Demet Suzan Mutlu
Turkey’s Trendyol raises $1.5 bln, valuing it at $16.5 billion
Turkish e-commerce firm Trendyol, backed by Chinese internet giant Alibaba, said yesterday it had entered into agreements to raise $1.5 billion from a number of high-profile investors, valuing the company at $16.5 billion.
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That makes the company Turkey's first "decacorn," a word used for those companies over $10 billion, according to a written statement.