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VMate

Unit No. 3, 2, Augusta Point, Sector 53, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122002, India

Overview

Vmate is a social video app launched in 2016 that began as a video streaming and short-video-sharing service. Over time it added features such as video downloads and 3-dimensional face emojis to broaden use cases. The app has amassed about 30 million users globally. Vmate is owned by UC Web, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group. Alibaba is investing $100 million into Vmate to scale the business in India. The investment is part of Alibaba’s broader push to compete with ByteDance, Google and Disney in India’s growing video market.

Total raised
$100M
Funding rounds
1
Latest round
Equity
Latest activity
May 2019

Industries

  • Apps
  • Media and Entertainment
  • Social Media
  • Video
  • Video Streaming
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Recent funding

  1. Equity

    May 2019

    $100M

Team

  • Cheng Daofang

    CEO