HSG, formerly known as Sequoia Capital China, is a prominent venture capital and private equity firm with a global focus on technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors. Established in 2005, HSG operates offices in key international cities including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, London, Tokyo, and Singapore, managing over $55 billion in assets for leading institutional investors. The firm has supported over 1,500 companies, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship through investments in transformative technologies and high-growth business models. HSG has a track record of success, with more than 160 portfolio companies having gone public and over 140 achieving unicorn status. It has developed a comprehensive investment platform that encompasses seed, venture, growth, buyout, and infrastructure investing, as well as public equities. HSG is dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs and companies to create enduring enterprises while delivering strong returns to its limited partners. Through its extensive resources and industry expertise, HSG provides significant advantages to the companies it partners with.
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Wang Chenyu
Vice President
Sakshi Chopra
Managing Director
Amit Jain
Managing Director
Cherry Lu
Partner
Ishaan Mittal
Managing Director
Enita Pu
Partner
Harshjit Sethi
Managing Director
Tejeshwi Sharma
Managing Director
Pavel Vyhnalek
Operating Partner
Fu Xin
Partner
Past deals in Digital Media
Xmov
Series B in 2022
Xmov is a company that specializes in developing artificial reality animation solutions, focusing on virtual human and content creation tailored for enterprise users across various Metaverse applications. The company employs advanced motion capture, animation, and artificial intelligence technologies to deliver customized interactive solutions for diverse business scenarios. Additionally, Xmov creates a comprehensive infrastructure for 3D virtual content production, providing full-stack technology and product services aimed at facilitating education, employment, and the development of virtual world platforms. Their innovative approach spans multiple sectors, including entertainment, cultural tourism, e-commerce, finance, education, healthcare, and communications, establishing a multifaceted ecological development model.
Xmov
Series C in 2022
Xmov is a company that specializes in developing artificial reality animation solutions, focusing on virtual human and content creation tailored for enterprise users across various Metaverse applications. The company employs advanced motion capture, animation, and artificial intelligence technologies to deliver customized interactive solutions for diverse business scenarios. Additionally, Xmov creates a comprehensive infrastructure for 3D virtual content production, providing full-stack technology and product services aimed at facilitating education, employment, and the development of virtual world platforms. Their innovative approach spans multiple sectors, including entertainment, cultural tourism, e-commerce, finance, education, healthcare, and communications, establishing a multifaceted ecological development model.
Metasky
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Metasky is a Web3 platform that serves as a bridge between the creator economy and blockchain technology. It collaborates with influencers, creators, and brands to develop tailored Web3 strategies for their audiences. Through its user-friendly tools, Metasky facilitates the buying, storing, and utilization of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Additionally, the platform provides essential infrastructure for digital collectibles, gaming experiences, and self-sustaining organizations, enhancing the engagement of users within crypto and NFT-powered communities. By focusing on these areas, Metasky aims to empower creators and their followers in the evolving digital landscape.
Mosaic Wellness
Series A in 2021
Mosaic Wellness is a digital health platform that operates a collection of health clinics focused on enhancing well-being for specific demographics in India. The company aims to empower individuals through personalized solutions that address particular health needs. It offers services such as medical consultations, wellness assessments, and hygiene products, all accessible via its digital platform. Each clinic, including those targeting men and women, strives to provide essential resources that support a fulfilling and healthy lifestyle. Mosaic Wellness is dedicated to helping individuals navigate their health journeys with a focus on purpose and wellness.
Animoca Brands
Venture Round in 2021
Animoca Brands is a metaverse and gaming venture capital firm that focuses on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through NFTs. It utilizes gamification and blockchain to develop and market a portfolio of mobile applications, games, and additional products oriented to educational learning to ensure transparency, security, and new business models.
Surreal
Seed Round in 2021
Surreal uses Artificial Intelligence to generate subversive content creation.
Invideo
Series A in 2020
InVideo is a browser-based platform that specializes in video creation and editing, aimed at making professional-quality video production accessible to a wider audience. The platform offers a variety of templates and media assets, along with customizable features that include a flexible timeline and a drag-and-drop editor. Users can also enjoy a video library, power transitions, multiple layers, and intelligent frames, which enhance content transformation into engaging videos. Additionally, InVideo provides customer support and fosters a community for creators, and its capabilities extend to mobile devices through its app, Filmr.
