The Chinese Internet gaming and social network portal 9You has gotten a huge infusion of cash from Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, Temasak Holdings, Pearl Research reported on Friday.

Chris Morrison at Venture Beat describes 9You this way:

9You is something of a portal, offering games in every category (casual, hardcore and mobile) as well as some social networking tools and an assortment of unrelated services. It reports having over 120 million registered users, a bit under half of the country's entire internet population.

The size of Temasak's investment has lead to speculation about a 9You IPO not being far off. If so, it will not be 9You's first try at an IPO...



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