On-demand mobility¹ (ODM) service Didi said Thursday that it had secured 7.3 billion U.S. dollars in equity² and debt financing.

 

滴滴打车周四表示，该公司已经通过股权和债务融资73亿美元。

 

Didi raised 4.5 billion dollars in equity financing, including 1 billion dollars from Apple and 300 million dollars from China Life Insurance. It also counts earlier backers such as Alibaba, and its financial spin-off Ant Financial, Tencent, China Merchants Bank and SoftBank as participants in its latest round of equity financing.

 

The company also secured 2.5 billion dollars in syndicated loans led by China Merchants Bank and 2 billion yuan (around 300 million dollars) in long term debt from China Life Insurance.

 

Rival Uber announced earlier this month a 3.5 billion dollar funding injection from the investment arm of Saudi Arabia.

 

Didi said the funding, which is the largest amount it has raised since it merged³ two separate firms in early 2015, will be spent on technology upgrade for its online platform to match transportation demands with drivers, data mining and business expansion in China and overseas.

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