NewBornTown
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Native name | 赤子城 |
|---|---|
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Mobile apps, Mobile gaming, Internet security |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Founder | Liu Chunhe (CEO) |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Solo Launcher |
| Website | www |
NewBornTown (赤子城) is a Chinese mobile Internet company headquartered in Beijing, China. It is best known as the developer of the Solo Launcher[1] , Solo AppLock, Solo Lock.[2] Up today the Solo System apps gained over 500 million users worldwide .[3] NewBornTown is regarded as one of the fastest growing startups globally for the year 2014-2015. The company successfully finished Series C round financing in August 2015 with several hundred million in CNY, valuing the company over 500 million in USD.[4] Its well-known products Solo System apps (Solo Launcher)[5] were awarded as global best apps in 2015, while the development teams were also entitled as Google Play Top Developers.[6] [7]
History
September 2009: Harry Liu founded NewBornTown in Beijing.[8]
May 2013: Solo Launcher was launched.
June 2014: Finished its angel round of funding with USD 2 million from Shichun Wu and Mingming Huang.
November 2014: Finished A round funding with funding in the (RMB) millions, SOLO users exceed 50 million.
March 2015: In Nanjing, China, NewbornTown opens its design center with funding from the city government.
Feb 2015: Solo Launcher was introduced at Yahoo MDC as Typical Cases integrated with Yahoo Search and was built to integrate with Androids KitKat Holo Light UI.[9][10]
April 2015: SOLO users exceeded 100 million. Finished B round funding with RMB 200 million from Haitong Kaiyuan. Established its North American office in Draper University’s Hero City, in San Mateo, California.[11]
October 2015: SOLO users exceeds 200 million, and in a number countries the app was ranked first in the Personalization category on Google Play.
March 2016: Awarded as 2016 Best Overseas Development Company by ChinaBang.[12]
April 2016: Awarded as ZhongGuanCun Star Venture Company.
April 2016: Awarded as Most Promising Globalization Platform by GMIC together with UCWeb.
June 2016: NewBornTown product's Solo System users exceeds 500 million globally.[13]
August 2016: NewBornTown’s Solo Ad Platform boarded the non-gaming advertising platform list in AppsFlyer Performance Index H1.[14]
See also
References
- ^ "Solo Launcher-Clean,Smooth,DIY". play.google.com.
- ^ "Company Profile: NewbornTown". NewBornTown.
- ^ "Company Profile: Product Solo System". NewBornTown. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
- ^ "AppSamurai - NewBornTown".
- ^ "Solo Launcher: An android tinkerers dream come true". TechRepublic.
- ^ ""The developers are to have great understanding of Chinese market" - Bashir Modanov, NewBornTown". Clickky.
- ^ "PRnewswire: YouAppi and NewBornTown Partnership". PRNewswire.
- ^ "Company Overview of NewBornTown". Bloomberg.
- ^ "New Yahoo Mobile Development Suite Seduces App Makers With Analytics, Search, Ads". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Solo Launcher was introduced at Yahoo MDC". NewBornTown.
- ^ "Solo Launcher established office in Silicon Valley". NewBornTown.
- ^ "The Winners Of The 2016 ChinaBang Awards For Innovation In China Tech". Technode.
- ^ "Company Profile, About NewBornTown". NewBornTown.
- ^ "Solo Ad Platform one of the top leading companies". NewBornTown.