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Social Networking - Friday, March 6, 2009

Chinese Version of Classmates.com, TongXue.com, Raises $6M

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Formerly known as FaceRen.com and launched at Harvard University TongXue is a community website for elite Chinese students on overseas study. The site claims more than 10M registered members. The company plans to launch a new core product “Classmate” or "Alumni" within the year.

TongXue.com has raised $6M VC multiple VC investors including Tano China Private Equity Fund. Tano Capital is an alternative asset management firm founded by Chuck Johnson (formerly co-President of FranklinTempleton Investments and CEO of Templeton Worldwide), that makes private equity investments into private companies in India and China.

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