Qyuki

Qyuki, an Indian multi-platform media network. It is India's first elite creator network created by Shekhar Kapur, AR Rahman & Samir Bangara. The company incorporated on 11 June 2010. It is classified as Non-govt company and is registered at Registrar of Companies in Bangalore. Currently, it is headquartered at Bandra in Mumbai.

Qyuki focuses on content creation, providing resources to creators to produce, distribute, and market digital material. The company uses its technology to discover and promote the new age of superstars and manage the “end to end” media chain across traditional news and media platforms. Qyuki has built a strong network and content studio featuring some of India’s most creative and acclaimed talent in music and storytelling. The core philosophy of Qyuki is to harness this opportunity and take social expression to a different level, where we leverage the power of multimedia, collaboration and social web, to provide consumers a unique experience across the web and mobile platforms. Qyuki will build a strong creative community by offering co-creation opportunities, collaboration, recognition and a creative marketplace to the consumers.

Qyuki’s vision is to become the largest online broadcast network for youth in India by empowering creators and conducting business with a soul. This vision came from a Bafta award-winning filmmaker of international repute, a Grammy, Academy and Golden Globe Award-winning music maestro and a mover-and-shaker in the digital and startup world. Today, Qyuki is a fully functional unit with around 11-50 employees and altogether 250 plus YouTube channels, SANAM(A band) being the most successful and fastest growing channel with 2,441,571 subscribers. __TOC__

History

Phase 1

Qyuki Digital Media owns and operates a platform that enables co-creation of creative content. Qyuki was founded in January 2010. Qyuki's Headquarters were located at 284/A 1st D Cross, 2nd Stage Defence Colony, HAL Extension Indiranagar Bangalore, IN 560038. It has raised $5.4M in 1 round. The latest round was in 2011. Qyuki's primary investor is Cisco. Qyuki’s Co-Founder & CEO, Samir Bangara, currently has an approval rating of 38%. 50% of the Owler community believes Qyuki will get acquired.

Phase 2

Launched in December 2012, Qyuki is a YouTube-certified MCN backed by stalwarts like Shekhar Kapur, AR Rahman and Samir Bangara.Fullscreen had earlier partnered with Qyuki to tap the Indian market, too. Current status of Qyuki Digital Media Private Limited is Active with 22-50 employees. Qyuki now has around 250 plus YouTube channels and It’s most successful channel is SANAM (A band).

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The digital content company Qyuki unveiled Jammin', a digital musical collaboration with YouTube, featuring leading music creators from YouTube and Bollywood's iconic composers such as A R Rahman, Salim-Sulaiman, Clinton Cerejo, and Mithoon. The musical show featured music biggies such as A R Rahman and Salim-Sulaiman, along with YouTube's rising music stars. Jammin' brought together YouTube's musical talent Sanam (A band), Shraddha Sharma, Siddharth Slathia, Jonita Gandhi, Arjun Kanungo, Maati Baani, Sanah Moidutty, and Raaga Trippin', with four of Bollywood's most accomplished music composers to create 10 original soundtracks and music videos. Qyuki tried breaking Limca Book records of the highest number of singles released in six hours in one day on World Music Day.

Brands and Collaboration

Summer Love featuring Vidya Vox and Maati Baani powered by: Vodafone. Play Style Partner Flipkart. Flipkart and Ishq Bector to give out the Big 10 Flipkart Sale. Shraddha Sharma and Big Deal showing their shine for Colgate Visible White Presenting Partner: Colgate Visible White. OLX partners with Qyuki Digital Media to create #LittleJoysOfLife. 'Mercedes-Benz Project X', an ad with no creative agency on its credits list. The campaign has been created by media agency MEC and online broadcast network Qyuki. Qyuki Digital Media recently collaborated with Coca-Cola India to produce a very special short film, paying tribute to the real heroes of India, our soldiers.

Key Personnel

Qyuki, a multi-platform media network across digital, live, TV and film, founded by AR Rahman, Samir Bangara and Shekhar Kapur. Samir Bangara is the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Qyuki Digital Media Private Limited. Sagar Shirish Gokhale is the Chief Operating Officer (COO).