Pinduoduo
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Pinduoduo is an e-commerce company that launched the cross-border platform Temu . Temu entered North America carrying over Pinduoduo's price competitiveness and social裂变玩法, with discount-zone products priced below $0.9 . By January 2023, Temu had neared 20 million global downloads and surpassed 10 million transacting users, with North American users contributing over 90% of that base—briefly topping the North American iOS free app download charts ahead of Amazon, Google, TikTok and SHEIN . Pinduoduo is backed by Sequoia China, Gaorong Ventures and IDG Capital .
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