Baidu says completed around $155 million fundraising for new video business subsidiary

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Baidu's company logo is seen at its headquarters in Beijing December 17, 2014. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Baidu’s company logo is seen at its headquarters in Beijing December 17, 2014.

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Baidu Inc has completed raising around 1 billion yuan ($154.69 million) for a new video business subsidiary, it said in a posting on its microblog on Wednesday.

The subsidiary will comprise three Baidu units, including on-line video streaming service iQIYI, group-buying service Nuomi and Baidu’s video portal, it said. No further details were provided.


(Reporting by Beijing Monitoring Desk; Editing by Stephen Coates)