Wattpad. Where Stories Live.
Wattpad’s vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories. The global multi-platform 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 90 million people who spend over 23 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 Partnerships offers a full suite of advertising products to help brands build deep engagement with Gen Z consumers. The company is proudly based in Toronto, Canada.
Learn more at: company.wattpad.com or brands.wattpad.com
Location: Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $128.05M
Valuation: $398M
Founded date: 2006
Investors 4
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Khosla Ven... | khoslavent... |
| - | August Cap... | augustcap.... |
| - | Times Brid... | timesbridg... |
| - | UNION SQUA... | usv.com/ |
Funding Rounds 4
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 17.01.2018 | - | $61.25M | - |
| 08.04.2014 | Series C | $46M | - |
| 06.06.2012 | - | $17.3M | Khosla Ven... |
| 14.09.2011 | - | $3.5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 34
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 31.01.2024 | Wattpad Implements Second Round of Layoffs, Cuts 15% of Empl... | Quincy Jon, Tech Times 31 January 2024, 02:01 pm | techtimes.... |
| 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 ... | techcrunch... |
| 22.04.2023 | This Week in Apps: Apple ‘sherlocks’ journaling apps, Twitte... | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS ... | techcrunch... |
| 08.03.2023 | Wattpad lays off 15% of its staff, blames changing economic ... | Challenging economic conditions are affecting companies of all sizes, resulting in job cuts. Storyte... | techcrunch... |
| 03.12.2022 | This Week in Apps: The year’s best apps, Twitter rival Hive’... | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS ... | techcrunch... |
| 30.06.2022 | Wattpad launches creator monetization program with $2.6 mill... | - | betakit.co... |
| 19.05.2022 | Mobile Storytelling Battle Lines Harden As Tapas Announces N... | Mobile comics platform Tapas Media Inc. was acquired by South Korean media giant Kakao ... [+] Enter... | forbes.com... |
| 11.12.2021 | This Week in Apps: 2021 review, App Store changes paused, In... | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS ... | techcrunch... |
| 26.06.2021 | This Week in Apps: Android apps on Windows 11, App Store Sea... | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS ... | techcrunch... |
| 22.05.2021 | This Week in Apps: Google I/O hits and misses, Snap goes sho... | Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS ... | techcrunch... |
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