Foxy
Series A in 2020
Foxy is a startup dedicated to creating a comprehensive ecosystem for new-age brands within lifestyle categories, particularly in the beauty sector. The company has developed a social engagement platform designed to connect beauty influencers and artists with leading brands. By establishing influencer networks and commerce platforms, Foxy aims to enhance social infrastructure that fosters growth in online communities, facilitating stronger connections between influencers, brands, and consumers. The venture is led by Kartik Sheth and Chandranshu Sinha and is backed by three prominent venture capital firms, providing sufficient funding for its operations over the next two to three years.
Revobit
Series A in 2020
Revobit specializes in digital creation and sourcing solutions tailored for the fashion industry. The company offers a comprehensive platform that enhances the product development process by integrating various digital tools, which fosters creativity and collaboration among teams. By providing end-to-end digitization of the value chain, Revobit enables clients to streamline design, manufacturing, simulation, production, and product presentation. This commitment to innovation allows fashion brands to create better products more efficiently, ultimately speeding up their time to market.
Laifu Technology
Angel Round in 2020
Laifu Technology is an intelligent middle-station for firms, through digital transformation with the help of software, and customer service.
Invideo
Seed Round in 2020
InVideo is a browser-based platform that specializes in video creation and editing, aimed at making professional-quality video production accessible to a wider audience. The platform offers a variety of templates and media assets, along with customizable features that include a flexible timeline and a drag-and-drop editor. Users can also enjoy a video library, power transitions, multiple layers, and intelligent frames, which enhance content transformation into engaging videos. Additionally, InVideo provides customer support and fosters a community for creators, and its capabilities extend to mobile devices through its app, Filmr.
Mosaic Wellness
Seed Round in 2019
Mosaic Wellness is a digital health platform that operates a collection of health clinics focused on enhancing well-being for specific demographics in India. The company aims to empower individuals through personalized solutions that address particular health needs. It offers services such as medical consultations, wellness assessments, and hygiene products, all accessible via its digital platform. Each clinic, including those targeting men and women, strives to provide essential resources that support a fulfilling and healthy lifestyle. Mosaic Wellness is dedicated to helping individuals navigate their health journeys with a focus on purpose and wellness.
Pocket Aces
Series B in 2019
Pocket Aces Pvt. Ltd. is a digital entertainment company based in Mumbai, India, founded in 2013. The company specializes in creating and distributing engaging content across various mobile platforms. It operates several content channels, including FilterCopy, which focuses on short videos; Dice Media, dedicated to long-form web series; and Gobble, which offers food and lifestyle videos. Additionally, Pocket Aces runs LOCO, a live and interactive esports app that serves as a direct-to-consumer platform. The company leverages technology, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, to enhance its content and reach a diverse audience, particularly targeting young viewers with its innovative programming.
Xmov
Series A in 2019
Xmov is a company that specializes in developing artificial reality animation solutions, focusing on virtual human and content creation tailored for enterprise users across various Metaverse applications. The company employs advanced motion capture, animation, and artificial intelligence technologies to deliver customized interactive solutions for diverse business scenarios. Additionally, Xmov creates a comprehensive infrastructure for 3D virtual content production, providing full-stack technology and product services aimed at facilitating education, employment, and the development of virtual world platforms. Their innovative approach spans multiple sectors, including entertainment, cultural tourism, e-commerce, finance, education, healthcare, and communications, establishing a multifaceted ecological development model.
Foxy
Seed Round in 2019
Foxy is a startup dedicated to creating a comprehensive ecosystem for new-age brands within lifestyle categories, particularly in the beauty sector. The company has developed a social engagement platform designed to connect beauty influencers and artists with leading brands. By establishing influencer networks and commerce platforms, Foxy aims to enhance social infrastructure that fosters growth in online communities, facilitating stronger connections between influencers, brands, and consumers. The venture is led by Kartik Sheth and Chandranshu Sinha and is backed by three prominent venture capital firms, providing sufficient funding for its operations over the next two to three years.
90 Seconds
Series B in 2019
90 Seconds Limited is a cloud video production platform that simplifies the video-making process for brands and agencies. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, with additional offices in Singapore, London, Tokyo, Manila, and Sydney, the platform enables users to purchase, plan, shoot, edit, and review videos from anywhere in the world, both online and on mobile devices. It offers a variety of video production services, including corporate video production, YouTube content, and online video marketing. The company connects clients with a global network of creative professionals, including videographers, editors, and animators, allowing for efficient collaboration on projects. With a team of around 100 employees, 90 Seconds has produced over 32,000 videos across 100 countries, serving major brands such as Apple, Amazon, and Salesforce.
