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| 12.11.2025 | Mercor: Crafting the Perfect AI Talent Profile and Strategies for Getting Noticed by Top Employers | Created by Robert Lean
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| 29.06.2025 | NiaHealth: $5.75 Million Raised For Canada-Based Proactive Care Platform | NiaHealth, a health tech startup pioneering proactive care in Canada, announced the closing of its $5.75 million seed round, led by Golden Ventures, with participation from notable investors including Kyle Braatz (CEO, Fullscript), Satish K... |
| 08.06.2025 | NAVER Expands Startup Investments in Silicon Valley with the Planned Establishment of NAVER Ventures | - Key executives, including Founder Lee Hae-jin and CEO Choi Soo-yeon, engage in discussions with the local startup ecosystem
- The new investment initiative will focus on investing in promising startups in North America, starting with vide... |
| 06.05.2025 | Pixalate’s April 2025 EMEA Top 100 Google Play Store and Apple App Store Mobile Bundle IDs: ‘Vinted: Sell vintage clothes’ No. 1 in UK on Apple App Store, ‘TeraBox’ Leads in Spain on Google Play Store... | According to Pixalate research, the Bundle ID for ‘Happy Color®: Coloring Book’ (com.pixel.art.coloring.color.number) on the Google Play Store claimed the top spot and ranked No. 1 in the Netherlands, France, and the UK; in Germany, Bundle ... |
| 21.04.2025 | NAVER D2SF Invests in Virtual IP and Content Startup "SCON" | - Possesses specialized content planning and production capabilities for virtual IP … Currently pursuing both IP development/planning and B2B solutions business
- Has debuted the largest number of virtual characters in Korea based on strong... |
| 31.03.2025 | The Future of Motion Capture: MOVIN's Revolutionary Leap into 3D Technology | In the fast-paced world of technology, innovation is the lifeblood that keeps industries thriving. The realm of motion capture is no exception. Enter MOVIN, a South Korean startup that is rewriting the rules of 3D motion capture with its gr... |
| 28.03.2025 | Chinology Reviews: Is the Lifting Face Mask Worth It? | Share
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| 27.03.2025 | WEBTOON Entertainment's NAVER WEBTOON Joins ACE to Expand Global Battle Against Digital Piracy | NAVER WEBTOON is ACE's First Korean-founded and First Webcomic Company Member
LOS ANGELES, March 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the world's leading anti-piracy coalition, today welcomed NAVER W... |
| 26.03.2025 | NAVER D2SF Makes Follow-On Investment in AI-Based Real-Time Motion Capture Startup "MOVIN" | MOVIN pioneers the integration of LiDAR sensors into 3D motion capture technology, a world first, achieving high-quality, low-cost 3D motion capture
Expands into the North American market with "MOVIN TRACIN" motion capture solutio... |
| 25.03.2025 | Pixalate’s February 2025 LATAM Top 100 Google Play Store and Apple App Store Mobile Bundle IDs: Words of Wonder Leads on Apple App Store in Mexico, ‘Flashscore’ No. 1 in Brazil on Google Play Store... | According to Pixalate’s research, the ‘Words of Wonder’ Bundle ID (1369521645) led in Mexico on the Apple App Store for global open programmatic ad spend; in Brazil, the Bundle ID (eu.livesport.flashscore_com) for ‘Flashscore’ ranked no. 1 ... |
| 19.03.2025 | NAVER D2SF Invests in Game Production AI Startup "Anchor Node" | - Developing automated solutions for game production based on generative AI, automatically generating visual elements such as graphics and motion
- Proven technology and business value through their own games, with a 95% reduction in produc... |
| 22.02.2025 | NAVER D2SF Invests in AI-Powered Autonomous Driving Startup "whereable.ai" | - Plug-and-play autonomous driving solution enabling immediate operation in any environment
- Founded by the cofounders of ThorDrive, an autonomous vehicle startup… Secured the Incheon Airport project within just 4 months after its founding... |
| 21.02.2025 | The Rising Tide of Adult Autism Diagnoses: Understanding the Shift | In recent years, a wave of adults has begun to seek autism diagnoses. This surge is not just a trend; it reflects a deeper understanding of neurodiversity. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is often associated with childhood diagnoses. However... |
