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Ant Group-backed MediTrust Health secures $300 million Series C

MediTrust Health, a Shanghai-based online healthcare payment and pharmacy platform, secured RMB 2 billion ($300) in Series C as the company plans for an IPO by the end of this year. Boyu Capital, Lillly Asia Ventures, and CICC participated in the round. The funding round came five months after the company raised RMB 1 billion in Series B, in which Ant Group and Sinovation Ventures participated. [KrAsia]

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Sogou to complete merger deal with Tencent by 2021

Chinese search engine company Sogou said Monday it expects to complete a merger with Tencent in the second half of this year. According to the merger deal agreement, a subsidiary of Tencent named TitanSupernova will buy out all Sougou’s shares from its current controlling shareholders. After the merger, Sogou will become a private firm owned by Tencent and delist from the New York Stock Exchange. Initiated last September, the deal is worth $3.5 billion and cleared by Chinese market regulators in July. [Sogou]

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Antitrust regulator may fine Meituan around $1 billion: report

China’s top antitrust regulator, State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR), is weighing a roughly $1 billion fine on food-delivery giant Meituan for allegedly abusing its dominant market position, the Wall Street Journal reported citing sources. The Hong Kong-listed company could be required to revamp its operations and end practices like “forced exclusivity,” said the report. [WSJ]

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