
Founder of China’s Momo hit with misconduct accusations ahead of IPO
Tang Yan, CEO and founder of Chinese VC-backed mobile dating app Momo - which is about to list in the US - has been accused of misconduct while employed by NetEase, his former place of work.
VC-backed Momo has set terms to raise up to $266.8 million in its IPO and is scheduled to begin trading in New York on Thursday. Earlier this month, it agreed to sell shares to Alibaba Group and 58.com...
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Singapore fintech start-up LXA gets $10m seed round
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