The websites focused on specific area seem to attract more investments even under the financial crisis. AIGOU.COM, a pet website, has recently received a joint investment amounting to tens of millions of USD from SoftBank, IDG and Alibaba. The predecessor of AIGOU.COM is Dog-Baby.Com, established by Mr. Chen Jinfei, chairman of Beijing Tongchan Investment Group in April of 2005. In April of 2006, DOG-BABY.COM, together with some 30 kennel organizations or institutions, set up China Kennel Union or CKU, becoming the only member of the Federation Cynologique internationale or FCI. |