Founder

Zhao Bin, founder of Shanghai Zhaoyan Network Technology Co., Ltd. He has participated in and led the establishment of two Nasdaq-listed companies in the United States. In 1997, he participated in the entrepreneurship of Webex ( Webex ) as a founding engineer . The company was acquired by Cisco for $ 3.2 billion in 2007 and is still the world's largest supplier of online interactive conference technology. In 2007 , he participated in the entrepreneurship of YY ( Huya ) as CTO . In November 2012 , YY was listed on the Nasdaq with a peak market value of nearly $ 5 billion. In 2014 , he founded Agora.io , pioneering global real-time cloud services, and established a virtual communication network of nearly 100 data centers around the world to help App developers quickly achieve high-quality real-time Internet calls.

About the Team

Agora.io was founded in 2014 , with its headquarters in Silicon Valley and its R&D center in Shanghai. 90% of the team are global technical engineers, including Apple 's video algorithm architect, Vidyo product manager, Polycom engineering director, etc., with an average of more than 10 years of industry experience. The team has served hundreds of billions of minutes of audio and video calls per year, exceeding Skype .

Service Scope

Agora.io's real-time cloud service is widely used in enterprise collaboration, social networking, online education, online games, telemedicine, customer centers, etc. At the same time, Agora.io is also the global technical service provider of Xiaomi video phone.

Financing

In March 2010 , Agora completed financing for an undisclosed amount from Changan Private Capital.

In February 2014 , it received US$ 6 million in Series A financing from Shunwei Capital .

In 2015 , Agora received US$ 20 million in Series B financing, led by SIG China partner Yan Dan, followed by GGV Capital, Morningside Venture Capital and others.

In June 2018 , Agora announced the completion of a US$ 30 million Series B+ financing round.

In November 2018 , Agora officially announced the completion of a US$ 70 million Series C financing round, led by global technology hedge fund Coatue Management , followed by SIG Asia, Morningside Venture Capital and Shunwei Capital.

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