Liu Jingkang graduated in 2014 from the Software Institute and is now founder and CEO of the Insta360 Inc.

Profile

Liu was born in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, in 1991 and graduated from the Software Institute of Nanjing University in 2014, majoring in software engineering.

Through software analysis, he deciphered the mobile phone number of Zhou Hongyi, CEO of the 360 Total Security Co., and was then invited by Zhou Hongyi and Li Kaifu to join the Sinovation Ventures.

In 2012, he was admitted to Tencent Research Institute (Shanghai).

Entrepreneurial experiences

He developed xAd advertising technology and successfully sold it to ADTIME.

He co-founded the WeChat public account "University Assistant" and appealed 5 million followers.

In 2013, he launched the "University Live" app, which is designed to offer lectures by well-known teachers from Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and so on.

In the following year, the app broadcast live more than 200 lectures held at nine well-known universities located in six cities across China.

He then succeeded in expanding the business to the corporate sector and established "V Live."

He founded Arashi Vision (also known as Insta360) in 2014.

The company was honored as a “National High-Tech Enterprises” in 2017.

Insta360 has entered Apple retail shops worldwide in 2018, becoming the only panoramic video brand introduced by Apple.

In 2019, it was ranked among the top 100 innovative start-ups in China.

Insta360 (Arashi Vision or Shenzhen Lanfeng Chuangshi Network Technology Co., Ltd.), located in Baoan District, Shenzhen, was founded in 2014. It has grown into a world-renowned panoramic video brand. The company has jumped to No. 1 in the share of individual-oriented panoramic camera market in the world, and has taken up over 80% in that of professional-oriented market, with products sold in more than 100 countries and regions worldwide. The Insta360 Pro series has been widely used in mainstream media such as Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily and CCTV to record and cover the national events live such as the military parade celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of China and the 2018 two sessions. In the consumer market, Insta360, known as the "creator of futuristic camera technology", continues to break the mould by providing users with a new way of recording.

Insta360 won the first prize in the China College Students' 'Internet+' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in the Jiangsu Province, the gold medal and the runner-up in the national level. It was also awarded the gold medal in the China College Students’ Entrepreneurship Competition in Jiangsu Province and the silver medal in the national level.

Honors

In September 2017, Liu Jingkang was selected as a representative young entrepreneur by CCTV's "Focus Report" program, and his innovative and entrepreneurial experience were also included into a series of reports dedicated to celebrating the opening of the 19th CPC National Congress.

In April 2017, Liu was selected into Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia.

In December 2016, he was honored as one of the New Innovators Under 30 by the Entrepreneur magazine.

In 2015, he was awarded the title of "the Youngest Emerging CEO" at the Internet Innovation and Venture Capital Industry Awards.