Weebly, which helps people and companies make simple websites, has raised $35 million from Tencent and Sequoia Capital, which gave it a valuation of $455 million. Weebly says it now has 175 million global unique visitors per month. In a statement to The Wall Street Journal, Tencent had an interesting spin on the deal, saying it was all about mobile e-commerce.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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