Snap stock rebounded after Tencent bought 12% of Snap

Reports of the purchase comes as a vote of confidence in Snap, just one day right after the it missed out on revenue projections for Q3, with shares dipping around 20% in after-hours trading on Tuesday .


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9 Nov, 2017

Snap stock rebounded after Tencent bought 12% of Snap | BEAMSTART News

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Tencent, one of China's internet giant, has bought a roughly 12% stake in Snapchat parent company, Snap, according to reports on Wednesday.

In a quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Snap stated that Tencent informed the company this month of the investment.

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Sources stated that Tencent had acquired 145.8 million in nonvoting shares of Snap on the open market throughout the last three months.

Tencent operates the ever-popular WeChat, a social messaging and online payments platform. Beginning this year, it acquired a 5% stake in automotive company, Tesla.  

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