Programmatic advertising technology company PapayaMobile has announced their initial public offering (IPO) on China’s National Equities Exchange and Quotations Index, also known as the New Third Board. With a valuation of 2.2 billion yuan ($337 million USD), PapayaMobile is projecting a revenue of 1 billion yuan ($153.3 million USD) with 100 million yuan ($15.34 million USD) in […]
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China’s App Download Rush Kicks off Chinese New Year
As more than more Chinese people leave their hometowns to work in big cities, the Lunar New Year has become a rare once-a-year opportunity for migrant workers to spend coveted time offline and engaged in IRL (in-real life) activities with their loved ones. The 7-day Chinese New Year holiday saw huge downloads, which in turn, […]
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New Year Themed Apps and Brand Game Sequels Rules Feb: Wandoujia
Chinse Android app distributor Wandoujia released the latest issue for this February, shedding light on the holiday success stories and game branding triumphs during the period. 1. Mobile Catches a Ride on the Year of the Horse The Chinese New Year usually heralds a lull in app downloads as more people spend time with friends […]
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Gain insights into the Mobile App Market in China at ‘TechNode Touch’ Meetup in Beijing
Join us for our February monthly meetup in Beijing – ‘TechNode Touch’. TNT aims to bring together the startup and technology community in Beijing regularly at our newly launched co-working space ‘The Node’ in the 751 D-park in Beijing, which is part of the trendy 798 art district. TNT is not only a networking event for […]
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Founder Story: “Never Give Up.” Says Si Shen, Papaya Mobile
At Transmit China last week, experienced and prominent business people gave keynote speeches. Si Shen, founder of Papaya Mobile was one of them. She told of her ups and downs. Her key message was to “never give up,” an underlying factor of all successful entrepreneurs. Si Shen grew up in Beijing and entered the prestigious […]
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Papaya Mobile, Over 20 million Users
When I visited Papaya Mobile about 5 months ago, (in February, https://technode.com/2011/03/05/papaya-mobile-mobile-social-game/), it had 10 million users. But, last week, when I visited the Beijing startup again, it has 20 million. And it expected its users to increase three times by year-end. “That is about the same rate as the market [Android phones],” said Shen Si, […]
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Meet Angry Birds, Plants & Zombies and Papaya at MobileMonday Shanghai
Companies like Rovio, which beat all records last May by reaching 200 million downloads of its “Angry Birds” game, PopCap (150 Mil games installed worldwide) and Papaya Mobile (dubbed as the leading mobile social gaming platform in China by VCs and insiders alike) are fighting to make mobile gaming a more social and societal experience. […]
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Papaya Mobile – mobile social game
I talked with Papaya Mobile’s CEO, Shen Si, last week. She graduated from Tsinghua University studying computer science. Then, she went to the U.S., studied computer science and management. And later, she joined Google. Before she left, she was with Google China, responsible for its development in mobile. In 2008, iPhone became very popular. The […]
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Five Startups Presented at TechNode TNT (Beijing) Demo Time
Five startups presented at our monthly event TechNode Touch (TNT) Beijing last Sunday at the Garage Cafe: VGO, ShengDianBao, Ayotime, Papaya Mobile and Guohead. VGO – an innovative Weibo app. As Weibo becomes a very popular social service, it also becomes common people are asking each other’s weibo account when they meet. VGO provides an […]
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Japanese DeNA Launched Mobage, the Mobile Social Game Platform for China
DeNA entered Chinese mobile market by acquiring the local mobile social network Tianxia back in July 2009. It’s been two years, we’ve been wondering how DeNA would bring its popular mobile games into Chinese mobile market. Finally today DeNA released its Chinese version of Mobage, the mobile social game platform which has ~30 millions users […]
