360Buy — Are They Really Worth That Much? 京东商城——真值那么多钱？

I had a hard time believing the news when I first read about it, but now apparently consumer Web site 360Buy Chairman Liu Qiangdong has gone on the record saying his company has just received a whopping $1.5 billion in third-round investment funding — easily the biggest such investment ever for a China start-up. (English report; Chinese report) Never mind that Dangdang (NYSE: DANG), supposedly the industry leader, only has a market cap of $500 million. In fact, one of the lead investors in the mega-placement, Diginal Sky Technologies, which also owns a stake in Facebook, put in $500 million alone, according to Liu, who adds that an IPO for his company is still a couple of years off. I honestly can’t say that I know much about this company, but if anyone thinks that highly of them to invest that kind of money they surely must be doing something right. Perhaps this could be the next Chinese Amazon (Nasdaq AMZN)?

Bottom line: If 360Buy’s CEO is telling the truth and the company recently got $1.5 billion in funding, this is definitely a company to watch.

读到这条新闻时，我简直难以相信自己的眼睛：京东商城CEO刘强东称，京东第三轮融资额达15亿美元，创中国互联网企业融资纪录。而被认为是网络零售行业领头羊的当当<DANG.N>市值不过区区5亿美元。据报道，刘强东称，京东此轮投资者之一俄罗斯DST集团即出资5亿美元。说实话，我对京东了解不深，但如果国际投资者真愿意如此大手笔投资于它 ，看来它必有过人之处。也许它能成为中国的亚马逊<AMZN.O>?

一句话：如果刘强东此言属实，京东真的融到15亿美元，那这家公司的确值得高度关注。