Comments on: Fundraising War Among Video Sharing Sites http://www.chinawebradar.com/934/fundraising-war-among-video-sharing-sites.html Next Generation Web in China Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:51:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tudou Announced $57 Million Financing : China Web2.0 Review http://www.chinawebradar.com/934/fundraising-war-among-video-sharing-sites.html/comment-page-1#comment-259915 Tudou Announced $57 Million Financing : China Web2.0 Review Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:42:50 +0000 http://www.chinawebradar.com/934/fundraising-war-among-video-sharing-sites.html#comment-259915 [...] In last December, we suggested that Tudou would need a new round of financing, considering high burnrate of video business and fierce competition in the market. Now, it is great that Tudou can successfully close this round when facing uncertainty in regulation environment. Now Tudou is ahead of competitors again, and it “actually turned down offers of even higher funding”, because “because this industry is not about raising more money”. [...] [...] In last December, we suggested that Tudou would need a new round of financing, considering high burnrate of video business and fierce competition in the market. Now, it is great that Tudou can successfully close this round when facing uncertainty in regulation environment. Now Tudou is ahead of competitors again, and it “actually turned down offers of even higher funding”, because “because this industry is not about raising more money”. [...]

]]> By: Race for Chinese eyeballs : TheThunderbird.ca http://www.chinawebradar.com/934/fundraising-war-among-video-sharing-sites.html/comment-page-1#comment-204339 Race for Chinese eyeballs : TheThunderbird.ca Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:44:08 +0000 http://www.chinawebradar.com/934/fundraising-war-among-video-sharing-sites.html#comment-204339 [...] 1. As always, money is key. Even basic bandwidth is a key expense for the video UGC-market and the past year seen furious amount of venture capital into a number of popular UGC-sites. [...] [...] 1. As always, money is key. Even basic bandwidth is a key expense for the video UGC-market and the past year seen furious amount of venture capital into a number of popular UGC-sites. [...]

]]> By: Daisy http://www.chinawebradar.com/934/fundraising-war-among-video-sharing-sites.html/comment-page-1#comment-173040 Daisy Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:31:03 +0000 http://www.chinawebradar.com/934/fundraising-war-among-video-sharing-sites.html#comment-173040 Silly investors, sigh....well, actually this might not be that bad - a big chunk of the money will cover online marketing cost, ciculate in China's Internet industry, and finally, most likely, arrive in Baidu's pocket. VC's in China have no dreams, or style...come on, we Chinese entrepereneurs are smart, there got to be some real fun projects out there, under-funded! Silly investors, sigh….well, actually this might not be that bad – a big chunk of the money will cover online marketing cost, ciculate in China’s Internet industry, and finally, most likely, arrive in Baidu’s pocket.

VC’s in China have no dreams, or style…come on, we Chinese entrepereneurs are smart, there got to be some real fun projects out there, under-funded!

]]> By: Doron http://www.chinawebradar.com/934/fundraising-war-among-video-sharing-sites.html/comment-page-1#comment-172949 Doron Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:51:56 +0000 http://www.chinawebradar.com/934/fundraising-war-among-video-sharing-sites.html#comment-172949 Youtube received 3,5 mil in there first and another 8 mil USD funding in there seconds round. This money was more than enough to expand there datacenter and to get sales and marketing to a higher level. Youtube received 3,5 mil in there first and another 8 mil USD funding in there seconds round. This money was more than enough to expand there datacenter and to get sales and marketing to a higher level.

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