Absrtact: Following last year's Sequoia-led investment, tens, the CEO of Yu Jiawen, confirmed to 36 Krypton that the Super timetable team recently received a tens of millions of dollar investment in B-round. This round of investment is led by Alibaba Group,
Following last year's Sequoia-led investment in tens renminbi a round of investments, the super timetable CEO Yu Jiawen confirmed to 36 Krypton that the Super timetable team recently received a tens of millions of dollar investment in B-round. This round of investment by Alibaba Group, Sequoia Capital and strategic source venture continued to participate in the vote.
The Super Timetable (ANDROID/IOS/WP) is a kind of tool application which can connect the university's educational system and help college students to quickly enter the timetable to the mobile phone. It is understood that the current number of users of the application has more than 10 million, the average daily active users up to more than 2 million. In addition, the 1.7 billion-time course search activity in the super timetable was generated only in the year to June. At the same time, the application of the "Class Chat" module has become the country's largest student anonymous social platform.
It is worth mentioning that, whether in its built-in "rub class" module or "Class Chat" community, the super curriculum has been able to according to different user preferences, smart recommendation of different content. At the same time, in order to provide students with more practical functions, the super timetable has been with the major universities and education companies, to provide students with "micro-course" service. Students can through the super curriculum, learning to their interest in the knowledge point, so as to complement the university teacher some knowledge points to explain insufficiently comprehensive problem. It is reported that the micro-class services will be online at the end of August, that is, before the start of the line, so that users use the Super curriculum to learn at any
When it comes to future directions, Yu Jiawen says it will focus on the curriculum and provide students with a variety of more practical functions, such as online curriculum notes, on-line teaching and other services. As for the student community built into the super timetable, Yu Jiawen that although the community is currently active, at the same time, the so-called anonymous social is also very hot, but and not optimistic about the campus social module, in this respect, Renren and QQ space has done good enough, the super curriculum is still more inclined to do a more useful application of students, Instead of grandstanding.
And why would you accept the investment from Alibaba in the B-round? Yu Jiawen also has his own opinion, Alibaba as one of the three internet giants, whether from the company's business and corporate governance can provide more support and advice to the super curriculum; In addition, I have been to Ali's headquarters to feel Alibaba's corporate culture, And the corporate culture advocated by the super timetable. This kind of corporate cultural "ride" is also the reason why Yu Jiawen chose Alibaba after contacting many investors.
Yu Jiawen In an interview also revealed that the super timetable of the team currently has more than 60 people, exclusively are both. After getting the investment, the super timetable will devote 10 million yuan to develop Beijing market vigorously. As we all know, Beijing University numerous, campus potential user base is big, and in Yu Jiawen view, the super timetable which develops from Guangzhou is still relatively insufficient in the Beijing market, need to devote more energy and fund. It is understood that the super timetable has been established in Beijing branch offices, and began to promote work.