Aauto Quicker is not Tencent's, but it is a cooperative relationship. Tencent dawang card can be played without traffic.
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In March of 20 17, Tencent Industrial Fund replaced Baidu and won the D round of a auto quickless. a auto quickless and Tencent quickly entered the honeymoon period.
At one time, Tencent opened the QQ relationship chain to Aauto faster. In some versions of Aauto quickless, users in Aauto quickless can query and add their own QQ friends. In addition, the content of Aauto Quicker was directly connected to Tencent OMG content system and entered the small video label column of Daily Express. It is said that Aauto Quicker promised Tencent that he would not socialize with acquaintances.
The predecessor of Aauto quickers is "GIF Aauto Quicker", which was born in March, 20 1 1. It was originally a mobile phone application for making and sharing GIF pictures.
20 12 1 1, Aauto transformed from a pure tool application to a short video community as a platform for users to record and share their lives. Later, with the popularity of smart phones and the decline of mobile traffic costs, after 20 15, Aauto Quicker broke out.
2065438+In June 2005, when Aauto Quicker completed the C round of financing, it was valued at 2 billion US dollars, and the total users exceeded 1 100 million; By 20 16, 10, the total number of users announced by Aauto is 300 million; By March of 20 17, when Aauto Quicker obtained financing from Tencent, the total number of users announced was 400 million, and the daily activity was 50 million.
There are 400 million users and 50 million daily activities, which is also the reason why Tencent has invested heavily. Obviously, in the application of social attributes, the daily activity is 50 million, which is really the biggest application besides WeChat and QQ.
Aauto Quicker has 400 million users worldwide and 40 million daily active users. So far, four rounds of financing have been completed, with investors including Morningstar Capital, Sequoia Capital, DCM China, Baidu, Chinese Cultural Industry Fund and Light Source Capital. After the latest round of investment, the valuation of Aauto Quicker has reached $3 billion.
Just like Shanda Literature and JD.COM, Aauto Quicker has occupied a dominant position in the field that Tencent has not made for a long time, and short video is a highland that Tencent can't give up.
Judging from the success of Facebook and Snapchat, short video is the next stop of social interaction and will become an important part of users' stay time. In China, relying on the second shot of Weibo platform, today's headlines with strong traffic, as well as the original silence of Momo, are vigorously enclosure.
As early as 20 13, Tencent has already made efforts on short videos. Microvision was expected when it was launched, but it ended in failure. 20 15 was abandoned by the strategy and recently quietly terminated its service. On the other hand, as a closed platform, WeChat is not the best soil for short video to flourish, and it has no advantages in UGC and PGC.