pencilnews

PencilNews is a social media to provide the true information about early stage startup.  The pencil never lies, the legend never dies.

Business Model:

Revenue: $0

Employees: 51-200

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Geographic Data

pencilnews headquarters map

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City: Beijing

State: Beijing

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Country: China

Financial Info

Stage:

angel

Raised Last:

$1M

Raised Total:

$2M

Metrics

2,628,026Website Global Rank

5,531Website Monthly Traffic

Twitter Followers

Description

The authenticity and trustworthiness of China media have been challenged by foreign press for decades. Media or reporters are often paid (bribed) to write articles on “customers” behave.  The truth is, the local people doubt about media as well and in the startup world, it is no exception.  The founder of PencilNews, Fang Wang, has experienced it firsthand and changing the immorality and the unprofessionalism becomes his passion. he mission of PencilNews is to provide the true information about early stage startup.  PencilNews has no ads, no paid articles, no articles based on speculation and of course, reporters are restrictedly prohibited to receive money or any incentive for writing.  As the slogan “The pencil never lies, the legend never dies”, PencilNews has been VC’s favorite media in China and has funded by SoftBank, Bertelsmann, K2VC, ZhenFund, InnoAngel and etc. for approximately 15M RMB in total. Every PencilNews article is written by our own reporters and interview founders directly through phone conversation or face-to-face meeting with voice recording to back up the authenticity of articles. Because of the diversity of startup and the flourishing ecosystem in China, PencilNews has covered startups from the agriculture, fish, livestock industry to the entertainment, gaming, education, manufacturing, smart devices and full of diverse industries.  The trustworthy articles have caught investor’s needs to discover early stage startups and became the first choice for startups to understand the market situation and customer needs.  

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Announced Date Company Transaction Money Raised
Announced Date Transaction Number of Investors Money Raised Lead Investors
11/2016 Angel Round $0 SBCVC
Z Ventures
zVentures
SBCVC
Z Ventures
zVentures
1/2016 Angel Round 4 $735.9k Bertelsmann India Investments
K2VC
Kebin Dai
ZhenFund
Bertelsmann India Investments
K2VC
Kebin Dai
ZhenFund
11/2016 Angel Round 3 $1.1M SBCVC
Z Ventures
zVentures
SBCVC
Z Ventures
zVentures
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