# Focus Media Holding

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/focus-media-holding

- Industry: Media
- Headquarters: Shanghai, China
- Website: www.focusmedia.cn
- Total disclosed funding: $43M
- Latest round: Series C (Nov 16, 2004)
- Investors on record: 11

## About

Founded in 2003 and based in Shanghai, China, Focus Media Holding Limited is an advertising company that provides digital media advertising services worldwide. It was listed on the NASDAQ in 2015 and included in the NASDAQ 100 Index in 2007. In 2015, it was relisted on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange with stock code 2027. In October 2018, Focus won the LIA Marketing Innovation Award. The Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Jason Jiang graduated from the Chinese Department of the East China Normal University. The company's main business is to operate a digital media network, leading elevator and outdoor advertising. The company's self-developed products include elevator TV screens, elevator poster screens, cinema advertising systems, retail terminal media, large outdoor LED screens, etc. Its products are used in the field of mass consumer interaction. Their clients include Procter & Gamble, Unilever, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, and more than 5,400 brands. The company generates revenue by selling advertising space on its media network to domestic and foreign brands.

## Funding rounds

- Series C, Nov 16, 2004, $30M — 3i, United Capital Investment, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- Series B, May 25, 2004, $13M — CDH Investments, Springboard-Harper Investment, ePlanet Capital, TDF Capital, Milestone Capital, China Merchants Capital
- Angel, May 29, 2003, $0.5M — SB China Venture Capital
- Angel, Jan 1, 2003 — 5Y Capital

## Investors

- 5Y Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/5y-capital) — Angel
- SB China Venture Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sb-china-venture-capital) — Angel
- CDH Investments (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cdh-investments) — Series B
- Springboard-Harper Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/springboard-harper-investment) — Series B
- ePlanet Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/eplanet-capital) — Series B
- TDF Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/tdf-capital) — Series B
- Milestone Capital — Series B
- China Merchants Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/china-merchants-capital) — Series B
- 3i (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/3i) — Series C
- United Capital Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/united-capital-investment) — Series C
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/goldman-sachs-asset-management) — Series C