By Yi Wei Wong

HTC Corp. is selling the stake in Canadian e-commerce company Shopify Inc. held by its subsidiary, HTC Investment (BVI) Corp., it said Tuesday.

The Taiwanese consumer-electronics company said it will sell around 38,491 shares in Shopify. The value of the stake is estimated at 1.13 billion New Taiwan dollars (US$38.5 million).

The company will use the proceeds from the disposal as working capital, it said.

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