| 21.02.2025 | NAVER D2SF-Backed PranaQ® Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for TipTraQ, an AI-Enabled Home Sleep Apnea Test | SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- PranaQ, backed by NAVER D2SF continues to push the boundaries of AI-powered healthcare solutions. NAVER D2SF, NAVER's corporate venturing arm, actively collaborates with startups to drive in... |
| 31.01.2025 | Pixalate Releases LATAM Top 100 Mobile App Bundle ID Rankings For Global Open Programmatic Ad Spend on Google Play Store and Apple App Store in December 2024 | According to Pixalate’s research, ‘Flashscore live scores & news’ Bundle ID (eu.livesport.flashscore_com) in Brazil led in the Google Play Store. In Mexico, the Bundle ID (319881193) for ‘Grindr’ on the Apple App Store was No. 1, and Bu... |
| 05.11.2024 | A New Dawn for Space Travel: The Return of Nuclear Rockets | The cosmos beckons. Humanity stands on the brink of a new era in space exploration. At the heart of this transformation lies a technology long thought to be relegated to the annals of history: nuclear thermal propulsion. Once a dream of the... |
| 31.10.2024 | Dot Inc. and WEBTOON Entertainment Release World's First Tactile Digital Comics | Hit WEBTOON series "Yumi's Cells" and "Hooky" will be made available for free in braille on Dot Inc.'s Dot Pad technology, expanding access to more fans around the world
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| 26.10.2024 | Bridging Continents: NAVER D2SF's Bold Venture into North America | In the fast-paced world of technology, connections are everything. NAVER D2SF, a venture capital arm of South Korea's largest internet company, is stepping into the North American startup scene. This move is not just about investment; it’s ... |
| 25.10.2024 | NAVER D2SF to Invest in North American Startups, "To Become a Gateway between North America and Asia." | Connecting North American Investors and Entrepreneurs, NAVER D2SF to "actively discover North American startups and promote global synergy."
Strengthening support from networking with local investors and entrepreneurs, attracting ... |
| 26.08.2024 | Viggle AI: $19 Million (Series A) Raised To Transform Character Animation With GenAI | Viggle AI, a Canada-based company transforming character animation through generative artificial intelligence, today announced it has raised $19 million in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from addition... |
| 19.08.2024 | The Rise of GenAI in Entertainment: TuSimple and VoyceMe Lead the Charge | The entertainment landscape is shifting. Two companies, TuSimple and VoyceMe, are at the forefront of this transformation. They are harnessing technology to create new experiences. One is venturing into animation and gaming, while the other... |
| 17.08.2024 | VoyceMe: Manga And Webtoon Creator Platform Company Raises $10 Million | VoyceMe, a first-of-its-kind manga and webtoon creator platform, announced new funding, product, technology pipeline details, and the addition of key executive leadership. And with over eight million monthly visits and an increase in reader... |
| 26.04.2024 | Ctrl-Alt-Speech: The Bell Tolls For TikTok | Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw.
Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of cho... |
| 28.02.2024 | Inkitt: Revolutionizing Content Creation with AI | Inkitt, a startup at the forefront of transforming content creation through artificial intelligence (AI), has secured a massive $37 million in funding to expand its innovative platform. Led by Vinod Khosla from Khosla Ventures, the Series C... |
| 26.02.2024 | Inkitt, the self-publishing platform using AI to develop bestsellers, nabs $37M | Everyone has a story in them, as someone famous once said. A startup called Inkitt believes that it can use AI to turn the strongest of these into blockbusters and to build a new “Disney” for the 21st century around that content. Now it’s r... |
| 17.11.2023 | Wattpad Premium subscribers now have access to 5 free monthly Wattpad Originals | Wattpad announced today “Premium Picks,” a new offering that gives Premium and Premium+ subscribers monthly access to five free Wattpad Originals — the recently launched freemium model where select authors can choose to monetize chapters.
