CdV Partners sets up alliance with Sunity Online Entertainment to tap into the online game and mobile entertainment app markets in Southeast Asia and Africa

(17 April – Hong Kong) CdV Partners Holding Limited (“CdV Partners”), a leading venture capital group in Asia today announces that it has set up an alliance with Sunity Online Entertainment Limited (“Sunity Online”), a pioneer of online game and software developer in China. The alliance will focus on developing the burgeoning online game and mobile entertainment app markets in Southeast Asia and Africa. Industry research suggests the online game market scale of Southeast Asia and mobile entertainment app will reach US$100 billion this year, a growth of 20% year-on-year, and expecting to exceed US$180 billion in 2015. Meanwhile, Africa will become one of the online game and mobile entertainment app sales markets with strongest growth potentials.

Sunity Online has submitted application to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to list on the main board of Nasdaq and is expected to be officially listed in the 4Q of this year. Leveraging on its network resources in the market and capital investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, CdV Partners will fully support the expansion of Sunity Online’s business into Southeast Asian and African market. Sunity Online mainly engages in developing and marketing online games and software operating and promotion on computers, smart phones and tablets. The Company has developed popular online games such as《大漢風雲》、《三國演義》、《搜神 online》, and is one of the few qualified institutions which are allowed to issue virtual currency.

From left to right: Mr. Samuel Lim, Chairman of CdV Partners Holding Ltd, Mr. Jilid Bin Kuminding, Consulate General of Malaysia, Hong Kong, Mr. Tesheb Casimir, Chairman of CNL VC, US, and Mr. Zhang Fan, Chairman of Sunity Online Entertainment Ltd.

Mr. Samuel Lim, Chairman of CdV Partners Holding Ltd, stated: “We are pleased to set up an alliance with Sunity Online. As one of the frontrunners in the China online game industry, Sunity Online has received approvals to list on the main board of Nasdaq by the end of this year, and the Company has plans to list its new business operated in Southeast on the main board of Hong Kong Stock Exchange in the future. We will provide full support to Sunity Online and are confident that it will be able to have extraordinary performance in the online game industry which has huge upside.”

Mr. Zhang Fan, Chairman of Sunity Online Entertainment Ltd, stated: “Setting up an alliance with CdV Partners will enable us to maintain sustainable growth and to generate shareholders’ value subsequent to our trading debut. In the future, the Group has formulated a strategy to deal with the growing competition in online game industry by focusing on the operation and marketing of online games. Capitalizing on the trend of forming one-stop platform, the Company will continue to provide outstanding services on facilitating the marketing, R&D and operation of online games. Our target is to become the largest online game platform in 5 years.”

Sunity Online currently operates a one-stop online game platform and has various games already up and running. The Group expects 3D games will become the trend and will focus on this opportunity, aiming to gain increasing recognition in the market.


创投控股与阳光在线娱乐成立合作联盟

攻东南亚、非洲网游及手机消闲软件市场

(4 月 17 日 – 香港) 亚洲知名的风险投资机构创投控股有限公司( 创投控「股」)今天公布与中国网络游戏及软件开发先驱阳光在线娱乐集团(「阳光在线」)建立合作联盟，专注发展潜力庞大的东南亚及非洲网游和手机消闲软件市场。根据数据显示，2013 年东南亚网络游戏及手机消闲软件市场的整体规模将超过 1000 亿美元，较去年增长约 20%，估计于 2015 年将逾 1800亿美元。而非洲在未来将会成为其中一个对网络游戏及手机消闲软件最具潜力的销售市场。

阳光在线已向美国证券交易委员会(SEC)申请在纳斯达克交易所主板上市，并预计于本年第四季可正式挂牌，之后创投控股将以其市场网络资源，以及以亿元计的投资，全力协助阳光在线的业务扩展至东南亚及非洲市场。

集团现从事计算机、智能手机及平板计算机的游戏和应用软件开发及推广，曾开发广受欢迎的网游包括《大汉风云》、《三国演义》、《搜神 online》等，为少数具备虚拟货币发行资格的机构。

创投控股有限公司主席 Samuel Lim 先生表示：「对于与阳光在线成立合作联盟，我们感到欣喜。作为中国网络游戏市场领军者之一的阳光在线，已预定于本年底在美国纳斯达克交易所主板上市，而日后其于东南亚所发展的新业务亦会计划于香港主板申请上市。我们有信心阳光在线在创投控股的全力支持下，可在增长潜力庞大的网游市场有出色的表现。」

阳光在线娱乐集团主席兼 CEO 张帆先生表示：「与创投控股成立合作联盟有助集团持续稳步成长，正式挂牌后，致力为股东创造价值。未来，随着网络游戏研发市场竞争加剧，集团已经将发展战略调整到网络游戏的运营和推广。顺着目前平台化的发展趋势，集团的目标是打造一个网络游戏一站式的服务平台，为网络游戏的推广、研发、运营提供优质服务，目标在 5 年内成为亚洲其中一个最大的游戏运营平台。」

阳光在线目前运营一站式游戏平台并已经上线多款游戏，集团预计大型 3D网游是未来增长趋势，将力主在此趋势争取发展，取得更好的市场认同。