Gao Peng CEO Ouyang Yun: "We are a start-up company"

This time, it should not be a technician's "misoperation."

February 28, group purchase website high-PEER network officially online. With the previous speculation that the originator of Goupon and Tencent each accounted for 50% equity joint ventures, high peer network on its website for the first time, it was Groupon, Tencent Industry and Yunfeng Fund jointly funded. But the proportion and amount of each party's specific contribution did not disclose.

Tencent industry-win fund was established in January this year, the investment scale is expected to be 5 billion yuan, specifically to the Internet in the field of high-quality companies investment. Yunfeng Fund was set up earlier, by Alibaba Group Chairman of the Board of directors, MA Yun, Mass media founder Shong, giant Network chairman Shi Yuzhu, New Hope chairman Liu and so on jointly initiated the establishment, in the first 10 billion yuan of the fund, the dollar and RMB funds accounted for half. Tencent is also one of the funds of the first fund of Yunfeng Fund.

"All the rumors of the outside world were wrong and all the cooperation between the parties continued and nothing changed." The same day, Gao Peng CEO Ouyangyun in the phone to the reporter said.

Ouyangyun from Tencent, Gao Peng Online line that day, he posted to the company's internal Mail revealed that the preparation of one months staff size has reached 300 people, and particularly stressed that, despite the high peer network group buy the originator of the gene, is the eyes of the audience, high hopes, but to remember, "Gao Peng is a start-up company."

"We are not goupon companies in China, and this has to be clarified." Ouyangyun to this reporter said, although Gao Peng three of the investors are very big, but the money is only a small part of the problem, "our company a lot of things need to start from scratch, whether the team or the local market, so we are a start-up company."

More than 10 days ago, the high-peer network was briefly online, was quickly withdrawn. The industry has widely believed that the move shows that Tencent and Goupon still have different views on the operation of senior friends.

Compared with the two Web site before and after the reporter found that the ICP Certificate of High Peer network has been from the former Beijing ICP11111 number, replaced by Yue b2-20100347. The latter is consistent with Tencent's small game website 3366.com. At present, high-peer online display of the specific operating company name is "Shenzhen century-day Travel Technology Co., Ltd." (hereinafter referred to as Shenzhen Days tour). According to the Ministry of Culture's Public information, the company last April 28 won the "Network Culture Business License", business scope is "use the Internet to operate game products." High-Net posted contact address "Shenzhen South Mt. District High-tech South all the way to the science and Technology Building", is also Tencent's original Shenzhen headquarters location.

A high-net insider told reporters that Groupon, Tencent's industry-win fund and Yunfeng Fund tripartite joint venture, as of now has not officially received business license, so the formal joint venture name has not been announced.

The company has not yet obtained a business license and the journalist has not been able to obtain confirmation from the high peer network. But Ouyangyun confirmed to reporters that the Shenzhen day tour is really only a high peer network operators and ICP license holders, "the joint venture will be published in due course."

According to people close to the high net, about two weeks ago after the "high net" was the urgent removal of Tencent, the company responsible for Groupon overseas market expansion of the German Groupon, the general manager of the City deal, Oliver Samwer fly to Beijing, and Ouyangyun emergency consultations.

Groupon's My city deal, bought by US group buying giant Groupon in March 2009, is now the main performer of Groupon's overseas market expansion.

According to a post-company internal Mail, Germany believes there is nothing wrong with the cooperation between the two sides, but believes that the efficiency of the Chinese market is too low.

February 28, the online network still only provide user mail registration, the official group buying service has not been carried out.