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Lazada secures USD 100 million, launches mobile application

Thursday 20 June 2013 07:30 CET | News

Lazada, a Southeast Asian online shopping mall, has received an investment from Verlinvest, a Belgian family-owned, consumer-focused investment holding company.

Existing investors Holtzbrinck Ventures, Kinnevik, Summit Partners and Tengelmann Group have also participated in the financing round that injected about USD 100 million of fresh capital into Lazada.

In addition, Lazada has launched its new mobile application that allows customers to shop using a smartphone. The application is currently available for Android users and an iPhone version is soon to come.

Lazada has been founded by Rocket Internet, an internet services provider. The compny has operations in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
 


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