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South Korea, Seoul
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+30 697 430 7765
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| Aug 4, 2020 | SoftBank, Kakao Give Radish $63M Series A Boost To Build New Story Content | 19 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Serialized fiction app Radish landed $63.2 million in Series A funding, led by SoftBank Ventures Asia and Kakao Page, to tap into Hollywood’s storytelling community. Subscribe to the Crunchbase Dail... |
| Mar 19, 2020 | Anchor Equity Partners invests $165m in Korean content producer Kakao M | Premium South Korean content producer Kakao M has sold a 12.9 per cent stake for nearly 210 billion won ($165 million) in a third-party allotment, according to a regulatory filing. Continue reading this story with a subscription to DealStre... |
| Apr 2, 2018 | Kakao Ventures-backed Watcha Inc raises $12m in Series C round | Premium South Korea-based Watcha Inc, the operator of subscription video-on-demand streaming platform Watcha Play, has raised $12 million in Series C funding round led by a number of investors, including Neoplux and Songhyun Investment. Con... |
| Feb 26, 2018 | HKMA backs $47m investment for minority stake in S Korean Kakao Mobility | Premium Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) and University of California Retirement Plan (UCRP) have jointly invested KRW 50 billion ($47 million) to purchase a minority stake in South Korean taxi-h... |
| Jun 30, 2017 | Term Sheet — Friday, June 30 | ET CETERA New Money: Headspace, a Los Angeles-based maker of a meditation app, has raised $36.7 million in funding from Spectrum Equity. Headspace would not comment on its valuation but said it has increased from the reported $250 million v... |
| Jun 30, 2017 | TPG-led group to invest $437m in S.Korean Kakao’s taxi-hailing unit | Premium South Korea’s largest chat app service provider Kakao Corp and TPG said on Friday a consortium led by the private equity firm agreed to invest 500 billion won ($436.88 million) in Kakao’s new taxi-hailing service unit. Continue read... |
| Feb 21, 2017 | Alibaba unit invests $200 million in South Korea's Kakao Pay | --> The companies said the investment was part of a larger strategic partnership to connect Ant's 450 million users worldwide with Kakao Pay |
| Feb 21, 2017 | Term Sheet — Tuesday, February 21 | “HIGH REGARD” Welcome back from the long weekend, those of you who had yesterday off. Lots to catch up on: Paid Content What you need to know about growing cyberattacks From ExtraHop Last month’s political stumble pales in comparison to the... |
| Dec 9, 2016 | Podotree, Korean chat app Kakao’s content business, raises $107M at a $428M valuation | Kakao, the Korean mobile and web giant, is beefing up its social media and content businesses after its Podotree affiliate raised 125 billion won (around $107 million). The deal values it at 500 billion won, Kakao confirmed — that’s approxi... |
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What has the press written about Kakao?
Parsers VC has collected 22 articles mentioning Kakao, among them “SoftBank, Kakao Give Radish $63M Series A Boost To Build New Story Content” (Aug 4, 2020) and “Anchor Equity Partners invests $165m in Korean content producer Kakao M” (Mar 19, 2020).
Is Kakao still active?
Yes, Kakao is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 24, 2021.