By Robert Harvey and Felix Light

LONDON (Reuters) -Tencent-backed fintech and e-commerce provider Uzum, Uzbekistan’s most valuable start-up, has added London to its list of possible locations for a stockmarket listing, co-founder Nikolay Seleznev told Reuters.

Uzum, which secured $70 million in equity financing led by China’s Tencent and U.S. firm VR Capital in August, is valued at $1.5 billion. That makes it the first “unicorn” start-up in Uzbekistan, which with around 37 million people is now the second most populous former Soviet state after Russia.

In addition to the London option, which has not previously been reported, the bank is considering New York’s Nasdaq, Abu Dhabi – where it already has a presence – and Hong Kong, where following Tencent’s investment it is now receiving a l

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