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| 03.10.2023 | Wattpad ditches ‘Paid Stories’ for a freemium model | After launching its “Paid Stories” program in 2019, the social storytelling platform Wattpad is now replacing it with a new freemium model called “Wattpad Originals” that gives authors the best of both worlds — monetization and growing thei... |
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| 21.04.2023 | I'm a full-time male stripper who makes up to $4,000 a week performing around Australia. Fans have asked me some wild things, but this really is my passion. | Jaxon Human. Courtesy of Magic Men Australia
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| 30.03.2023 | I played the anime dating sim that does your taxes for you | Yes, there is an anime dating sim that does your taxes, and it actually works.
Tax Heaven 3000 is a game produced by MSCHF, the venture-funded creative studio behind projects like Push Party, the Lil Nas X blood shoes, the big red Astro Boy... |
| 26.10.2022 | Korean internet giant Naver eyes North America, Europe as it grows its C2C marketplace business | Did you know that Google isn’t the top search engine in South Korea? It’s not even a close second.
Most Koreans actually prefer Naver for various reasons, and they like it so much that the search engine holds about 56% of the market, per St... |
| 30.06.2022 | Wattpad introduces a creator program that can pay writers up to $25,000 | Storytelling platform Wattpad is introducing a new creator program for writers that can earn them up to $25,000 in compensation. The company is also debuting a new metric called “Engaged Readers,” to help writers gauge readers’ interest in ... |
| 30.10.2021 | TikTok users obsessed with two Dutch politicians are writing and posting fan fiction about their imagined relationship | Dutch MPs Rob Jetten and Jesse Klaver are collectively known as ‘Resse’ on TikTok. ressepeasants / TikTok
People can’t get enough of the friendship between Dutch MPs Rob Jetten and Jesse Klaver.
They are collectively known as “Resse” on Tik... |
| 16.08.2021 | A Battle for the Throne Brings an Age-Old Legacy to Light in Captivating New Fantasy Novel | KAJANG, Malaysia (PRWEB) August 16, 2021
Author M. A. Frost has released “The Freelancers: The Black Shield and the Red Fortune,” an absorbing and intricate high fantasy novel in which warring factions vie for power and control. Cunning mer... |
| 19.01.2021 | Wattpad, the storytelling platform, is selling to South Korea’s Naver for $600 million | Wattpad, the 14-year-old, Toronto-based, venture-backed storytelling platform with reach into a number of verticals, is being acquired by Naver, the South Korean conglomerate, in a $600 million cash-and-stock deal.
Naver plans to incorporat... |
| 25.03.2020 | Teens are writing graphic 'sex slave' fan fiction stories about their favorite TikTokers | Culture Teens are writing graphic 'sex slave' fan fiction stories about their favorite TikTokers
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| 26.02.2020 | Storytelling community Wattpad now lets you personalize adult content options | Wattpad, the online storytelling community that’s home to some 80 million monthly users, has successfully tapped into the power of crowdsourcing to help uncover the next potential hits for media companies, including Netflix, Hulu, NBCU, Son... |
| 24.02.2020 | Стартапы недели: прибор для смягчения мигрени, сервис для упрощения нейросетей и другие | А также обзор проектов из прошлогодних выпусков.
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На этой неделе в «Стартапе дня» были три стартапа обычных, один корпоративный и два объявления.
Pendulum помогает диабетикам таблетками с пробиотиками. Никакой... |
| 30.09.2019 | 7 Ways to Get Teens Reading in a Smartphone Culture | One evening last week, I collapsed into bed after homework was finished, lunches were packed, and bedtime stories were read and happened upon an impassioned Los Angeles Times op-ed by high school political science teacher Jeremy Adams. In i... |
| 18.07.2019 | Storytelling community Wattpad launches Paid Stories and its ad-free subscription globally | Online storytelling community Wattpad, also now a content feeder for streaming services and other media companies, is taking its two consumer-facing paid products global. Wattpad Premium, the ad-free subscription tier, first launched in 201... |
| 30.05.2019 | Two Small Fish Ventures closes $9 million for second fund | Two Small Fish Ventures, a Toronto-based early-stage investment firm led by former Wattpad executive Eva Lau, has closed an initial $9 million CAD for its second fund. The target goal for the fund is $15 million.
