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Youku

Founders Victor Koo

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Total investments 12
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$4M
Portfolio companies 12
Rounds per year 0.67
Lead investments 2
Exits 1
Key employees Soon

Areas of investment

  • Media and Entertainment
  • Video
  • Content
  • Digital Entertainment
  • Internet
Summary

Youku is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 2003. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Beijing. The fund was located in Asia if to be more exact in China.

Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 1 and less years to receive the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - China. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Content, News. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Vreal, Yinhekuyu Media, Tianjin Galaxy Cool Media.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Youku, startups are often financed by Vulcan Capital, Upfront Ventures, Sparkland Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Youku Global Media Fund, YF Capital (Yunfeng Capital), Talkweb. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by YF Capital (Yunfeng Capital), Vulcan Capital, Upfront Ventures.

This organization was formed by Victor Koo.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. The important activity for fund was in 2017. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Digital Entertainment
Media and Entertainment
28 May 2018 Beijing

Animation
Content
Graphic Design
$3M22 Feb 2018 Songjiang District

Tianjin Galaxy Cool Media

Content
Digital Media
Video
$30M29 Jun 2017 Wuwei

Jiae.com

E-Commerce
E-Commerce Platforms
Product Design
$3M27 Feb 2017 Beijing

Vreal

Gaming
Video Streaming
Virtual Reality
16 Sep 2016 Seattle, Washington, United States

Content
Media and Entertainment
Video
$2M16 May 2016 Beijing

Digital Entertainment
Internet
Video Games
$1M10 Mar 2016 Shanghai, China

Content Creators
Software
Video
$1M03 Mar 2016 China, Beijing

Yinhekuyu Media

Internet
Media and Entertainment
News
Publishing
Video
Video Editing
01 Dec 2015 Hexi, Tianjin

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Total investments 12
Average round size 4M
Rounds per year 0.67
Peak activity year 2016
Lead investments 2
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.58

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Digital Entertainment
Media and Entertainment
28 May 2018 Beijing

Animation
Content
Graphic Design
$3M22 Feb 2018 Songjiang District

Tianjin Galaxy Cool Media

Content
Digital Media
Video
$30M29 Jun 2017 Wuwei

Jiae.com

E-Commerce
E-Commerce Platforms
Product Design
$3M27 Feb 2017 Beijing

Vreal

Gaming
Video Streaming
Virtual Reality
16 Sep 2016 Seattle, Washington, United States

Content
Media and Entertainment
Video
$2M16 May 2016 Beijing

Digital Entertainment
Internet
Video Games
$1M10 Mar 2016 Shanghai, China

Content Creators
Software
Video
$1M03 Mar 2016 China, Beijing

Yinhekuyu Media

Internet
Media and Entertainment
News
Publishing
Video
Video Editing
01 Dec 2015 Hexi, Tianjin
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