Case Studies

  • At A Glance
  • Renren

  • General Atlantic Board Member 

    • M. Nimetz

  • Year of Investment 

    • 2006

  • GA Value Added

    Assistance with global expansion, financing, M&A, and recruiting senior management 

  • Renren Interactive Userbase

    50 million, with nearly 350 million daily page views

Renren and General Atlantic:  Social Networking in China

When GA invested in Renren (originally Oak Pacific Interactive) in February of 2006, the company was in the midst of building an array of leading online assets, including Mop.com.

GA was immediately effective in helping Renren formulate its long-term growth strategy, developing new business initiatives, recruiting senior management, and completing a landmark financing deal led by Japan's Softbank that ranks among the largest such transactions in the global internet space. 

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