SAN FRANCISCO — Kik has long aspired to becomethe Western world’s equivalent of WeChat, the hugely popular Chinese messaging app thatlets users book taxis, send payments — and also talk with their friends.
旧金山——很长时间里,加拿大移动应用Kik一直渴望成为西方世界的微信,后者是一个在中国十分受欢迎的通讯app,用户可以用它预定出租车、付款,也可以和朋友聊天。
Now Kik has secured an investment from WeChat’s parent company.
现在,Kik获得了微信母公司的投资。
The service announced on Tuesday that it had collected $50 million in new capital fromTencent, the Chinese Internet giant that created WeChat four years ago.
周二,Kik宣布获得中国互联网巨头腾讯公司5000万美元的投资,后者在四年前推出了微信。
The investment values Kik at $1 billion.
这笔投资使Kik的估值达到了10亿美元。
“We said we wanted to be the WeChat of the West, Ted Livingston, Kik’s founder and chiefexecutive, said in an interview. “To have WeChat come in and say, ‘Yep, we think you can doit,’ is very satisfying.
“之前我们说过,我们想成为西方的微信,Kik创始人兼CEO泰德·利文斯顿(Ted Livingston)在接受采访时说。“现在腾讯给我们投了钱,还说‘没错,我们觉得你们能成,’这还挺让人开心的。
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