Dailyhunt
Series E in 2019
Dailyhunt is a content discovery platform based in Bangalore, India, founded in 2007 by Virendra Gupta. The platform offers a mobile application that provides users with updates on trending topics, including online news, books, and magazines. Dailyhunt specializes in curating content tailored to individual preferences, utilizing vertical search and recommendation tools to track user interests. This enables users to receive personalized content and notifications, enhancing their media consumption experience. The platform primarily serves a diverse audience in India, facilitating engagement with various forms of media.
Shanghai Lihuh Network Technology
Series B in 2018
Shanghai Lihuh Network Technology is a video platform operator.
Xmov
Seed Round in 2018
Xmov is a company that specializes in developing artificial reality animation solutions, focusing on virtual human and content creation tailored for enterprise users across various Metaverse applications. The company employs advanced motion capture, animation, and artificial intelligence technologies to deliver customized interactive solutions for diverse business scenarios. Additionally, Xmov creates a comprehensive infrastructure for 3D virtual content production, providing full-stack technology and product services aimed at facilitating education, employment, and the development of virtual world platforms. Their innovative approach spans multiple sectors, including entertainment, cultural tourism, e-commerce, finance, education, healthcare, and communications, establishing a multifaceted ecological development model.
Tikin Media
Series A in 2018
Tikin Media is an innovative advertising company that specializes in elevator marketing solutions, connecting property owners with advertisers. The company installs advanced commercial projectors in elevators, creating a unique advertising platform that enhances consumer exposure to brands. Tikin Media has attracted significant investment from major players in the industry, including Baidu Venture Capital, Sequoia China, and IDG. With a focus on high-end commercial building media operations, Tikin Media has developed proprietary elevator projection technology that transforms traditional advertising methods, enabling mobile interconnectivity and incorporating programmatic ordering and big data analysis capabilities.
Dujiao Show
Series A in 2018
A Media & Entertainment Company based in Beijing,China.
Shanghai Lihuh Network Technology
Series A in 2018
Shanghai Lihuh Network Technology is a video platform operator.
Mianbaoxiaoke
Series A in 2017
Mianbaoxiaoke is a content monetization and community economy solution provider committed to helping self-media realise commercialization through content payment. They provide a learning platform for content and paid courses.
Baidu Literature
Series A in 2017
A literary brand launched by Baidu.
Dailyhunt
Series D in 2016
Dailyhunt is a content discovery platform based in Bangalore, India, founded in 2007 by Virendra Gupta. The platform offers a mobile application that provides users with updates on trending topics, including online news, books, and magazines. Dailyhunt specializes in curating content tailored to individual preferences, utilizing vertical search and recommendation tools to track user interests. This enables users to receive personalized content and notifications, enhancing their media consumption experience. The platform primarily serves a diverse audience in India, facilitating engagement with various forms of media.
VerSe Innovation
Series D in 2016
VerSe Innovation is a local language technology company that develops a discovery platform to consume and socialize with media. Its platform facilitates the curation of content and tracks user preferences through its vertical search and recommendation tools that provide users with personalized content and notifications.
PressPlay
Series A in 2016
PressPlay was founded in December 2013. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, PressPlay is a high-energy work place with a young and motivated team. Everything we do revolves around our passion to provide travelers with a personalized and memorable entertainment experience.
90 Seconds
Series A in 2016
90 Seconds Limited is a cloud video production platform that simplifies the video-making process for brands and agencies. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, with additional offices in Singapore, London, Tokyo, Manila, and Sydney, the platform enables users to purchase, plan, shoot, edit, and review videos from anywhere in the world, both online and on mobile devices. It offers a variety of video production services, including corporate video production, YouTube content, and online video marketing. The company connects clients with a global network of creative professionals, including videographers, editors, and animators, allowing for efficient collaboration on projects. With a team of around 100 employees, 90 Seconds has produced over 32,000 videos across 100 countries, serving major brands such as Apple, Amazon, and Salesforce.