“Our only intention here at... |
| 13.03.2019 | Wattpad partners with India’s largest media company to expand presence in the region | Toronto-based Wattpad, an online community for readers and writers, has announced a partnership and strategic investment with Times Bridge, the global investments and partnerships arm of Indian media conglomerate, Times Group.
Wattpad is no... |
| 13.02.2019 | Wattpad’s latest deal will turn its stories into TV shows and movies in Korea | Wattpad’s ambitions to grow beyond a storytelling community for young adults took another leap forward today with the announcement of a new partnership that will help expand its reach in Asia. The company has teamed up with Huayi Brothers i... |
| 24.01.2019 | Online storytelling community Wattpad launches its own publishing arm, Wattpad Books | Wattpad, an online community for original fiction whose stories have been turned into streaming hits like Netflix’s “The Kissing Booth,” is now turning its eyes to publishing. The company today announced the launch of a new division, Wattpa... |
| 17.09.2018 | Startups are giving writers and filmmakers more ways to make it in Hollywood | On May 11, Netflix released the teen dramedy “The Kissing Booth” just as the school year was wrapping up for teens across the country.
By June, the company had a smash hit among the tweenage set, and Wattpad, the company that owned the righ... |
| 14.06.2018 | Netflix’s latest hit ‘The Kissing Booth’ is a Wattpad success story | One of the most popular movies in the U.S. is a terrible teen rom-com called “The Kissing Booth,” and it’s not in theaters. Instead, this Netflix Original with its paltry 17 percent critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes, shot up to become the N... |
| 06.05.2018 | Golden Ventures has a new pot of new capital — $57 million — to invest largely in Canada | Golden Ventures, a seed-stage outfit with offices in Toronto and Waterloo, has closed it third and newest fund with $57.5 million ($72 million in Canadian dollars), up from the roughly $38 million ($50 million Canadian) that it raised for i... |
| 21.02.2018 | Стартап дня: платформа для писателей-любителей Wattpad | Каждый автор может разместить на сайте своё произведение и получить отклик, сервис открыт для писателей по всему миру.
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| 17.01.2018 | Wattpad raises $61.25 million to continue investment in machine learning, interactive storytelling | Wattpad has announced that it’s raised $61.25 million CAD in a fresh round of funding.
Investors include Tencent, BDC, Globe Telecom’s Kickstart Ventures, Peterson Group, and existing investor Raine. The Globe and Mail first reported that t... |
| 17.01.2018 | Wattpad Raises $51M in Funding | Wattpad, a Toronto, Canada-based global multiplatform entertainment company for original stories, raised USD $51m (CAD $61.25m) in funding.
