| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | China, March 2008 |
| Founder(s) | Calvin Pak, David Yan, Sheryl Liu |
| Headquarters | Beijing, China |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Industry | Internet |
| Website | http://www.facekoo.com/ |
| Type of site | Social networking |
| Advertising | Yes |
| Available in | Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Launched | March 2008 |
FaceKoo is a Chinese-language social networking website. According to Alexa ranking, its page views surpassed MySpace China briefly in November 2008 and December 2008.
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FaceKoo (simplified Chinese: 飞思酷; traditional Chinese: 飛思酷; pinyin: fēi'sī'kù) is a creation of FaceKoo, Inc., a privately held company based in Beijing, China. It is a leading next generation social networking site (SNS) created specifically for the young age group of the Chinese-language market.
FaceKoo was created by co-founders Calvin Pak, CEO, David Yan, Chief technical officer, and Sheryl Liu, CMO - all U.S.-educated Chinese Americans with extensive business track records in the Silicon Valley. Its name derived from the words "face" and "cool," FaceKoo's flagship MagicMirror product offers a new way of meeting friends via a proprietary face-recognition system. FaceKoo also offers games and other applications for users to interact more easily and in a more fun way.
FaceKoo was launched in China in March 2008, and since then has expanded rapidly. As of June 2009, It has over 1 million registered users, and is one of China's fastest growing social network sites.
Despite very little advertising revenue, and no sponsors, FaceKoo managed to outcompete its competitors. FaceKoo's daily ranking is now ahead of 360quan - a major rival that has received more than $20 million USD in funding. Also, FaceKoo's page views have exceeded Cyworld China (number one site in Korea), and iPart China (number one site in Taiwan). Both companies are spending heavily on marketing in China every month.