"The company is currently dealing with the aftermath of General Zhang." On the evening of October 6th, 65438/KLOC-0, Dr. Chun Yu told the reporter of National Business Daily on the phone that all businesses of the company were running normally. "We are a service model platform between doctors and users, and our core business is not affected."
6543816 October, Dr. Chun Yu stated in his obituary that Aring Zhang's related duties were temporarily performed by co-founder Li Guanghui. "Dr. Chun Yu is currently on the road to full profitability. The sudden departure of Mr. Aring Zhang is not only a great loss for Dr. Chun Yu, but also a great regret for entrepreneurs, especially those in the Internet field in China. "
Aring Zhang's sudden death also triggered the reflection of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship is not easy, and mobile medical entrepreneurship is even more difficult to touch the traditional medical system. However, as early as four years ago, that is, on September 29th, 20 12, Dr. Chun Yu, who started his business in Aring Zhang for more than one year, said in Weibo that mhealth is a cause that I can and deserve to devote myself to, and is getting the B round of financing from close.
accidental death
According to public information, Aring Zhang is an Anhui native with a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in journalism from China Renmin University. He used to be the director of the former news center of Jinghua Times and the former deputy editor-in-chief of Netease. On 20 1 1, he left to establish Dr. Chunyu, a mobile medical enterprise.
According to the disclosure, Dr. Chunyu is a mobile medical platform, which was founded by Aring Zhang, Li Guanghui and Bai Yi on July 20 1 1. According to the data released by Dr. Chun Yu in June 20 16, Dr. Chun Yu's platform has gathered 92 million active users and 4 1000 professional doctors in public hospitals, handling 330,000 medical problems every day.
In the summer of 20 1 1, Dr. Chun Yu was founded. In June of that year 1 1, a round of financing of $3 million was conducted, and then Chun Yu Doctor APP was officially launched. On September 20 12, we made a series b financing of $8 million. 2065438+In August 2004, Chunyu received $50 million in Series C financing, setting the largest single financing in the field of mobile health in China.
According to Caixin's report in June 20 16, Dr. Chun Yu has completed Pre-IPO financing1200 million yuan. In 20 15, the actual income of online consulting business was1300 million yuan, and the profit was 30 million yuan. It is planned to be split and packaged for listing. At present, the two major plans of A-share merger or New Third Board are still hesitating.
Despite the constant financing, Aring Zhang admitted in an interview with the media in March of 20 15 that he was really anxious and couldn't eat well and sleep well every day. "Before going to bed at night, he will worry about what to do if the capital chain is broken. When he gets up in the morning, he will cheer up and encourage himself to say that his products have solved the pain of so many people, so valuable, he will definitely get the money, but this is just fate."
Dr. Chun Yu, the above-mentioned person told the reporter of National Business Daily that Mr. Zhang's work and rest are very regular, and he works nine to ten hours from nine to six every day. "But as CEO, his work schedule is really full every day." . ,
In his obituary, Dr. Chun Yu said that Mr. Aring Zhang was a pioneer in the field of Internet in China. From Jinghua Times to Netease, and then to Dr. Chun Yu, Mr. Aring Zhang accurately grasped the opportunities of two Internet revolutions and successfully achieved the leap from "connecting people and information" to "connecting people and services". Just in August this year, Aring Zhang turned its attention to the coming Internet of Everything era.
The obituary also said that Aring Zhang was also the most active explorer of the Internet medical business model. From "light consultation" to "air hospital", to "electronic health records" and to "open platform for online consultation", Aring Zhang has gradually turned Dr. Chunyu into an Internet medical portal and platform-level application, integrated all aspects of medical resources, and upgraded Internet medical care from medical care to medical care, which is expected to reduce the overall medical expenses and achieve the same benefits for all links.
Looking for a profit model
Undoubtedly, Aring Zhang's death not only aroused public concern about the health of entrepreneurs, but also reflected the current situation of the whole industry.
Although from the market level, the market data of mobile medical care has performed well. According to Ai Media Consulting, by the end of 20 16, the scale of China mobile medical and health market is expected to reach 7.42 billion yuan, 20184.3 billion yuan.
Just in June, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said that the growth rate of the mobile medical market in China reached more than 20%, and according to statistics, from 20 15 to 20 16, nearly ten mobile medical internet projects were financed in just two months.
According to the report of Ai Media Consulting, the monthly usage of App in online medical industry increased from 20 15 years to 12 years, and reached 17 10 billion times, surpassing PC (basically stable at 400 million times), and the gap kept widening. According to analysis, there are two main reasons for this phenomenon: the flexibility of mobile terminals and the high frequency of health management requirements.
