Alibaba- Ant Financial partner to invest $400m in Didi Chuxing

Alibaba- Ant Financial partner to invest $400m in Didi Chuxing

A taxi driver is reflected in a side mirror as he uses the Didi Chuxing car-hailing application in Beijing, China, September 22, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. is partnering with its Internet finance affiliate Ant Financial Services Group, which operates the payments platform Alipay, to invest an additional US$400 million in Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-sharing services firm.

In a report from Tencent Technology, it was observed that there was a lack of clarity on whether this transaction was part of a $2.5 billion funding round or a separate investment from the current round that Didi Chuxing is attempting to raise.

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