Ele.me AppEle.me, an online food ordering service, announced today it has secured $80 million of funding from Dianping, China’s leading ratings and reviews service. The two companies also entered partnership to share user and merchant data and traffic, as well as to integrate food ordering services. The annual sales through Ele.me exceeded 1.2 billion yuan (around $192 million), according to the company. The tie-up with Dianping is expected to introduce more middle-and high-tier partner restaurants and attract white-collar customers to the platform. Consumption amount for food delivering accounts for 10% of the total, which means that the market size of food ordering and delivering industy is expected to reach 70 billion yuan by 2016.image credit: Ele.me