Yu Yongfu

Jack Ma talked him into it: all the dirt on Alibaba’s acquisition of UCWeb

Jack Ma talked him into it: all the dirt on Alibaba’s acquisition of UCWeb

Today, UCWeb founder and CEO Yu Yongfu gave an interview to foreign media to discuss his company’s role within Alibaba moving forward.
Paul Bischoff · · 3 min read
400 Million Users Strong: UCWeb CEO Shares Turning Points of the Company

400 Million Users Strong: UCWeb CEO Shares Turning Points of the Company

With more than 400 million users of its UC Browser, China’s UCWeb is probably one of most popular mobile browser makers in the world. UCWeb CEO Yu Yongfu tells us
Willis Wee · · 3 min read
How China’s UCWeb Plans To Invest $480 Million in the Next 3 Years

How China’s UCWeb Plans To Invest $480 Million in the Next 3 Years

China’s UCWeb and its UC Browser app for mobiles have more than 400 million users worldwide with 100 million outside of China. Today at the Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC)
Willis Wee · · 2 min read
How China's UCWeb Plans To Invest $480 Million in the Next 3 Years

How China's UCWeb Plans To Invest $480 Million in the Next 3 Years

China’s UCWeb and its UC Browser app for mobiles have more than 400 million users worldwide with 100 million outside of China. Today at the Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC)
Willis Wee · · 2 min read

China-Made UC Browser Passes Another Milestone, Has 100 Million Users Overseas

We know that the China-made UC Browser has 400 million worldwide users, but we previously didn’t know exactly where they are. Now we do. Today at a conference, UCWeb CEO
Steven Millward · · 1 min read

UC Web CEO Says ‘IPOs Are Like Marriage, Best Not To Marry Too Early’

UC Web is one of the few Chinese companies that has seemed immune to the “brand China” effect and has had impressive success in its overseas expansion. Most recently, the
C. Custer · · 2 min read

China’s UCWeb Celebrates 8th Birthday by Giving Away Xiaomi Mi2 Phone

Birthdays are always a day of reflections for startups. The CEO of the popular Chinese mobile browser, UCWeb, Yu Yongfu, weibo-ed today about his company’s eighth birthday with a thank
Willis Wee · · 2 min read

China’s UCWeb, Makers of UC Browser, Looks to US IPO in 2013

The makers of the popular UC Browser, Beijing-based UCWeb, is looking towards an IPO – probably in the US – in 2013. UCWeb CFO Roy Rong told Bloomberg in an
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Startup Advice from UCWeb, Evernote, and Vodafone

Last week at GMIC in Beijing, I sat down with UCWeb’s Yu Yongfu to learn more about UCWeb, but in addition to Mr. Yu, I also got a chance to
C. Custer · · 2 min read

UCWeb’s Yu Yongfu Talks Strategy, Finances, New Evernote Partnership

This afternoon at GMIC, UCWeb held a special parallel session they called “Going Glocal” — a combination of global and local, as you’ve probably guessed. I’m a fan of made-up
C. Custer · · 5 min read