Chinese health information portal and search site Guahao.com announced yesterday that it has completed a new round of fundraising. The round, which totaled more than US$100 million, was led by Tencent, although precisely how much Tencent invested has not been revealed.
The companies are also likely to begin working more closely together later this month as Guahao will launch a mobile platform to connect patients and doctors that is expected to be accessible through QQ and WeChat accounts. The app will allow patients to do things like take a number to reserve appointments, check the results of recent tests, make mobile payments to hospitals, and more.
Founded in 2010, Guahao already has coverage of over 900 hospitals nationwide, and over 37 million real-name-registered users. Tencent likely isn’t placing all of its chips on the Guahao side though; the company also reportedly invested $70 million in Dxy.cn, another medical platform, just last month.
(Source: TechWeb)
Editing by David Corbin
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