Yidian Zixun
Yidian Zixun is an artificial intelligence company in Beijing, China, founded in 2013. It has raised $492.1M across 5 rounds, most recently a $350.0M Series E in 2019 (est.).
- Headquarters
- Beijing
- Employees
- 501–1000
- Founded
- 2013
- Business Model
- B2C
- Website
- yidianzixun.com
- Total Funding
- $492.1M
- Last Round
- $350.0M Series EJan 2019
- Rounds
- 5
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About
Yidian Zixun is a Beijing-based mobile news aggregator founded in 2013 by Jeff Zheng (Zhaohui) and Xuyang Ren. The platform delivers personalized news and content to users based on their interests, using algorithmic learning to curate custom feeds. It was an early rival to ByteDance's Toutiao and later spawned News Break, a top US news app. The company has raised $178.2M in funding.
Summary
It lists 501–1000 employees. It has raised $492.1M in total across 5 rounds, most recently a $350.0M Series E round in 2019 (est.). Investors include Phoenix New Media, China Fusion Capital and DYEE Capital.
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Funding History
2019 (est.)
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Funding: Series A through Series E. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
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