PR NEWSWIRE – July 27 – He Health, BlueCity's health service platform for men, has officially launched its online consultation services with tens of doctors from China's top hospitals available during the launch phase. He Health focuses on male sexual health, STDs, and everyday health and nutrition. The online consultation function will enable users to access a full range of digital health services, including doctor consultations, medical guidance, testing and health report analysis, and health management.
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BlueCity Appoints Alfred Chung-Chieh Ying as Chief Strategy Officer
PR NEWSWIRE – July 15 – Mr. Ying brings with him over 20 years of capital market experience and extensive knowledge in corporate finance, capital raising, business development, and strategy. Prior to joining BlueCity, he served as CFO at Healthever Biotech and iFresh. Available in 13 languages, Blued connects users in 170 countries and it is the largest online LGBTQ community in China, India, Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. BlueCity's portfolio of brands also includes Finka, a leading gay social networking app for a younger generation in China, and LESDO, a leading lesbian social networking app in China.
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BlueCity Q1 Results 2021: Revenue up 31%
GLOBE NEWSWIRE – June 10 – BlueCity's Q1 revenues reached RMB271.1M ($41.4M), up 30.7% YOY. Net loss was RMB52.1M ($7.9M), compared with net loss of RMB7.6M in Q1 2020. Monthly active users of BlueCity's portfolio apps reached 8.3M, up 37.5% YOY. Total paying users reached 640K, up 47.8% YOY. Revenues from live streaming services reached RMB219.9M ($33.6M), up 22.4% YOY. Revenues from membership services reached RMB26.4M ($4M), up 75.9% YOY. Revenues from advertising services reached RMB12M ($1.8M), from merchandise sales of "He Health" RMB11.4M ($1.7M). BlueCity's portfolio apps include Blued, LESDO and Finka.
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BlueCity’s LESDO Debuts Customizable User Recommendations and New “Catch” Feature
GLOBE NEWSWIRE – Nov 18 – BlueCity, a world-leading LGBTQ community platform, has introduced new interactive features LESDO, a networking app for the lesbian community in China. This rollout includes a customizable User Recommendation System, which allows users to either prioritize distance or how active other users are to optimize match results. In addition, LESDO is debuting the "Catch" feature, a new way of making contacts. If a user wants to "catch" someone, they will answer a question chosen by the user they are interested in. After sending the answer, the user being "caught" will receive a notification that someone is trying to "catch" their attention and can see the other user's answer. From there, the conversation can progress.
Parent Company of Blued Buys Lesbian Platform
REUTERS – Aug 26 – BlueCity, the owner of China's biggest gay men dating app Blued, has bought a Chinese lesbian dating app LESDO, marking the first ever deal within the country's LGBT market. Launched in 2014, LESDO is an app for lesbians. It is believed to be the second most popular lesbian social app in China after Rela. BlueCity raised $84.8M in a Nasdaq IPO in July that valued it at $614M.
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The Top 5 Chinese LGBT Apps In 2017
TECHNODE – Oct 31 – Here are the latest networking apps catering to the LGBT community in China.
- Blued – launched in 2012 and has since pocketed six rounds of financing; 27M registered users, 20% overseas; covers ~190 countries, and is available in 11 languages. Blued has made profits thanks to the thriving live streaming feature and its mobile marketing business.
- Lesdo – launched in 2012, the largest lesbian dating app in China, 1.5M users, founded by a team of gay women. In 2014, the app got angel funding from GSR Ventures, and the next year landed millions of US dollars of pre-A financing led by IVP, SOSVentures, and Linear.
- Aloha – a social networking app designed for gay men. Users swipe left for "nope" and right for "aloha" to get matched with other nearby men.
- LesPark – the major rival of Lesdo. It is a dating app catering to gay women. The app is known for its live streaming feature and has millions of registered users.
- the L – rolled out in Dec 2012, one of the major lesbian location-based dating apps in China.