Why Pinduoduo is unlikely to detach itself from Tencent

In the run-up to its $1.6 billion US IPO, high-flying Chinese online shopping app pushes the message it is not a Tencent affiliate. It's not quite as simple as that ...

Many startups dream of luring a high-profile investor like Tencent. Apart from raising the startup’s public profile, a prominent investor helps draw attention from other would-be investors and is therefore hugely beneficial from a funding point of view.

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