愛卡拉營收成長出色,獲 500 萬美金資金挹注,佈局東南亞打亞洲盃
全面擴大招募研發、行銷、市場開發好手
(2018 年 2 月 12 日,台北訊) 影音行銷技術領導廠商愛卡拉 (iKala) 宣布完成 500 萬美金 A 輪融資,獲得包括新加坡上市的和通創投、怡和創投、國際創投集團 ACE Capital 等知名創投注資。愛卡拉同時宣佈擴大徵才,全面進軍國際市場。
愛卡拉是 Google Cloud 全球首席合作夥伴,多年來專注影音行銷技術,旗下擁有專業的 LIVEhouse 影音製播行銷執行團隊,累積超過 1,200 場大型影音製播及資料分析經驗, 團隊陸續承接了知名電商的雙 11、雙 12 等線上線下大型影音直播,服務領域涵蓋電商、電競、
愛卡拉執行長程世嘉 Sega Cheng 表示:「我們在網路影音累積多年的紮實經驗,2017 年是我們豐收的一年,營收成長超過 300%,團隊也成長至 80 人,今年我們會繼續擴編團隊至 120 人以上,強化既有服務和推出新產品、進入更多新興市場。」
怡和創投董事長王伯元及和通創投董事長黃翠慧表示:「
愛卡拉表示接下來將瞄準東南亞市場的影音應用及電商發展,
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Taiwan-based video marketing tech company, iKala, closes USD 5 million series A funding, expanding team in Taiwan and emerging markets
Taipei, Feb. 12, 2018 - iKala, a leader in providing advanced video marketing solutions to enterprises and branded customers, announced today that is has completed USD 5 million series A funding, backed by Singapore-listed Hotung Venture Capital, Pacific Venture Partners, and ACE Capital as strategic investors. Funds will be used to expand services in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
With the vision to be a “video business enabler” and recognized by Google as a Cloud Premier Partner, iKala is focused on providing full-stack video marketing solutions. iKala owns a professional live production team “LIVEhouse” and has produced more than 1,200 large-scale live shows with advanced analytics, covering eCommerce, eSports, gaming, and branded customers. iKala’s platform as a service (PaaS) product “StraaS” meanwhile provides highly scale and interactive streaming technology together with artificial intelligence to enable customized applications for enterprise customers in Japan, Taiwan, China, and Southeast Asia. Together, LIVEhouse and StraaS form a strong value proposition that empowers customers’ video businesses.
"People are using videos to communicate, and we have years of experience and expertise. It is our goal to make it effective, efficient, and measurable,” said iKala CEO Sega Cheng, “2017 was a year of good harvest. We saw strong revenue growth of more than 300%.” iKala now comprises a team of 80 people, continuing its efforts to provide more advanced video services and products. “We are hiring another 40 to 50 people this year to expand in Taiwan and Southeast Asia", said Sega.
"We are very optimistic about iKala. In addition to solid financial performance, the team has always been very focused on its core business of video marketing, and has built up a team of talented people and a great culture.” To Por-Yuan Wang, Chairman of Pacific Venture Partners and Jennifer Huang, Chairman of Hotung Venture Capital, iKala’s discipline and executive ability were key to their decision to invest. “ACE Capital has strong reach in Southeast Asia. We are helping iKala build business partnerships there”, said Jason Chang, Partner of ACE Capital.
iKala will target emerging video markets, especially eCommerce in Southeast Asia, and will soon launch new products to extend their core services. With 70% of the population under 35, Southeast Asia has 140% mobile phone penetration. Live broadcasting, social networking and eCommerce are among the most active in the world. “The area is extremely energetic. We expect to see even faster growth in the coming years in this market of 650 million people. We are actively looking for business partners in the region”, Sega said. "Everyone is welcome to join us riding this unprecedented wave."
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About iKala
Founded in 2011, iKala provides advanced video marketing technologies and cloud services. The founding members are from Google, Yahoo!, HTC, MediaTek, and Microsoft. iKala ensures customers’ success in online video business with its full-stack video marketing services, including content marketing service "LIVEhouse", video marketing technology platform “StraaS", and "cloud infrastructure". iKala is a Google Cloud Premier Partner.
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