Yodo1

Yodo1
Private[1]
Industry Video Games
Founded 2011
Founder Henry Fong, James Lalonde
Headquarters Beijing, China
Key people
 Henry Fong, CEO
Marcus Chan, Chief Technology Officer
Spencer Liu, Vice President
Services Localization of video games
Website www.yodo1.com

Yodo1 is a mobile game publisher based in Beijing, China.[2][3] The company publishes and markets games in China that have been released by other companies.[4] It was founded by James Lalonde and Henry Fong. Fong serves as CEO.[5][6] Yodo1 has co-developed games with ZeptoLab, XMG Studio, Defiant Development and HandyGames.

History

James Lalonde and Henry Fong founded Yodo1 in 2011.[7] Fong previously held leadership roles at Microsoft and Brocade Communications Systems.[7] Fong serves as the company’s founding CEO.[7]

Yodo1 closed $2 million in seed funding from Chang You Fund in June 2012.[7] In August 2012, Yodo1 partnered with HandyGames, a German mobile games developer and publisher, to introduce games to the Chinese market.[8]

SingTel Innov8, a subsidiary of Sing, led Yodo1's Series A funding and had participation from Chang You Fund.[9][10] Yodo1 acquired $5 million from the funding round.[9]

Yodo1 raised $11 million in Series B financing in December 2013.[11][12] GGV Capital led the funding round and had participation from SingTel Innov8, Pavillion Capital and Iris Capital.[2][11] This was the company's second funding round and raised its total funding to $18 million.[2]

In June 2014, Yodo1 received approximately 40% of its revenue from Apple devices.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Company Overview of Yodo1, Ltd.". Retrieved June 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kim-Mai Cutler (12-10-2013). "Cross-Cultural Mobile Games Publisher Yodo1 Raises $11M Led By GGV Capital". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2014-07-27. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ↑ "Mobile gaming booms in China". Euronews. 11-07-2011. Retrieved 2014-07-27. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ Catherine Shu (06-02-2014). "OneSky’s Platform Makes Translating Apps Easy". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2014-07-27. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ↑ Ken Yeung (08-05-2013). "Yodo1 unveils new strategy game, Cavemania, as it seeks to become a worldwide game distributor". TNW. Retrieved 2014-07-27. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ↑ Hamish McKenzie (2012-06-28). "Yodo1 Launches With Message for Western Developers: It’s Game On in China". pandodaily. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Sarah Perez (2012-06-28). "Yodo1 Raises $2 Million To Help Game Developers Enter China". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  8. ↑ Kathleen De Vere (2012-08-16). "Exclusive: Full-service Chinese publisher Yodo1 signs up Germany’s HandyGames". InsideMobileApps. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Chinese mobile publisher Yodo1 gets US$5M from SingTel". 07-10-2013. Retrieved 2014-07-27. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ↑ "SingTel Innov8 backs Chinese mobile game developer Yodo1". 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Brandy Shaul (12-11-2013). "Yodo1 raises $11 million in Series B financing for expansion of global publishing efforts". InsideMobileApps. Retrieved 2014-07-27. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ↑ Emma Lee (12-11-2013). "Gaming Publisher Yodo1 Secures $11 Million of Series B Financing Led by GGV Capital". TechNode. Retrieved 2014-07-27. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ↑ "Apple steps up effort to woo China developers in bid to catch up on android". The Malay Mail Online. 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-07-27.