iQiyi
VC Fund
Beijing, China
iQiyi is a Chinese ad-supported television and movie portal providing fully-licensed, high-definition, professionally produced content. iQiyi launched a large copyright procurement plan to create a comprehensive copyright content database covering movies, TV dramas, variety shows, documentaries, animation and travel, and other content. Thecompany also enables brands to maximize their ROI with the SWS (Search-Watch-Share) model.Launched on April 22, 2010, as Qiyi, the company received investment funds from Baidu and Providence Equity Partners. On November 26, 2011, Qiyi announced its rebranding with the iQiyi brand name and a new logo. As of August 2012, iQiyi had over 370 million PC users, with a total monthly time spent of over 1,374 million hours, along with 90 million activated mobile users.iQiyi's major competitors include Youku.com, Tudou.com, and PPTV.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 44%
- Fund size:
- $144M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries iQiyi invests in
Stages iQiyi invests in
Countries iQiyi invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Angel
- $2.9M–$8.7M
- Series A
- $1.5M–$16M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $7.2M–$60M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Media and Entertainment 6 (33%)
- Film Production 4 (22%)
- Animation 2 (11%)
- TV Production 2 (11%)
- Art 1 (6%)
Stage
- Series A 5 (28%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (22%)
- Angel 3 (17%)
- Series B 2 (11%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hong Ge
Senior Vice President
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Senior Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Jun Wang
CFO
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CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Ke Feng
Head of Overseas Business Data
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Head of Overseas Business Data | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kuek Yu-Chuang
Vice President, International Business
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Vice President, International Business | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Liu Yuyue
Head of Video Analysis
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Head of Video Analysis | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nreal is the developer of ready-to-wear mixed reality glasses. Its flagship product, Nreal light, is the first lightweight and comfortable mixed reality glasses, sporting a vivid display combined with spatial computing algorithms for an immersive experience. The company aims to make mixed reality available and accessible to everyone. They strive torealize the full potential of mixed reality by empowering developers to create applications that can ultimately propel a new era of entertainment, productivity, and more.Nreal was founded in 2017 and is based in Beijing, China. | $60M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 29, 2024 | ||
Cool Whale Films
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Cool Whale provides services for film production, film and television art props setting, cultural entertainment broker, and Internet games. | $7.6K / Pre-Seed / May 09, 2023 | |
| HaiMi Culture Media is a film and television product placement service provider. | Series A / Jan 03, 2022 | ||
| HaiMi Culture Media is a film and television product placement service provider. | Nov 19, 2021 | ||
| Nreal is the developer of ready-to-wear mixed reality glasses. Its flagship product, Nreal light, is the first lightweight and comfortable mixed reality glasses, sporting a vivid display combined with spatial computing algorithms for an immersive experience. The company aims to make mixed reality available and accessible to everyone. They strive torealize the full potential of mixed reality by empowering developers to create applications that can ultimately propel a new era of entertainment, productivity, and more.Nreal was founded in 2017 and is based in Beijing, China. | $40M / Series B / Sep 04, 2020 | ||
| Xiaoming Taiji is a platform for comics, animation, film, television and games. | $7.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 02, 2020 | ||
| Nreal is the developer of ready-to-wear mixed reality glasses. Its flagship product, Nreal light, is the first lightweight and comfortable mixed reality glasses, sporting a vivid display combined with spatial computing algorithms for an immersive experience. The company aims to make mixed reality available and accessible to everyone. They strive torealize the full potential of mixed reality by empowering developers to create applications that can ultimately propel a new era of entertainment, productivity, and more.Nreal was founded in 2017 and is based in Beijing, China. | $16M / Series A / Feb 22, 2019 | ||
| Nreal is the developer of ready-to-wear mixed reality glasses. Its flagship product, Nreal light, is the first lightweight and comfortable mixed reality glasses, sporting a vivid display combined with spatial computing algorithms for an immersive experience. The company aims to make mixed reality available and accessible to everyone. They strive torealize the full potential of mixed reality by empowering developers to create applications that can ultimately propel a new era of entertainment, productivity, and more.Nreal was founded in 2017 and is based in Beijing, China. | $15M / Series A / Jan 08, 2019 | ||
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ASK Animation Studio
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Beijing Based Media and Entertainment Company | $1.5M / Series A / Jan 08, 2019 | |
| Chushou is a Chinese social networking platform with 2.7 million live video streaming hosts on its platform with daily active hosts of 150,000. | $8.4M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 21, 2018 | ||
| See all 18 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does iQiyi invest in?
iQiyi invests primarily in Media and Entertainment, Film Production and Animation startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is iQiyi's check size?
iQiyi typically joins rounds of $2.9M–$8.7M at Angel, $1.5M–$16M at Series A and $7.2M–$60M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds iQiyi participates in.
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Who are the partners at iQiyi?
The team at iQiyi includes Hong Ge (Senior Vice President), Jun Wang (CFO) and Ke Feng (Head of Overseas Business Data), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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