Infront Sports & Media, an international sports marketing agency based in Switzerland, has launched iX.co, a new digital venture connecting brands and sports rights-holders directly to sports fans. iX.co will merge Infront’s in-house digital team with OMNIGON, a New York-based digital services company acquired by Infront earlier this year. With a 250-member staff, the new venture will operate in New York, London, Los Angeles, Paris, St. Petersburg, Toronto and Zug, Switzerland. China's Dalian Wanda Group acquired Infront in 2015. IDG Capital is also an Infront investor.

Sanjieke, a China-based career training platform targeting IT professionals, has raised $19 million in a Series B round. Sanjieke provides systematic courses to Internet industry practitioners and also works with leading Chinese Internet companies to build core skill evaluation standards and assessment tools. The Beijing-based start-up said it will use the latest investment to expand its business operations. IDG Capital led Sanjieke’s series A fund in 2018. The company’s valuation currently exceeds $145 million.

Lime, a San Francisco-based electric scooter and bike-sharing provider, is launching a new marketing program to demonstrate how micro-mobility is changing the global urban transportation landscape. The new marketing program was created in partnership with Anonymous Content, a commercial, film and television production company based in Culver City, California. In 2017, IDG Capital joined Lime's Series A funding round.

The Mayor of Lyon, France, hosted the Olympique Lyonnais women’s team in the city center less than 24 hours after the team celebrated its victory over Barcelona to win the Champions League trophy for the sixth time in nine seasons. The latest win enhanced the squad’s reputation as one of the dominant teams in women’s soccer. In 2016, IDG Capital invested $110 million in OL Groupe, now listed on the Paris stock exchange.

Cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase announced a new product and marketing program to enable users to earn cryptocurrency by solving tasks, trying new protocols and answering quizzes. Coinbase, based in San Francisco, said it will offer the program in more than 100 countries. IDG Capital was an angel investor in Coinbase in 2013.

IDG Capital is leading a $145M funding in Kr Space, a co-working space operator based in China. Kr Space said that it will use the latest investment round to pursue its new business strategy aimed at making the firm “a full life-cycle office enterprise service provider.” Kr Space currently operates 40 co-working spaces in ten major Chinese cities and plans to expand soon into Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo and throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Since 2016, IDG Capital has participated in three Kr Space venture rounds.

Xiaomi, the world’s fourth-largest smartphone maker, has opened its first physical store in Santiago, the capital of Chile. Xiaomi now sells more 130 electronic products in Chile, including cellphones, security cameras, computers and robot vacuum cleaners. The Beijing-based company said it will soon open six more stores in South America. IDG Capital was an early investor in Xiaomi, which went public in 2018 with a $52.7 billion valuation.

The 2019 EdTech Awards has chosen Qkids, an online education platform which connects native English-speaking teachers to Chinese learners, as a finalist in two contest categories – Personalized Learning and Language Learning. Qkids currently has 600,000 paid students in more than 10 countries and employs 15,000 teachers in North America. IDG Capital led the firm’s Series B financing in 2017. Founded in 2015, Qkids operates out of Shenzhen, Xiamen, Guangzhou and Beijing.

Bilibili, China's leading online video platform, generated $204.7 million revenue in Q1 2019, a 58% increase over Q1 2018. Revenue from e-commerce grew 621% and its average monthly paid subscribers now exceed 5.7 million, a 132% increase over the first quarter of 2018. Bilibili first went public on NASDAQ in 2018 and is currently valued at more than $3 billion. IDG Capital led Bilibili's Series A funding round in 2017 and also joined its A+ and B rounds.

IDG Capital, a U.S.-based venture capital and private equity firm, is one of the top three investors in Chinese unicorns, or startups valued at more than $1 billion. Hurun, a Shanghai-based market research firm, said IDG Capital now has investments in 25 of China’s 202 unicorns, as of Q1 2019.

Acadsoc, a Hong Kong-based educational technology startup backed by IDG Capital, raised $14.8 million during a Series C2 funding round, China Money Network reported. Less than three months ago, IDG Capital co-led Acadsoc’s Series C round. Founded in 2013, Acadsoc initially provided one-on-one English-language tutoring services to Chinese families. In 2016, Acadsoc also began offering online English-language courses to both primary and middle school students, as well as adults.

IDG Capital has joined a $126 million funding round in Beidian, a Chinese social ecommerce platform that primarily focuses on products that allows users to buy, share and sell maternal and child-related products. Beidian currently has more than 50 million registered users, including 10 million monthly active users. It also processes more than 100 million purchases per business quarter. IDG Capital initially invested in the Beidian in 2017, the year it was founded. Beidian is an offshoot of Beibei Group, a Chinese ecommerce platform and offline retail store conglomerate specializing in maternal care products.

Nasdaq-listed iQiyi, an online video platform based in Beijing, is now marketing a new $300 virtual reality headset. iQiyi said it believes its expertise in virtual and augmented reality, and artificial intelligence, will help expand the firm’s 87.4 million customer base. iQiyi added 36.6 million new subscribers last year alone. Roughly 98.5 percent of its customers are paid. In 2017, IDG Capital joined iQiyi's private funding round.

Italian luxury apparel manufacturer Moncler is reporting a 14 percent increase in first-quarter revenues to $425.1 million, boosted by strong sales to mainland China and South Korea. This marks the 21st consecutive quarter of double-digit growth for the Milan-based fashion firm since its initial public offering in 2013. IDG Capital was an early investor in Moncler, which is now listed on the FTSB MIB, the Italian national stock exchange.

Liquid.com, a Tokyo-based crypto-currency trading platform, has released a new mobile app to allow users to execute trades on Android and iOS mobile devices. The  firm, which was founded in 2014, said the new app, known as LiquidPro, will help customers track and react more quickly to changes in the cryptocurrency markets. IDG Capital co-led a Series C fundraising round in Liquid this April.

iQiyi, China's leading video platform, is expanding its entertainment offerings to appeal to a larger global audience. The Beijing-based firm, which now has 87 million online subscribers, recently struck a deal with Netflix to broadcast several of its Chinese-made blockbuster films in the U.S. and Europe. IDG Capital first joined a private financing round in iQiyi in 2017. The company is now valued at $20.8 billion on Nasdaq.