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Wattpad
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Storytelling
Wattpad is the best place to read and share stories.
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Type
B2c
Founded
2006
Raised
$157.8M
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Also headquartered in Toronto
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Overview
Funding
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Acquisitions
1
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Acquired by
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20 Jan 2021
Naver Corporation
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$51,000,000
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CAD $50,000,000
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Wattpad co-founder Allen Lau to step down as CEO, become executive advisor
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Wattpad’s widening end zone
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Allen Lau drafts a new plan for Wattpad one year after Naver acquisition
Express Technology
Audible adds new Hindi audiobooks in partnership with Wattpad, the online reading platform
The Verge
ViacomCBS announces partnership with Wattpad to adapt originals
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Lam in the lead at Wattpad
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Naver merges Wattpad, Webtoon studio divisions, invests $100 million USD
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Wattpad Brand Partnerships Launches Wattpad Brand Originals, a New Branded Entertainment …
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Upside Foundation reaches 300 members as Wattpad’s massive exit marks strong start for 2021
The Verge
Storytelling incubator Wattpad is getting bought for over half a billion dollars
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Wattpad to be acquired by South Korea’s Naver Corp. for $754 million CAD
$600,000,000
TechCrunch
Wattpad, the storytelling platform, is selling to South Korea’s Naver for $600 million
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PICTURESTART founder and CEO Erik Feig joins Wattpad Studios as advisor
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Wattpad makes foray into podcasts through partnership with Shaftesbury, Shaw Rocket Fund
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Wattpad warns of data breach that stole user info | CBC News
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Wattpad Enters First Australian Partnership With Screen Queensland
Fast Company
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It discovered ‘The Kissing Booth’ and ‘After.’ Now Wattpad is ramping up its hit factory
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Wattpad’s Allen Lau on surviving the dot-com bubble, SARS, and the financial crises
TechCrunch
Storytelling community Wattpad embraces adult content with new personalization tools
BetaKit
Wattpad to open second headquarters in Halifax
