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Vuclip

Video-on-demand service

Field	Value
name	Vuclip
logo	Vuclip logo.png
logo_size	150px
company_type	Private
foundation	July 2008
location_city	San Jose, California
location_country	United States
locations	US, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Dubai, Jakarta
area_served	Emerging markets
key_people	CEO, Nickhil Jakatdar, COO and President, Arun Prakash, CTO, Bo Shen, CFO, Apurva Desai, CRO, Salman Hussain, CPO, Satheesh Kumar
industry	Entertainment
employees	500
url
owner	PCCW Media

Vuclip is a mobile video on demand (VOD) service for emerging markets with over 7 million subscribers per quarter in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. Vuclip is headquartered in Milpitas, California, and has a presence in Dubai, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Delhi, Jakarta, Bangkok, and Singapore.

Overview

Founders and investors

Vuclip was incorporated as a Milpitas-based mobile video search company by Nickhil Jakatdar (Founder and CEO, Vuclip) and Xinhui Niu in July 2008. The company raised $13 million in Series D, led by a new investor, SingTel Innov8 as the lead investor. Since inception in 2008, Vuclip has attracted more than $40 million in investment from outfits including U.S. venture capital firms New Enterprise Associates and Jafco Ventures and Singapore's SingTel Innov8.

In March 2015, PCCW Media, a Hong Kong-based Media and Entertainment Group acquired a majority stake in the company to enable it to expand it’s services in the Asia Pacific region.

Acquisitions

In February 2013, Vuclip made its first acquisition; the mobile video company Jigsee, to expand its own premium content inventory and app capabilities in India, one of Vuclip's biggest markets.

Awards and recognition

Mobby's Award for Best New App at the Mobile Digital and Marketing Summit [2013] Smarties India Award for the publisher/media company of the year [2013] Impact's Icons of India's Digital Ecosystem.

References

"MBC and Vuclip Expand Strategic Partnership to Bring Exclusive Premium Content on Mobile for Audiences Across the Middle East".
"Name change for Milpitas mobile software firm". San Francisco Business Times.
"Vuclip secures $13M in Series D from SingTel Innov8, existing investors".
"Vuclip Strikes Bollywood Content Deal With Balaji". Variety.
"PCCW Media looks beyond Hong Kong with Vuclip investment". Marketing Interactive.
Lunden, Ingrid. (14 February 2013). "Mobile Video Startup Vuclip Buys Jigsee To Target Emerging Markets With Apps - TechCrunch".
"Vuclip Wins Mobbys Awards 2013 For Innovation In The Mobile Industry".
(July 2018). "Vuclip wins Smarties India Award". [[India Infoline]].
(July 2018). "Icons of India's Digital Ecosystem}}{{Dead link".

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