阿里逾2億美元投資社交應用Tango
The Chinese tech giant is continuing its dash for new sources of growth, this time with a $215m investment in US chat app Tango.
中國科技巨頭阿里巴巴(Alibaba)正繼續尋找新的增長來源，這一次，阿里巴巴斥資2.15億美元投資美國社交聊天應用軟件Tango。The deal values Tango at $1bn. The video-centric chat app has 200m registered users spread across the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia.
這筆交易中Tango估值爲10億美元。這家以視頻爲主的消息聊天應用擁有2億註冊用戶，用戶遍及美國、歐洲、中東和亞洲。For Alibaba, likely to go public in New York later this year in what is expected to be one of the largest listings in history, the deal with Tango could help it both strength its presence on mobile phones and broaden its reach outside China.
對阿里巴巴而言，與Tango的交易將有利於增強阿里巴巴在移動手機領域的影響力，並將其業務範圍擴展至中國以外。阿里巴巴可能會在今年晚些時候在紐約上市，預計將成爲美國股市史上規模最大的IPO之一。
Annie Xu, US general manager for Alibaba, told the FT recently that the group was exploring how it could expand its cross-border work.
阿里巴巴美國區總經理許潔(Annie Xu)最近告訴英國《金融時報》，該公司正在研究如何拓展其跨境業務。Tango's co-founder Eric Setton said the two have no concrete plans for strategic co-operation, but added: "I imagine and I hope that there will be a number of initiatives that we can launch together."
Tango聯合創始人埃裏克•塞頓(Eric Setton)表示，兩家公司還沒有具體的戰略合作計劃，但他補充稱：“我覺得雙方可以一起做很多事情。”
