Chinese shopping app Xingsheng Youxuan raises US$2 billion in funding

Chinese community grocery shopping app Xingsheng Youxuan has raised about US$2 billion in a new funding round that values the company at US$6 billion prior to the fresh capital injection, three people with knowledge of the matter said.

Private equity firms FountainVest Partners, Primavera Capital Group and KKR & Co are among investors in this round, two sources said. Internet and gaming giant Tencent Holdings, which is an early backer of Xingsheng Youxuan, also invested in this round, one of them said.

The fundraising signed just before the Lunar New Year, was led by Sequoia Capital China and has also attracted property developer China Evergrande Group and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund Temasek, said a separate person with direct knowledge.

Xingsheng Youxuan’s spokesman Li Hao declined to comment when contacted by Reuters. Representatives for Sequoia China, FountainVest, Tencent and Temasek declined to comment.