Agora Inc. (中国)

The Company engages primarily in providing Real-Time Engagement Platform-as-a-Service (“RTE-PaaS”), which offers developers software tools to embed real-time video, voice and messaging capabilities into their applications without the need to create and maintain the underlying infrastructure themselves.
The Group's real-time engagement products are delivered through its Software-Defined Real-Time Network (“SD-RTN”), which is a virtual network overlay on top of the public internet.
History
2013 The Company was incorporated on November 29, 2013. as an exempted company with limited liability in the Cayman Islands.
2014
In January and March 2014, respectively, the Company incorporated Agora Lab, Inc., or Agora Lab, a California corporation, and formed Shanghai Zhaoyan Network Technology Co., Ltd., or its VIE, a PRC limited liability company. The Company commenced operations through Agora Lab and its VIE in those same months, providing RTE-PaaS products.
In December 2014, the Company incorporated Agora IO, Inc, or Agora IO, a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability, and Agora IO Hongkong Limited, or Agora HK, a Hong Kong corporation. In the same month, Agora IO, Agora and Agora Lab and their respective shareholders entered into a share swap arrangement which resulted in Agora and Agora Lab becoming wholly owned subsidiaries of Agora IO.
2015 In April 2015, the Company incorporated Dayin Network Technology Co., Ltd., or its WFOE, a PRC limited liability company. The Company s WFOE is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Agora HK and has entered into certain contractual arrangements with its VIE and its VIE's shareholders.
2019 In July 2019, the Company incorporated Agora.IO Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Agora Lab, in the United Kingdom.
2020
In January 2020, the Company completed a reorganization, which it refer to as the Corporate Reorganization, resulting in Agora IO becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Agora and Agora becoming wholly owned by former Agora IO shareholders.
The Company has been listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “API” since June 2020.