ByteDance backs Dubai logistics startup

TheStar Wed, Dec 01, 2021 08:40am - 2 years View Original


New direction: In this file picture, a teenager poses with a smartphone with the logo of social network TikTok in France. TikTok is quickly morphing into an online marketplace where influencers tout products to their fans through live-streams. ― AFP

DUBAI: TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd has invested in Dubai-based iMile Delivery LLC as part of the first major fundraising by the courier startup that services Chinese online vendors, according to people familiar with the matter.

The company’s series A financing round, one of the Middle East’s largest by a female founder to date, raised US$40mil (RM169.08mil) and valued iMile at US$350mil (RM1.48bil), according to a statement.

ByteDance committed around US$10mil (RM42.27mil) at a lower valuation, the people said, asking not to be named because the information isn’t public.

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