Huochebang, a China-based logistics services provider backed by corporates Baidu and Tencent, has raised $56m in a series B-3 round led by investment firm All-Stars Investment, China Money Network reported today.
All-Stars was joined in the round by undisclosed additional investors, and the funding follows a $156m series B-2 round co-led by All-Stars and Baidu Capital, the corporate venturing arm of internet company Baidu, in May 2017.
Internet company Tencent, Genesis Capital and DCM Ventures contributed to Huochebang’s $115m series B round in December 2016, which was co-led by All-Stars and International Finance Corporation, the private sector-focused investment arm of multilateral financial institution World Bank.
Founded in 2011, Huochebang operates an online logistics platform that connects truck drivers with clients that require containers to be transported. The platform also enables owners to sell their trucks or buy used vehicles through auctions.
The company has partnered Alibaba Cloud, a subsidiary of e-commerce group Alibaba, to develop big data tools that can help make vehicles and goods distribution more efficient.
The latest cash injection will go toward attracting more drivers to the service, strengthening Huochebang’s big data analytics technology and improving the platform’s algorithm in order to match drivers and clients more efficiently.
Genesis Capital previously led a $35m funding round for the company in April 2016, following a series A+ round of undisclosed size led by Tencent in August 2015. Zhongding Capital led Huochebang’s series A round, also of undisclosed size, in May 2015.