Backer of Musical.ly, Grindr and Opera to invest $50M in self-driving startup Pony.ai

Backer of Musical.ly, Grindr and Opera to invest $50M in self-driving startup Pony.ai

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https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/12/kunlun-invests-50m-in-pony-ai/

A games publisher in China is following the path of its larger peer Tencent to back a wide spectrum of startups for financial gains. Beijing Kunlun Wanwei, or Kunlun, announced in a filing this week that it plans to inject $50 million into autonomous driving startup Pony.ai in exchange for a 3 percent stake.

Pony.ai confirmed the investment with TechCrunch in an email response, adding that the money contributes to its pre-B round of financing. The startup last pocketed $102 million that valued it at nearly $1 billion. It’s raised $214 million in total fundings to date according to data from CrunchBase.