Backers included Tencent Holdings Limited, BDC, Globe Telecom’s Kickstart Ventures, Peterson Group, ... |
| 17.01.2018 | Storytelling app Wattpad raises $51M at a $398M valuation | Content, as they say, is king — but these days, that may be true only for as long as you can figure out a good business model to deliver it. And today, a startup based out of Toronto, Canada is re-upping its coffers to fill out its ambition... |
| 17.01.2018 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, January 17 | 5 Qs WITH A DEALMAKER
Krishna Yeshwant is not your typical VC. In addition to practicing internal medicine, Yeshwant is a general partner at GV (formerly Google Ventures), where he heads the Life Sciences team. His portfolio includes compan... |
| 14.11.2017 | New York and Toronto business leaders discuss an ‘East Coast alliance’ | Silicon Valley may still be the best-known tech hub in the U.S., but startup leaders in New York City and Toronto are betting that by building a super-connected “East Coast corridor” they can lure more talent and money away from the West Co... |
| 14.11.2017 | New York and Toronto business leaders discuss an ‘East Coast alliance’ | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Silicon Valley may still be the best-known tech h... |
| 18.10.2017 | Wattpad’s storytelling app, now with 60M monthly users, adds a subscription service | Wattpad, the company behind a suite of apps for reading and sharing stories – including a fairly popular “chat fiction” app Tap, a rival to Hooked – is today adding its first ever subscription plan for its flagship application. The option, ... |
| 25.08.2017 | Wattpad moves into video with personal storytelling app, Raccoon | Wattpad, the social publishing platform behind apps for sharing original stories and chat fiction, is today venturing into video with the launch of a new app called Raccoon. Unlike its predecessors, Raccoon will focus on non-fiction video-b... |
| 20.04.2017 | Canada is North America’s up-and-coming startup center | Conrad Egusa Contributor
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| 09.03.2017 | Tap | Our portfolio company Wattpad, which allows people to write and read stories on their phones, recently launched an entirely new mobile reading (and writing) experience called Tap. In Tap, the stories unfold like you are watching someone tex... |
| 21.11.2016 | Universal plans to bring Wattpad stories to TV | Social publishing platform Wattpad is making its biggest move into Hollywood yet thanks to a new deal with Universal Cable Productions.
UCP is a TV production company owned by NBCUniversal — it’s produced shows including USA’s Mr. Robot, Sy... |
| 14.06.2016 | Wattpad Studios | One of the things I am most proud of about our portfolio at USV is that we have invested in a handful of companies that are slowly but surely changing the way content creators reach their audience and make money doing that. I like to think ... |
| 13.06.2016 | Wattpad teams up with Turner and Tales from the Crypt | Social publishing platform Wattpad is announcing one of the first partnerships as part of its new Wattpad Studios program — the company has struck a deal with Turner to help generate ideas for shows on Turner networks, starting with the upc... |
| 26.04.2016 | Wattpad sets its sights on brands, publishers and Hollywood with Wattpad Studios | Wattpad, a popular site where authors can share stories with readers, is announcing its broader ambitions with the launch of a new division called Wattpad Studios.
The company describes Studios as a way for Wattpad to partner with the enter... |
| 26.01.2016 | Let's Give William A Big Advance | AVC community member William Mougayar is seeking an advance to write two books about the blockchain and business. The first is called The Business Blockchain and the second is called Centerless. Instead of schelpping his work around to the ... |
| 16.01.2016 | Book It, Baby | Jon Evans Contributor
Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one graphic novel, and a book of travel writing; and TechCrunch's weekend columnist since 2010.
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| 03.11.2015 | 4 Toronto Startups That Want to Hire You | There was a time when young people from all across Canada had big dreams of moving to Toronto to make their mark in the world. Over time, jobs became more and more scarce, and the cost of living became too high for a lot of young people to ... |
| 28.10.2015 | The story behind the stories on Describli | For any casual visitor to Describli, the website is filled with stories — little bite-sized pieces of fiction that the site calls “scribs.” But to founder and CEO Laura Fredericks, the website itself is a story. A story of change and growth... |
| 29.09.2015 | DC’s Vertigo Becomes The First Comics Publisher On Wattpad | Attention comics fans: Social reading app Wattpad is giving you a new way to connect with your favorite publishers and writers.
Well, one publisher and four writers initially — the publisher is Vertigo, which has enlisted Survivors’ Club wr... |
| 17.09.2015 | Hooked Is An App For Readers Who Think Fiction Should Be More Like Text Messaging | Will the next great novel be nothing more than a series of text messages?
Uh, maybe not, but there’s always room to experiment with new formats. That’s what husband-and-wife team Parag Chordia and Prerna Gupta are trying to do with their ne... |
| 06.08.2015 | Social Publishing Service Wattpad Hacked, “Some” Passwords May Have Been Exposed | It looks like Wattpad, a site where authors can share their writing and interact with readers, was hacked a couple of months ago.
