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Wattpad
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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
7
Acquisitions
1
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Acquired by
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20 Jan 2021
Naver Corporation
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$51,000,000
Venture capital - 2018
BDC Venture Capital
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CAD $50,000,000
Venture capital - 2017
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Location
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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
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Wattpad to open second headquarters in Halifax
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Wattpad releases third annual diversity and inclusion survey
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Wattpad’s new deal
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Wattpad inks first major deal in Latin America
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Wattpad partnership with Penguin Random House marks first expansion into Europe
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Wattpad’s making money moves
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Wattpad launches monetization model globally
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Wattpad’s Seema Lakhani promoted to chief product officer
