Tech Company Financing Transactions

Wattpad Funding Round

On 4/8/2014, Wattpad raised $46 million in Series C funding from OMERS Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures and August Capital.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Wattpad
Announced On
4/8/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$46,000,000
Round
Series C
Investors

OMERS Ventures (Lead Investor)

AME Cloud Ventures (Jerry Yang)

August Capital

Golden Ventures (Matthew Golden)

private investors (Boris Wertz)

Khosla Ventures

Northleaf Capital Partners

Raine Ventures

Union Square Ventures (Albert Wenger)

Proceeds Purpose
We're committed to growing the Wattpad community and building a great platform for people to connect through stories. But now that our community and engagement numbers have grown exponentially � we've begun to explore new paths to monetization, including branded content/native advertising and licensing.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Digital Media & VR & AR
Mailing Address
Undisclosed
Toronto ON, M1S 7U8
Canada
Phone
Undisclosed
Website
www.wattpad.com
Email Address
Not Recorded
Overview
On Wattpad you'll discover a new form of entertainment where you can interact and share stories across text, video, images and through conversations with other readers and writers.
Profile
Wattpad LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Wattpad Company Twitter Account
Company News
Wattpad News
Facebook
Wattpad on Facebook
YouTube
Wattpad on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Allen Lau
  Allen Lau LinkedIn Profile  Allen Lau Twitter Account  Allen Lau News  Allen Lau on Facebook
Chief Marketing Officer
Melissa Shapiro
  Melissa Shapiro LinkedIn Profile  Melissa Shapiro Twitter Account  Melissa Shapiro News  Melissa Shapiro on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Ivan Yuen
  Ivan Yuen LinkedIn Profile  Ivan Yuen Twitter Account  Ivan Yuen News  Ivan Yuen on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Aron Levitz
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VP - Engineering
Charles Chan
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VP - Human Resources
Bonnie Busby
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VP - Operations
Marc Shewchun
  Marc Shewchun LinkedIn Profile  Marc Shewchun Twitter Account  Marc Shewchun News  Marc Shewchun on Facebook
VP - Product Management
Tarun Sachdeva
  Tarun Sachdeva LinkedIn Profile  Tarun Sachdeva Twitter Account  Tarun Sachdeva News  Tarun Sachdeva on Facebook

 

 

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