# Roar Media

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/roar-media

- Industry: Media
- Headquarters: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Website: www.roar.global
- Total disclosed funding: $1.5M
- Latest round: Series A (Aug 14, 2019)
- Investors on record: 3

## About

Based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and founded in 2014 by Mustafa Kassim, Roar Media, a.k.a. Roar Global is a media brand that builds, invests, and operates distinct media brands that produce breaking content and media solutions for the South Asian region, including India, Singapore, and Sri Lanka. The company has helped 2,500 local enterprises to build their digital brands. In March 2018, Roar Media raised pre-Series A funding from Digital Innovation Fund and BOV Capital.

The company provides a media platform with content that covers culture, history, current affairs, and technology in multiple languages, including English, Sinhala, Tamil, and Bengali to millions of engaged Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi audiences around the world. As of August 2022, the platform's monthly visitors are about 1.2 million, reading approximately 2.8 million articles, and almost 5.5. video views.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Aug 14, 2019, $1M — BOV Capital, Dialog Axiata PLC, Striders
- Seed, Aug 14, 2018, $0.5M — BOV Capital, Dialog Axiata PLC

## Investors

- BOV Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/bov-capital) — Seed, Series A
- Dialog Axiata PLC — Seed, Series A
- Striders — Series A