined to provide further details. A Hellobike spokeswoman declined to comment.

The three-year-old start-up already counts Alibaba’s financial arm Ant Financial, Primavera Capital, and GGV Capital among its backers.

Six months ago Hellobike announced it had raised more capital in a round of financing led by Ant Financial but declined to reveal the amount.

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