Yidian Zixun
Beijing, China · Founded 2013 · $492.1M raised
- 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
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
Yidian Zixun is an Artificial Intelligence company based in Beijing, China, founded in 2013. It has raised $492.1M in total across 5 rounds, most recently a $350.0M Series E round in Jan 2019. Investors include Phoenix New Media, China Fusion Capital and DYEE Capital.
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Funding History
Jan 2019
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