The company has been sending out emails to some users alerting them that their information may have been compr... |
| 09.07.2015 | Wattpad hooks up with Cosmopolitan.com for hot, steamy content partnership | When Carter kissed me, it wasn’t for a brief moment. It was a kiss that carried us from one hot moment against the painting, my hands dipping underneath his pajama pants and sliding around, gripping his hard ass. It was a kiss where he grow... |
| 09.07.2015 | Wattpad hooks up with Cosmopolitan.com for hot, steamy content partnership | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
When Carter kissed me, it wasn’t for a brief mome... |
| 28.02.2015 | Video Of The Week: Alexis Ohanian Visits WattPad | Late last year, Alexis Ohanian visited our portfolio company WattPad as part of The Verge’s Small Empires series.
If you want to know how a small scrappy Toronto based startup competes with Amazon, this 20min ish video will tell you how. |
| 30.07.2014 | Tablo launches social features hoping to increase potential audiences for its authors | Publishing startup Tablo, which recently secured $400,000 of funding and aims to make publishing e-books as easy as writing a blog, has launched new features to encourage collaboration amongst authors.
According to the Melbourne-based start... |
| 26.07.2014 | How To Save Books | Jon Evans Contributor
Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one graphic novel, and a book of travel writing; and TechCrunch's weekend columnist since 2010.
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| 13.07.2014 | Platform Monopolies | There’s an article in the NY Times Sunday Business Section today that lays out a very important question we have all been dancing around but will increasingly be dealing with. The article is nominally about Amazon’s fight with Hachette but ... |
| 18.06.2014 | Wattpad CEO Says The Social Reading App Will Be Free Forever And Make Money From Native Ads | Wattpad, which lets authors share their stories with a community of readers, has attracted lots of interest from investors, having most recently raised a $46 million Series C. It’s also seeing impressive user engagement — the company says t... |
| 29.04.2014 | Use Social Sharing Platforms Like A Panel | More and more artists are embracing social sharing platforms like YouTube (video), SoundCloud (audio), Wattpad (storytelling) to get their works out and connect with fans. We have invested heavily in this category and both SoundCloud and Wa... |
| 08.04.2014 | Wattpad Secures $46 million in Funding, Aims to “Become One of the Most Successful Consumer Internet Companies in the World” | I always wonder at what point a company just has enough money. I suppose the Toronto-based writing platform Wattpad didn’t have enough yesterday, because this morning the company announced it has raised an extremely plentiful series C round... |
| 08.04.2014 | Wattpad Raises $46M From OMERS Ventures And Others To Grow Its Social Publishing Network | Social writing platform and writer’s network Wattpad has been at it for a while now, and they’ve quietly amassed a massive user base that engages regularly with the site, posting their own stories and reading the stories of others, all the ... |
| 08.04.2014 | Wattpad Raises $46M in Series C Funding | Wattpad, a Toronto, Canada-based community of readers and writers, raised $46m in Series C funding.
The round was led by Omers Ventures with participation from August Capital, Raine Ventures, and Northleaf Venture Catalyst Fund and existing... |
| 18.02.2014 | Wattpad Updates Its Social Reading Apps With Inline Commenting And Offline Access | Wattpad, an online community where readers can find and discuss a variety of free stories, is announcing updated versions of its iOS and Android apps.
The two biggest changes in the updates, which went live last week, are probably the addit... |
| 09.11.2013 | Video Of The Week: William's Interview of My Partner Albert | Albert stopped by the OneEleven accelerator in Toronto after the most recent Wattpad board meeting and sat down for a talk with William Mougayar.
Topics they discussed include how Albert got into Tech, working with entrepreneurs, the USV in... |
| 07.09.2013 | It’s Almost Time To Throw Out Your Books | Jon Evans Contributor
Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one graphic novel, and a book of travel writing; and TechCrunch's weekend columnist since 2010.
