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Wattpad Stock
Online community for original stories
About Wattpad Stock
Wattpad’s vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories. The global multiplatform entertainment company uses the power of community and technology to enable the creation and distribution of content across a variety of formats. Its flagship app, Wattpad, is home to a community of more than 65 million people who spend over 20 billion minutes a month engaged in original stories. Tap by Wattpad, the company’s second storytelling product, offers short, chat-based stories in over a dozen languages. Wattpad Studios co-produces stories for film, television, digital and print, together with industry partners. Wattpad Brand Solutions offers a full suite of advertising products to help brands build deep engagement with Millennial and Gen Z consumers. The company is proudly based in Toronto, Canada.
Investors
August Capital
Avant, Turo, FourKites, Fastly, Sendbird, Rocket Lawyer, Mirantis, Reputation.com, Tegile Systems, Zulily
BDC Venture Capital
Coveo, Hopper, ApplyBoard, Wattpad, Ranovus, CarbonCure Technologies, Rover
Khosla Ventures
Instacart, Stripe, DoorDash, Impossible Foods, Palantir Technologies, View, Zenefits, Opendoor, Faire, Oscar Health
Kickstart Ventures
OMERS Ventures
Group14 Technologies, Rover, Hootsuite, Wattpad, Embark Trucks, DuckDuckGo, Ranovus, DogVacay, Klipfolio, Fusebill Subscription Billing Software - Company
Peterson Group
Tencent Holdings
Flipkart, Swiggy, Ola, Reddit, Nubank, Discord, Miniso, SoundHound, Airwallex, Blockstream
The Raine Group
Union Square Ventures
Coinbase, Upgrade, MongoDB, C2FO, Stash Financial, Twilio, Funding Circle, Etsy, CloudFlare, Lending Club
Version One Ventures
Funding History
September 2011 | $3.5M |
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June 2012 | $17.3M |
April 2014 | $46.0M |
January 2018 | $51.0M |
Management
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Allen Lau
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer
Ivan Yuen
Press
TechCrunch - Feb, 26 2020
Forbes - Sep, 24 2019
Forbes - Jul, 23 2019
betakit - Jul, 22 2019
TechCrunch - Jul, 18 2019
betakit - Jun, 28 2019
TechCrunch - Apr, 17 2019
TechCrunch - Mar, 13 2019
TechCrunch - Feb, 13 2019
Forbes - Jan, 30 2019
Forbes - Jan, 29 2019
TechCrunch - Jan, 24 2019
TechCrunch - Nov, 13 2018
TechCrunch - Jun, 14 2018
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