
China personal lending platform Yongqianbao raises $68m
Yongqianbao, a Chinese mobile app that provides personal loan services, has raised a RMB466 million ($68 million) Series C round co-led by Golden Brick Capital and CICC Alpha.
CASH Capital, the VC arm the state-owned Chinese Academy of Sciences Holdings (CASH Holdings), Source Code Capital, Sinovation Ventures and GX Capital also participated in the round. Operated by Beijing...
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