Details

Last Funding Type

Series C

Last Funding Money Raised

$46M

Industries

Content,Digital Entertainment,Mobile Apps,Publishing

Founded date

Nov 7, 2006

Number Of Employee

1001 - 5000

Operating Status

Active

Wattpad is a digital entertainment company providing an online social storytelling platform for original stories.

The company utilizes 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.

It was established by Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2006.