Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Kaixin001 to Announce New Funding

Beijing-based social networking site Kaixin001.com plans to announce new second-round funding at the end of March, reports Sohu quoting an unnamed insider from investment bank and Kaixin001.com financial consultant China Renaissance.

An unnamed insider said in early March that three venture capital firms, including existing investor Northern Light Venture Capital (NLVC) and Ceyuan Ventures, had agreed to invest in the site as part of second-round funding that could total $20 million. NLVC completed investment in Kaixin001.com in 2008; NLVC Partner John Wu said in September of that year that his firm planned to invest $4-5 million in the site.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Oak Pacific to Enter Japanese Market

According to an employment advertisement released by Chinese Internet platform provider Oak Pacific, the company is looking to find a Japanese product manager to oversee Oak Pacific's Japanese SNS product development.
A Japanese domain for Oak Pacific's SNS Kaixin.com (kaixin.jp) has been registered, with a Chinese-language SNS platform already established on the site.