9You
Location: Shanghai, 000000, China China
Founded in: 2003
Stage: Not applicable
Number of employees: 50+
Funding history:
- Date: 03/2008, Series A: $10 M
Investors: Tamasek Holdings
- Date: 07/2003, Seed: undisclosed amount
Investors: Carlyle Group, China Merchant Fortune Ventures, Dragon Groove Inc
Short URL: vator.co/9You-The-Life-Style-Entertainment-Community
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9You

The Life Style Entertainment Community
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http://www.9You.com
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Company description
Nineyou (www.9you.com)(Shanghai Everstar Online Entertainment Co .Ltd.) is the global's biggest music online game operator, China's biggest casual game operator,one of biggest interactive entertainment portal sites in China, which is the first to integrate online game services (MMORPG, massive and medium size casual games, mobile game, etc.), fashional digital entertainment contents, a variety of chatting and community services equipped with Avatar System, wireless value-added services and other premiere services to the Chinese language internet users all over the world. With its wide-coverage for all major types of user needs related with digital entertainment service, the 9you.com represents the latest service style and the newest trend for the digital entertainment provider business in China Market. A series of awards and ranking are obtained by 9you.com in 2005 which include Top 10 Online Game Operator in China, and Top 10 Online Game Developer in China, the Cool Company,Shanghai First-class Service Brand in Information Service Industry, etc.

　The major investors of Nineyou are several leading international venture capital funds, including the Carlyle Group, which is the world's largest private fund investment group, China Merchant Fortune Ventures, and Dragon Groove Inc. who has the background as international strategic investor.

　As an integrated service platform for all types of interactive entertainment services, the major business objective of the 9you.com is to bring the best, fastest, all-covered and coolest digital entertainment services to its subscribers of a wide range of ages, including the hard-cored and the light users, male and female users. As of May 2006, the number of total registered users has reached 120 million and the number of the peak concurrent users has reached 800 thousand.

　The 9you .com are providing more digital entertainment products in year 2006 and the number of products and types of services will be the No.1 in the whole China Online Game Service industry in the foreseeable future.


The Major Business Goals：
To establish one of the leading inter-active entertainment portal sites in Asia.

To establish one of the largest internet communities for online entertainment users in the world.

To establish a leading contents provider for interactive entertainment
Team
Founder & CEO Wang Zijie (Oji Takeshi)
　　Headed by Mr.Wang Zijie,one of the top business experts in the game industry both in China and in the whole Asia region , the company owns an international-minded management team with strong background and professional experience in game industry or in internet business field . In addition , most of the middle level managers and key engineers of 9you .come are from top companies in game industry and in internet business field such as KONAMI (China) , Ubi soft (China) , RenRen.com , Sohu.com etc . In addition , the C.F.O. and major board members of the company is also consisted of top-level financial experts with extremely strong management background and experience in top-class investment companies or banks such as New Bridge Capital (U.S.A.) and Bank of China,Hong Kong Branch.
　　Profile of C.E.O. Wang Zijie (Oji Takeshi)Chairman and President.:Mr.Wang Zijie With more than 15 years of diversified business experience in International game industry which covers R&D, marketing &sales , international licensing for Asia regions, overseas total business set-up and company management, Mr.Wang Zijie is known as one of the top business experts in game industry both in China and in the whole asia Region.
  • Bachelor of Science (Mathematics), FuDan University in 1985
    Master of Engineering, Doshisha University (Japan) in 1993
    Game Programmer , for Origin Systems , Activision in 1987-1988 (U.S.A.)
    Deputy Supervisor , research Institute of KONAMI Corporation (1993-1996,kobe , Japan)
    Supervisor and executive Officer of Overseas Business/Arcade Machine Division,KONAMI Corporation (1996-1998,Tokyo , Japan)
    Founder of Shanghai Everstar Digital Entertainment Co . Ltd.in1999
    General Manager , KCE-Shanghai Project, KONAMI Corporation
    General Manager , KONAMI Software (Shanghai) Co . Ltd.
    Founder & C.E.O., Shanghai Everstar Digital Entertainment Co . Ltd. In 2001.6
    Founder & C.E.O., Shanghai Everstar Online Entertainment Co . Ltd. In 2003.4
    Vice Chairman , Online Game Committee , SISA in 2003.7
    Jan 2006，gained the award of "The Influential Character Prize in Game Industry in China in 2005".
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