Fidelity leads funding round for Malaysia's Iflix
Malaysia-based video streaming service Iflix has raised a funding round of more than $50 million led by Fidelity International.
Regional media companies including Indonesia’s Media Nusantara Citra, Japan’s Yoshimoto Kogyo, and South Korea’s JTBC also participated in the funding round, along with existing investors such as...
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