US-based app search engine Quixey has raised $60m in a series D round led by e-commerce company Alibaba that featured telecom company SoftBank, TechCrunch has reported.
Investment banking firm Goldman Sachs and venture capital firm GGV Capital also participated.
Quixey enables users to find an app that suits their needs by letting people search with a description of what they want to do.
Quixey has secured a total of $132.4m, including a $50m series C round in 2013 led by Alibaba and featuring GGV, Innovation Endeavors, TransLink Capital, Atlantic Bridge, US Venture Partners (USVP) and WI Harper Group.
SK Planet, an investment vehicle for telecom company SK Telecom, invested in Quixey’s series B round in 2012 that raised $20m. USVP, WI Harper, Translink, Atlantic Bridge and Innovation Endeavors participated in that round. Webb Investment Network is also an investor in the company.