India’s Snapdeal to raise $500 million from Alibaba, SoftBank, Foxconn: sources

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By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – Indian online marketplace Snapdeal is set to raise $500 million from a group of foreign investors including China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, three people familiar with the matter said on Monday. The latest round of support, from investors also including SoftBank Group Corp and Foxconn, the trading name of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, would value Snapdeal at more than $5 billion, another person said. The move is a show of faith from three of the world's biggest technology companies in fast-growing Snapdeal, which in October secured a $627 million investment from SoftBank, itself an early backer of Alibaba.

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India’s Snapdeal to raise $500 million from Alibaba, SoftBank, Foxconn: sources