Douyu CEO confirmed that Douyu completed the E round of financing , Tencent exclusive investment of 4 billion.
March 8, the Internet broke the news that the fighting fish has recently received a new round of financing, by the Tencent exclusive investment of 4 billion, and this will be the E round of financing of the fighting fish live, the same day at noon, the CEO of the fighting fish Chen Shaojie circle of friends to confirm the financing, the fighting fish has also once again refreshed the scale of financing of the live broadcast industry.
Douyu was created in 2013, is China's leading pan-entertainment comprehensive live platform. During the past few years, there has been a growth boom in the live broadcasting field, attracting the attention of tech giants and emerging capital, and Douyu has been particularly eye-catching. Global accounting firm, consulting firm Deloitte said in a report released in December last year, the past three years, Douyu revenue soared 708 times, Douyu has become the fastest growing technology company in the Asia-Pacific region. According to relevant data, DooFish live DAU of nearly 30 million, monthly activity of nearly 200 million, has been in such as game live this segment to occupy more than 70% of the market share.
In the financing history of Douyu, Tencent has been an important participant. 2016 March, Douyu financing of $100 million, led by Tencent, Sequoia Capital participation. In August of the same year, Douyu again financing RMB 1.5 billion, led by Tencent and Phoenix Capital.In November 2017, Douyu completed the D round of financing led by China Merchants Bank International, at the same time as the "national team" capital into the game, Douyu announced that the company has entered into a state of profitability. Only six months later, "Douyu speed" again staged, E round of financing by Tencent exclusive investment, also see Douyu "live a brother" position more and more solid.
Market research organization Newzoo survey shows that China currently has 446.3 million gamers, game revenue will break 20 billion U.S. dollars. As a top gaming powerhouse, Tencent's popular games such as Honor of Kings, Jedi Survival and League of Legends have the widest and most active audience in China and the world. Correspondingly, in terms of "King of Glory", Douyu has gathered head anchors such as Sao Bai, Zhang Daxian, and Hi, while Douyu's self-created IP tournament, "Survival of the Jedi" Golden Grand Prix, has repeatedly set new viewing records; in terms of "League of Legends", it also has S-class anchors such as Dazima, Feng Timo, and Big Quail, etc. In addition, Douyu has also taken over the broadcasting rights of all the LPL tournaments, the S-class tournaments, and the MSI tournaments for the new year. In addition, Douyu has also taken over the broadcasting rights of all LPL events, S-class events and MSI events in the new year, and has exclusively obtained the exclusive broadcasting rights of the Demarcia Cup. The E-round investment is another strong alliance between Dooley and Tencent, which also gives both parties more wings. As one of the "Tencent" companies, it is not difficult to see Tencent's tilt on the resources of Dooley. This is also for the fight fish in the game live in the field of continued deep plowing, laid a solid foundation.
Since this year, the live platform IPO news is endless, such as Tiger Tooth live announced the start of the IPO to the U.S. But the listing fast or slow does not represent the industry's status, the user's recognition and the market value is to measure the ultimate standard of enterprise value. As in the case of the Internet giants, Jingdong listed earlier than Alibaba, but Ali listed valuation exceeded 200 billion U.S. dollars, becoming the world's highest market value of the company, shocked the world.
In the country, Tiger tooth live broadcast still face fierce competition. According to the 2017 mobile Internet industry list released by Aurora Big Data in January this year, the highest market penetration rate of network live broadcasting App is Douyu live broadcasting, reaching 3.6%, while the market penetration rate of Tiger tooth live broadcasting is 2.9%. In the fierce competition for the head anchor resources, Douyu recently formed a "return tide" and "stationed tide". Recently, Zhou Erk in the broadband Douyu platform two years after the choice to return, and Chen Yifaer, A cold, Feng Timo, small edge, Nadou composed of the new six big songstress, bring a new round of traffic soaring. And the recent pis, lol Zhou Shuyi, lol big cousin, Kaka and other S-level anchor return and stationed in the boom, more confirmed the horse-trading effect of the Douyu platform itself, the anchor rationalization behind the choice of platforms, but also the strength of the live platform is another embodiment of the strength of the live platform.
Last year, the fight fish to "ten miles of river beach, three days carnival" as the theme of the fight fish carnival, more than 350,000 people involved, let people still remember. It is understood that in 2018, Douyu Carnival officially renamed the first "International (Wuhan) Douyu Festival", and will be advanced to April 29 to May 1, held in Wuhan Jiangtan Park, it is revealed that the scale will be expanded by more than three times than last year, in the capital ammunition and anchor lineup unprecedented pattern, the Douyu Festival will bring the user The company's newest product is a new, more innovative product that will be used in a variety of ways, including a new, more flexible, more efficient, and more affordable way of marketing and sales.