Youku
VC Fund
Beijing, China
Youku is a Chinese video-sharing website that enables users to search, view, and share high-quality video content across multiple devices.Employing the tri-networks integration model, Youku’s online video content ranges from user-generated content and self-produced serials to licensed professional content. Its platform offers a space forindividuals and institutions to upload and share their treasured moments, independent films, viral videos, and other creations.Youku was first listed on the New York Stock Exchange on December 18, 2010. As of 2007, the company had raised over $40 million in funds, which came from existing investors, including Maverick Capital, Brookside Capital (an affiliate of Bain Capital, LLC), Sutter Hill Ventures, Farallon Capital, and China-based Chengwei Ventures, LLC. In the same year, AC Nelson Co. announced that Youku's overall video viewing (VV) rate had exceeded 100 million, and the daily UV rate exceeded 12 million. On March 12, 2012, Youku reached an agreement to acquire Tudou in a stock-for-stock transaction, the new entity being named Youku Tudou, Inc.Youku's major competitors include Tencent Video, 163 Video, and Sohu Video.
- Total investments:
- 10
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 30%
Last updated:
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Industries Youku invests in
Stages Youku invests in
Countries Youku invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $1.5M–$2.9M
- Series B
- $3.1M–$29M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Video 4 (40%)
- Content 3 (30%)
- Digital Entertainment 3 (30%)
- Media and Entertainment 3 (30%)
- Internet 2 (20%)
Stage
- Series A 6 (60%)
- Series B 2 (20%)
- Seed 1 (10%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (10%)
Country
- China 9 (90%)
- United States 1 (10%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Allen Huilong Zhu
Senior Vice President
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Senior Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Frank Ming Wei
Senior Vice President
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Senior Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Leo Jian Yao
Chief Technology Officer
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Chief Technology Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Michael Ge Xu
Chief Financial Officer
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Chief Financial Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Sunny Xiangyang Zhu
Chief Content Officer
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Chief Content Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
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Stand-up Comedy
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Stand-up Comedy is a Media & Entertainment company. | Series A / May 28, 2018 | |
| Left Pocket is an animation company that offers content development and creation and covers animated series, animated films, short art films, picture books, comics, and subsequent releases and derivative licenses. | $3.1M / Series B / Feb 22, 2018 | ||
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Tianjin Galaxy Cool Media
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Tianjin Galaxy Cool Media is a local online video content producer. | $29.5M / Series B / Jun 29, 2017 | |
| Jiae.com provides tableware, knives, kitchen helpers, kitchen utensils, egg trays, tea infusers, cutting boards, kettle cups, air purification, LED lights, desk lamps, home appliances, and clocks. | $2.9M / Series A / Feb 27, 2017 | ||
| Vreal’s mission is to revolutionize gaming content by making fans part of the action, delivering a fun, immersive experience inside the games and content that audiences want to watch. Exploring new games with your favorite creators is now a social experience without limits, on any screen or VR headset. Find out more at http://vreal.net. | Seed / Sep 16, 2016 | ||
| Kongfu is an entrepreneurial platform for the production of video-based financial content. | $2.3M / Series A / May 16, 2016 | ||
| Feixiong.TV is a vertically video game platform. | $1.5M / Series A / Mar 10, 2016 | ||
| INTV develops video communication technologies and online video contents. | $1.5M / Series A / Mar 03, 2016 | ||
Yinhekuyu Media
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Founded in 2015, Yinhekuyu focuses on producing short videos, films and web TV dramas. In 2016, it cooperated with Youku to produced a popular Chinese entertainment TV show, Mars Intelligence Agency. The show currently consists of two series and has attracted over a billion views and generated advertising revenue worth millions of RMB in the pastyear. | Series A / Dec 01, 2015 | |
| EZART is a technology group that is involved in digital content services and talent training for the digital cultural and creative industries. EZART continues to offer the 3.0 model of integration of digital culture, creativity, production, and education. They provide market oriented teaching resources, teaching services, and environmental support. | $1.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 26, 2015 |
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FAQ
What does Youku invest in?
Youku invests primarily in Video, Content and Digital Entertainment startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Youku invest in?
Youku typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$2.9M at Series A and $3.1M–$29M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Youku's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Youku took part in.
How do I contact Youku?
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Who are the partners at Youku?
The team at Youku includes Allen Huilong Zhu (Senior Vice President), Frank Ming Wei (Senior Vice President) and Leo Jian Yao (Chief Technology Officer), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
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