migme Signs MOU and Raises $6.99m with New Strategic Shareholder Meitu
March 03 2016 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
- migme signs MOU with new strategic
shareholder Meitu, and completes a $6.99m share placement
- Meitu is one of the world’s largest
photo and video editing apps, with more than 900 million users
- The MOU is for the implementation of
the sharing of content across the Meitu and migme platforms,
localisation and joint marketing
- The strategic relationship with Meitu
deepens migme’s reach into its key markets of Indonesia, India and
the Philippines
- Substantial engagement value added to
the migme platform, for migme users and key influencers
- The collaboration to provide an
experience set comparable to an Instagram and Snapchat
experience
Global digital media company (“migme” or “Company”) is pleased
to announce the signing of a Memoranda of Understanding (“MOU”)
with new strategic partner Meitu Investment Limited (“Meitu”), and
the placement of 11,650,000 migme shares to Meitu at AU$0.60 per
share raising AU$6,990,000 for the Company. The MOU is to explore
joint marketing and product development opportunities.
Meitu is one of the world’s leading photo and video mobile app.
developers with over 900 million users across their portfolio of
products. These users are predominantly in China, but include over
one hundred million overseas users and growing. The most successful
applications MeituPic (photo editing) and Meipai (short video
social network) have consistently featured in the top ten download
rankings, in App. Stores across China, East Asia and multiple
third-party Android App. Stores.
The Company plans to work closely with Meitu to implement the
sharing of content across the Meitu and migme platforms,
localisation, joint and cross marketing initiatives for migme’s key
markets in the South and Southeast Asian region, with a focus on
Indonesia, India and the Philippines. The relationship allows Meitu
to efficiently deepen their reach and for migme adds substantial
engagement value to the migme platform, particularly for the users
and key influencers in the community (which include the migme
artists, bloggers, YouTubers, celebrities, etc). We expect the
relationship with Meitu will add to the growth and monetisation for
the migme platform.
“We are excited to have Meitu as a strategic partner. As one of
the largest photo and video apps in the world, they are a leading
content producer for China and East Asia, and we very much look
forward to our collaboration together.” said migme Limited CEO
Steven Goh.
Goh adds, “Cooperation between Meitu’s amazing products and
migme as a platform, could provide an experience set comparable to
an Instagram and Snapchat experience, and be a great service for
all our key influencers, opinion leaders, driving further growth,
engagement and monetisation of the business.”
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