Overview
Location
China
Employees
51-200
Total raised
$271M
Funding Rounds 2
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| Sep 27, 2007 | Funding round | $21M |
Mentions in press and media 8
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| Feb 4, 2011 | Chinese Online Video Company PPLive Raises A Whopping $250 Million | PPLive, a Chinese online video company, has raised a monster Series D round from SoftBank, securing as much as $250 million. With the investment, SoftBank has taken a 35% stake in PPLive, which offers China’s leading online streaming and VO... |
| Feb 4, 2011 | PPLive raises $250M for Web TV streaming | The company scores its latest round of capital from Softbank China’s largest online TV service, PPLive, confirmed Friday that it has raised $250 million from Softbank Corporation. The company’s flagship PPTV is like the Chinese Hulu, stream... |
| Jan 6, 2010 | Baidu Confirms New Ad-Supported Online Video Venture | Chinese Internet search giant Baidu this morning announced plans to set up a new independent company to provide licensed, advertising-supported online video content to Chinese Internet users. Reuters earlier this week caught wind of the com... |
| Oct 20, 2008 | Chinese web video site PPS.TV snags $20M | PPS.TV, a Chinese online video site that attracts over 100 million monthly users, raised $20 million in third-round financing led by LB Investment and including contributions from Ceyuan Ventures and Qiming Venture Partners. The three-year-... |
| Sep 27, 2007 | PPLive, Chinese P2P video site, raises $21M | PPLive, a Shanghai based operator of a P2P video site, has raised $21 million in second round of funding. Draper Fisher Jurveston led the round, which also included DFJ’s China affiliate DFJ Dragon and previous investor BlueRun Ventures. PP... |
| Jul 13, 2007 | Live P2P Television: Streaming Now | The demonstration of Microsoft’s LiveStation last week shone the spotlight back on the live P2P television market. Whilst P2P on-demand video participants such as Joost and Bablegum gain the most attention in the broader market, the live te... |
| Jan 10, 2006 | The future of P2P TV | A recent study by a Canadian market research firm found that 13 percent of the people between the age of 14 and 29 had watched a TV-show on their computer in the previous week. It’s not hard to imagine how these figures will easily double o... |
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FAQ about PPLive
How much funding has PPLive raised?
PPLive has raised $271M in total across 2 funding rounds.
What funding rounds has PPLive raised?
Parsers VC lists 2 funding rounds of PPLive, among them a funding round of $21M on Sep 27, 2007.
What has the press written about PPLive?
Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning PPLive, among them “Chinese Online Video Company PPLive Raises A Whopping $250 Million” (Feb 4, 2011) and “PPLive raises $250M for Web TV streaming” (Feb 4, 2011).
Is PPLive still active?
PPLive is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Feb 5, 2011.