Jia Shen

Jia Shen is an American technology entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of RockYou, a company that developed games and widgets for social networks, such as Myspace and Facebook. At RockYou, Jia led the company to acquire over 400 million users and raise over $140 million in investment.[1][2]

In 2014, Shen founded the company PowerCore, which creates smart toys and branded merchandise for brands, such as Battle Tails, Mino Monsters, and Business Fish.[3][4]

Most recently Shen leads the Asian efforts of Game Closure, the creator of EverWing on the Instant Games platform in Facebook Messenger and a launch partner on the LINE Quick Games platform.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "RockYou clicks with social network sites". abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  2. ↑ "PowerCore: The Toys-To-Life Startup Picking Up Where Disney Fell Short". forbes.com. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  3. ↑ "PowerCore founder: 'Toys-to-life' isn't dead yet". venturebeat.com. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  4. ↑ "The guy who made Myspace fun now wants to bring toys to life". techinasia.com. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  5. ↑ "GameClosure.com - About". gameclosure.com. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  6. ↑ "LINE Enters App-Free HTML5 Game Market Announces New Game Service "LINE QUICK GAME"". linecorp.com. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
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