Douyu TV
Series B in 2016
Douyu TV is a live streaming media platform that provides live content such as games, sports, variety shows, entertainment, and more. The live-stream platform offers services like video-sharing for the students live broadcast, covers the main live game and sports as well as other live contents, enabling users to submit, view, and add commentary subtitles to videos of games, while incorporating content ranging from sports, variety shows, and entertainment. Zhang Wenming founded Douyu TV in 2013, with its headquarters in Wuhan in China.
eko
Series C in 2015
Eko is a media and technology company pioneering a new medium in which stories told in live action video are shaped by viewers as they unfold. The company provides a platform for the creation and delivery of interactive video entertainment and partners with media companies, independent creators, and top brands to create experiences for highly-engaged, digitally native audiences. The company's serialized shows are distributed through eko.com, affiliate partners, and social networks; available on desktop, mobile, connected devices, and VR. Eko Studio, which includes the company's authoring tools, is also home to a large and growing community of creators who are crafting their own interactive experiences with Eko's medium. Eko provides top-quality interactive entertainment and also offers unique opportunities for brands to connect with highly-engaged audiences. Eko investors include Walmart, Innovation Endeavors, Intel Capital, Marker, MGM, NEA, Samsung, Sequoia Capital, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and WPP. The company is based in New York with an office in Tel Aviv.
PressPlay
Seed Round in 2015
PressPlay was founded in December 2013. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, PressPlay is a high-energy work place with a young and motivated team. Everything we do revolves around our passion to provide travelers with a personalized and memorable entertainment experience.
Dailyhunt
Series C in 2015
Dailyhunt is a content discovery platform based in Bangalore, India, founded in 2007 by Virendra Gupta. The platform offers a mobile application that provides users with updates on trending topics, including online news, books, and magazines. Dailyhunt specializes in curating content tailored to individual preferences, utilizing vertical search and recommendation tools to track user interests. This enables users to receive personalized content and notifications, enhancing their media consumption experience. The platform primarily serves a diverse audience in India, facilitating engagement with various forms of media.
Taykey
Series D in 2015
Taykey is a provider of a trends-based advertising platform that enables Fortune 500 brands to leverage real-time data to enhance their marketing strategies. By mining information from numerous online sources, Taykey identifies trending topics relevant to specific audiences and automates the media buying process. This approach allows brands such as American Express, BestBuy, General Electric, Paramount, and Volkswagen to transform insights into actionable advertising, aligning their campaigns with current consumer interests and sentiments. The platform not only streamlines the media purchasing process but also supports broader applications, including social media content and market analytics, ensuring that businesses remain relevant in a rapidly changing landscape.
Heiyan
Series A in 2014
Heiyan provides an online platform for literature enthusiasts. They publish works in a variety of genres, including suspense, history, urban, military, fantasy, fairy tales, martial arts, science fiction, games, and others.
Dailyhunt
Series B in 2014
Dailyhunt is a content discovery platform based in Bangalore, India, founded in 2007 by Virendra Gupta. The platform offers a mobile application that provides users with updates on trending topics, including online news, books, and magazines. Dailyhunt specializes in curating content tailored to individual preferences, utilizing vertical search and recommendation tools to track user interests. This enables users to receive personalized content and notifications, enhancing their media consumption experience. The platform primarily serves a diverse audience in India, facilitating engagement with various forms of media.
Douyu TV
Series B in 2014
Douyu TV is a live streaming media platform that provides live content such as games, sports, variety shows, entertainment, and more. The live-stream platform offers services like video-sharing for the students live broadcast, covers the main live game and sports as well as other live contents, enabling users to submit, view, and add commentary subtitles to videos of games, while incorporating content ranging from sports, variety shows, and entertainment. Zhang Wenming founded Douyu TV in 2013, with its headquarters in Wuhan in China.
Taykey
Series C in 2013
Taykey is a provider of a trends-based advertising platform that enables Fortune 500 brands to leverage real-time data to enhance their marketing strategies. By mining information from numerous online sources, Taykey identifies trending topics relevant to specific audiences and automates the media buying process. This approach allows brands such as American Express, BestBuy, General Electric, Paramount, and Volkswagen to transform insights into actionable advertising, aligning their campaigns with current consumer interests and sentiments. The platform not only streamlines the media purchasing process but also supports broader applications, including social media content and market analytics, ensuring that businesses remain relevant in a rapidly changing landscape.
eko
Series B in 2013
Eko is a media and technology company pioneering a new medium in which stories told in live action video are shaped by viewers as they unfold. The company provides a platform for the creation and delivery of interactive video entertainment and partners with media companies, independent creators, and top brands to create experiences for highly-engaged, digitally native audiences. The company's serialized shows are distributed through eko.com, affiliate partners, and social networks; available on desktop, mobile, connected devices, and VR. Eko Studio, which includes the company's authoring tools, is also home to a large and growing community of creators who are crafting their own interactive experiences with Eko's medium. Eko provides top-quality interactive entertainment and also offers unique opportunities for brands to connect with highly-engaged audiences. Eko investors include Walmart, Innovation Endeavors, Intel Capital, Marker, MGM, NEA, Samsung, Sequoia Capital, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and WPP. The company is based in New York with an office in Tel Aviv.
