We’ve just learned from TechCrunch that Rocket Internet has raised half a billion US dollars to fund its entire operations. That’s USD 500 million from Kinnevik and Access Industries, two of Rocket Internet’s partners and investors that regularly participate in various funding rounds over the last few years. The group’s largest and most successful ventures so far are in online stores and marketplaces although it does have companies in other fields.

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