Capital Today leads $100m round for China Q&A platform Zhihu
Capital Today has led a $100 million Series D round of funding for Zhihu, a Chinese question-and-answer platform similar to US-based Quora.
Existing backers Tencent Holdings, Chinese search engine Sougo, Qiming Capital Partners and Sinovation Ventures also participated. Zhihu was founded in January 2010, a little more than a year after Quora's...
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