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| 12.08.2013 | Wattpad Launches New Self-Publishing Crowdfunding, First Revenue Model For The Social Network | Wattpad, the Toronto-based social network based on writing and reading, has just announced a new crowdfunding platform called “Fan Funding” which offers authors on its network the chance to leverage their huge followings for raising capital... |
| 30.04.2013 | Wattpad now getting 1.5 million new stories and 15 million visitors a month | Updated May 1 to clarify quotes
TORONTO–If YouTube is for video, Pinterest is for images, Twitter is for news, and Tumblr is for blogs, Wattpad is for stories.
At least, that’s founder and CEO Allen Lau’s vision. But even with three billion... |
| 30.04.2013 | Wattpad now getting 1.5 million new stories and 15 million visitors a month | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Updated May 1 to clarify quotes
TORONTO–If YouTub... |
| 23.03.2013 | “The Business Of Literature Is Blowing Shit Up” | Jon Evans Contributor
Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one graphic novel, and a book of travel writing; and TechCrunch's weekend columnist since 2010.
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| 23.02.2013 | The Chinese Are Coming! The Chinese Are Coming! | Jon Evans Contributor
Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one graphic novel, and a book of travel writing; and TechCrunch's weekend columnist since 2010.
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| 18.09.2012 | Wattpad Received Investment from OMERS Ventures | Wattpad, a Toronto, Canada-based online community for discovering and sharing stories, has received an investment of undisclosed amount from OMERS Ventures.
OMERS Ventures has joined Wattpad’s existing investors Khosla Ventures, Union Squar... |
| 18.09.2012 | Wattpad Brightens with More Capital |
TORONTO, ONTARIO, Online community for discovering and sharing stories is announcing an investment from OMERS Ventures.
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| 06.06.2012 | Storytelling service Wattpad raises $17.3M for next chapter | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Six-year-old, storytelling and reading community Wattpad has raised the eyebrows of investors anxious to see how the startup’s plot unf... |
| 06.06.2012 | Funding daily: Make a tiny, creepy doll in your likeness | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Funding news was buzzing and the cash was flowing... |
| 06.06.2012 | Funding daily: Make a tiny, creepy doll in your likeness | Funding news was buzzing and the cash was flowing today, so we have plenty of big dollar stories for you. If you want funding news throughout the day, check our deals channel feed by clicking the RSS logo above. Pinterest-esque Wanelo gets ... |
| 06.06.2012 | Social Publisher Wattpad Raises $17.3M From Khosla, Jerry Yang, Others | Who says reading is dead? It’s certainly doing just fine for social publishing startup Wattpad, which just raised a $17.3 million Series B.
The funding was led by Khosla Ventures, with Khosla’s Andrew Chung joining the Wattpad board. (In th... |
| 27.05.2012 | Investment Thesis @USV | Venture firms operate a bunch of different ways. Some have a geographical focus, others have a sector focus, still others have a stage focus. Union Square Ventures’ focus has evolved into what we call a “thesis” but is probably better descr... |
| 16.05.2012 | Bootstrapping | With all the talk of massive amounts of cash sloshing around the web/mobile startup ecosystem (including things I've said recently), you would think that nobody bootstraps anymore. But that is not true at all.
Last week my partner Albert bl... |
| 12.05.2012 | Android in Europe and Asia | I was going through the board deck of our portfolio company Wattpad this morning. Wattpad is the leading writing/reading community on the web and mobile. Quantcast says over 7.5mm people visit their website each month. And Wattpad is one of... |
| 10.02.2012 | A Whole Lot Of Reading: Social Publisher Wattpad Hits 1B User Minutes Per Month | Wattpad, a Union Square Ventures-backed platform for sharing stories and interacting with writers, has been growing steadily, and it hit a nice milestone in January — during that month, users spent more than 1 billion minutes on the service... |
| 22.12.2011 | Amazon Stops Hiding Competitors’ E-Reading Apps On The Kindle Fire | Amazon has stopped pretending that a group of e-reading apps it allowed onto its Android Appstore weren’t available on the Kindle Fire. For whatever reason, the company was effectively hiding e-reading apps from companies like Wattpad, Kobo... |
