renren
Although it started as a pretty blatant Facebook clone, Renren has evolved into a full-fledged social media powerhouse. It’s China’s biggest traditional social network, but like Facebook itself, it’s facing increasing competition from mobile social networks like WeChat. So can Renren evolve with the times, or is it destined to go the way of the dinosaur?
Can ‘China’s Facebook’ win back its millennial users with nostalgia?
Renren just launched its first mobile app in a bid to attract new users after years of losing to WeChat and Weibo.
Coco Feng · · 5 min read
Why one of China’s most successful founders isn’t afraid to be a copycat
Wang Xing, the founder of Chinese daily deals site Meituan, could be called many things, but original isn’t one of them.
C. Custer · · 4 min read
Why Chinese companies copy
Copycat. It’s a word that has almost become synonymous with China’s tech scene over the past decade. But is that fair? Why do Chinese companies copy?
C. Custer · · 4 min read
China’s RenRen invests $1.5M in Trucker Path, a US-based app for truckers
Once known as China’s answer to Facebook, Renren is aggressively investing in startups abroad.
Josh Horwitz · · 2 min readChinese secondhand car platform Cheyipai raises $110M series D
China’s Cheyipai, a secondhand car trading and ecommerce platform, announced yesterday that it has completed a US$110 million series D round. The round was led by Chinese tech company Renren,
C. Custer · · 2 min readHas Renren finally found the bottom?
The company’s Q3 financial results certainly look grim, but there is one bright spot in amongst all that red ink.
C. Custer · · 2 min readHong Kong’s Gogovan grabs $10M investment from Renren for China expansion
Hong Kong smart logistics company Gogovan is headed into China next year following a US$10 million investment from Renren.
C. Custer · · 2 min readRenren, once hailed as China’s Facebook, is dead in the water as active user numbers drop
Renren, the social network once lauded as “China’s Facebook”, is on a slow and agonizing path towards its own vanishing point.
Steven Millward · · 2 min readWeChat first: a new frontier in China beyond Android and iOS
As WeChat slowly opens up to the world, no developer that wants to break into China should write it off as too closed to consider.
Paul Bischoff · · 6 min readChina loves QR codes, and this startup can make them more beautiful
Visualead is now in its third generation, which means a QR code can even include video or GIF-style animation.
Paul Bischoff · · 2 min read