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Youku Inc., formerly Youku.com Inc.,〔"(版权声明 )." Youku. Retrieved on December 27, 2010. "北京市海淀区海淀大街8号中钢国际大厦5层" and "合一信息技术（北京）有限公司"〕〔"(Company Overview )." Youku. Retrieved December 27, 2010.〕 doing business as Youku (), is a video hosting service based in China. Youku has its headquarters on the fifth floor of Sinosteel Plaza (S: 中钢国际广场, T: 中鋼國際廣場, P: ''Zhōnggāng Guójì Guǎngchǎng'') in Haidian District, Beijing.〔"(版权声明 )." Youku. Retrieved on 27 December 2010. "北京市海淀区海淀大街8号中钢国际大厦5层"〕〔"(Contact Us )." Youku. Retrieved 27 December 2010. "Beijing 5th Floor, Sinosteel Plaza, 8 Haidian Dajie, Haidian District, Beijing, 100080, China."〕 On March 12, 2012, Youku reached an agreement to acquire Tudou in a stock-for-stock transaction, the new entity being named Youku Tudou Inc. It has more than 500 million active users. == History == Youku was founded by Victor Koo (T: 古永鏘 ''Koo YungCiang''),〔"(The next generation of entrepreneurs )." ''The Economist''. November 21, 2012. Retrieved on July 28, 2013. "Victor Koo (Gu Yongqiang) is worth watching,()Mr Koo’s firm, Youku Tudou,()"〕〔"(09中国互联网大会嘉宾：優酷CEO古永锵 )." ((Archive )) ''Sina''. August 20, 2009. Retrieved on July 28, 2013. "古永锵 (Victor Koo)()"〕 former President of Chinese Internet portal Sohu. Initial funding for the site came from 1Verge, a fund raised by Koo. A beta version of the site was launched with limited geographic reach in June 2006, and the website was formally launched in December 2006. In 2007, the company received $25 million in funding from venture capitalists. In December 2009, the company announced that it had raised a total of $110 million in private equity funding. Major investors include Brookside (Bain) Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, Maverick Capital, and Chengwei Ventures. The company initially emphasized user-generated content but has since shifted its focus to professionally produced videos licensed from over 1,500 content partners.〔 As of January 2010, Youku.com was ranked #1 in the Chinese Internet video sector according to Internet metrics provider CR-Nielsen,〔(華瑞網標（CR-Nielsen）公司_创建科学测评体系，挖掘中国网络价值 )〕 (keeping in mind that YouTube is banned in China). In 2008, Youku partnered with Myspace in China. Later that year, Youku became the sole online video provider embedded in the China Edition of popular web browser Mozilla Firefox. In January 2010, Youku and competitor Tudou announced the creation of a video broadcasting exchange network, under which Youku and Tudou will cross-license professionally produced video content.〔(Global Times - Video sites cooperate on copyrighted films )〕 Youku recorded gross revenues of 200 million RMB in 2009.〔(INTERVIEW - Youku eyes overseas listing, partnerships )〕 On December 8, 2010, Youku was listed at the New York Stock Exchange for its first time. The stock closed at $33.44 on its first day of trading giving the company a market capitalization of approximately $3.3 billion. For the first 9 months of 2010 Youku reported revenue of $35.1 million and recorded a loss of $25 million during this period. YouKu.com seems to have no relation to the Chinese domain youku.cn. Victor Koo was once an employee of Bain & Company, one of the most prominent management consulting firms in the world. 〔(Youku Investor Relations )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Youku」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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