Kanshu
Series A in 2011
Kanshu.com is a domestic website for original novels. It also integrates the creation, reading, wireless value-added services, and off-line publishing of original novels and literature. Up to date, Kanshu.com has provided creation and reading services for various genres such as fantasy, urban romance, online games, history, military, detective reasoning, and martial arts for over 3 million registered users, with numerous contracted works and daily independent users.
eko
Seed Round in 2011
Eko is a media and technology company pioneering a new medium in which stories told in live action video are shaped by viewers as they unfold. The company provides a platform for the creation and delivery of interactive video entertainment and partners with media companies, independent creators, and top brands to create experiences for highly-engaged, digitally native audiences. The company's serialized shows are distributed through eko.com, affiliate partners, and social networks; available on desktop, mobile, connected devices, and VR. Eko Studio, which includes the company's authoring tools, is also home to a large and growing community of creators who are crafting their own interactive experiences with Eko's medium. Eko provides top-quality interactive entertainment and also offers unique opportunities for brands to connect with highly-engaged audiences. Eko investors include Walmart, Innovation Endeavors, Intel Capital, Marker, MGM, NEA, Samsung, Sequoia Capital, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and WPP. The company is based in New York with an office in Tel Aviv.
Taykey
Series A in 2010
Taykey is a provider of a trends-based advertising platform that enables Fortune 500 brands to leverage real-time data to enhance their marketing strategies. By mining information from numerous online sources, Taykey identifies trending topics relevant to specific audiences and automates the media buying process. This approach allows brands such as American Express, BestBuy, General Electric, Paramount, and Volkswagen to transform insights into actionable advertising, aligning their campaigns with current consumer interests and sentiments. The platform not only streamlines the media purchasing process but also supports broader applications, including social media content and market analytics, ensuring that businesses remain relevant in a rapidly changing landscape.
IMImobile
Venture Round in 2009
IMImobile is a cloud communications software and solutions provider that enables companies to use mobile and digital technologies to improve and automate customer experience and engagement. IMImobile’s cloud software platform manages over 42 billion messages and 44 billion commerce transactions a year across the world. Organisations that trust us to deliver smarter digital customer engagement include Centrica, AA, O2, EE, BT, Foxtons, Pizza Hut, Vodafone, AT&T, MTN, three of the major retail banks in the UK and public sector organisations in India, US and the UK. IMImobile is headquartered in London with offices in Hyderabad, Little Rock, Toronto, Dubai and Johannesburg and has over 1,100 employees worldwide.
ideacts innovations
Series B in 2009
ideacts innovations is an India-based web advertising platform. The company offers CLINCK, an active desktop application designed to create media platforms in the cyber cafe environment. Ideacts Innovations Pvt., Ltd. was founded in 2007 and is based in Mumbai, India.
ideacts innovations
Venture Round in 2008
ideacts innovations is an India-based web advertising platform. The company offers CLINCK, an active desktop application designed to create media platforms in the cyber cafe environment. Ideacts Innovations Pvt., Ltd. was founded in 2007 and is based in Mumbai, India.
56.Com
Series B in 2007
56.com is a user-generated content (UGC) video-sharing website in China. 56.com hosts more than 80 million online videos, the majority of which is user-generated, followed by in-house productions. 56.com obtained its online video license from the State Administration of Radio and Television of China in December 2008. 56.com was the first online video site to provide video album services in China, and was also the first to offer the “Beauty Show” in China. It has developed partnerships with clients such as Audi, Toyota, Coca Cola, McDonald, Nestle, and Nike. In October 2011, 56.com was fully acquired by Renren Inc. and became a part of the Renren Group.
hdtMEDIA
Series B in 2006
HdtMEDIA is a Chinese digital advertisement network. It provides technological marketing solutions for customers. The company has collaborated with all of China’s major online media that includes the top five portals, search engines, and over 90% of China’s premium vertical sites. hdtMEDIA’s digital media advertisement platform is the forerunner of iCast (Rich Media Technology) and iFocus (Online Ad Network).
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