Before the arrival of the capital winter, the favor of capital for the mobile medical industry was also obvious. "National Business Daily" previously reported that relevant data showed that in the first year of internet plus, there were 22 1 investment and financing in the mobile medical field, an increase of 445.4 percentage points over 20 14.
On June 27th, 65438+ 10 this year, Health Yuan () (,SH) announced that its all-purple subsidiary Tiancheng Industrial signed a subscription agreement with Xing Shulin and others. Tiancheng Industrial subscribed for Xinglin 78053 1d series preferred shares for US$ 30 million.
On March 14, Xinyao, the medical beauty o2o platform, announced the completion of the C round of financing. The amount of this round of financing is 50 million US dollars. According to China News Network, combined with the disclosed financing valuation report, the valuation of new oxygen has tied Dr. Chun Yu.
However, in August this year, with the news that the first batch of mobile medical care 160 (Ningyuan Technology:) laid off one third of its staff, the profitability of mobile medical care once again attracted public attention. The 20 15 annual report released by the New Third Board 160 shows that the operating income of that year was 2.3719800 yuan, and the loss reached 7136800 yuan.
As a leader in the industry, Dr. Chunyu achieved a revenue of 65.438+0.3 billion yuan and a profit of 30 million yuan in 2065.438+05, but the number of users has exceeded 30 million. From this perspective, even the profit of Dr. Chun Yu is still a problem that cannot be ignored. Aring Zhang had previously said that the listing was not his personal wish, but was requested by the management.
Shi Lichen, founder of Beijing Chen Ding Medical Consulting Center, has repeatedly expressed his concern about the profit model of mobile medical care to the reporter of China Business News. 10 On June 6, Shi Lichen once again expressed the above views in an interview with reporters.
Shi Lichen said that there is a "congenital deficiency" in the profitability of domestic mobile medical care. Compared with foreign countries, the cost of outpatient service in China is much lower and the profit is meager. Many apps are mainly based on diagnosis and treatment, and this piece is mostly free in domestic hospitals. In addition, some mobile medical enterprises try to find a breakthrough in drugs, which is difficult for both pharmaceutical companies and hospitals to accept.
It is worth noting that public hospitals hold the vast majority of resources, which also makes the space left for enterprises themselves not too big.
"There is no good profit model at present." Shi Lichen believes that the root of this problem lies in the lack of policy support, and there is a contradiction in the distribution of interests between top three hospitals and primary hospitals. He also believes that cities that previously promoted telemedicine also encountered difficulties because of the contradiction in the distribution of benefits.
Starting a business is not easy.
Aring Zhang's sudden death has also aroused the reflection of entrepreneurs.
"At present, we are on the road to full profitability. The sudden departure of Mr. Aring Zhang is not only a great loss for Dr. Chun Yu, but also a great regret for entrepreneurs, especially those in the Internet field in China. " Dr Chun Yu said in his company obituary.
"As a netizen in Xici and blog era, I only had dinner with Aring Zhang once. He jumped out of the traditional media very early, and his thinking has always been ahead of his peers. This is undoubtedly the forerunner of the transformation of media people. " Lu, a senior reporter of Southern Weekend, lamented, "I only know Aring Zhang as a reporter. Aring Zhang, who started a business, I have never talked about it once, but it is a pity. "
As a pioneer of Internet entrepreneurship, Jiang Tao, Chairman and CEO of Hangzhou Tongdun Technology Co., Ltd., expressed great apologies in the circle of friends and prayed for the health of friends.
"Behind success are countless sweats and tears. Aring Zhang, a real entrepreneur has fallen. But it is many entrepreneurs like Aring Zhang who have changed the world and promoted social progress! They are the elite and backbone of our Chinese nation! I never knew him, but I praised him! I also hope that Dr. Chun Yu will continue to maintain good development! " A well-known domestic capital market person the reporter met thinks so.
An Internet entrepreneur lamented to the reporter of National Business Daily that at the beginning of his business, he was very worried about financing to find funds, but he was worried about how to make money when financing.
Zong, a well-known PE person in China and chairman of Zhejiang Huarui Investment Management Co., Ltd., told the National Business Daily that most medical Internet entrepreneurs do not understand the characteristics of the medical industry and are trapped in the national medical system that is not in the market. The process of internet+medical care is particularly difficult, and most entrepreneurs have not yet come out. Even Dr. Chun Yu, the pioneer of the industry, has not yet formed an efficient business model, and the pressure can be imagined.
Zong believes that this year is the year of capital winter, and most Internet entrepreneurs are facing enormous financing pressure, especially in industries with high degree of non-marketization. Because the pattern exploration cycle is relatively long, it is inevitable to fall. However, real entrepreneurs will not be depressed by the fall of their predecessors. I believe that they will face a difficult road to entrepreneurship until the other side of success. Even if they fall on the road, they will still be defeated. I hope all walks of life can give them more care and encouragement!