Wattpad Stock
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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
Union Square Ventures
Coinbase, Upgrade, MongoDB, C2FO, Stash Financial, Twilio, Funding Circle, Etsy, CloudFlare, Lending Club
Khosla Ventures
Instacart, Stripe, DoorDash, Impossible Foods, Palantir Technologies, Commonwealth Fusion, View, Zenefits, Eat Just, Opendoor
Kickstart Ventures
Version One Ventures
Peterson Group
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
Storytelling community Wattpad embraces adult content with new personalization toolsForbes - Sep, 24 2019
Wattpad Closes First Major Development Deal In Latin AmericaForbes - Jul, 23 2019
How One Executive Is Using Machine Learning To Diversify Human Storytellingbetakit - Jul, 22 2019
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Wattpad’s making money movesTechCrunch - Jul, 18 2019
Storytelling community Wattpad launches Paid Stories and its ad-free subscription globally