# Tapas Media

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

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: San Francisco, US
- Website: www.tapastic.com
- Total disclosed funding: $13M
- Latest round: Series B (Jun 1, 2019)
- Investors on record: 8

## About

Based in California, US, and founded in 2012, Tapas Media, Inc. is a media company offering bite-sized content through its online mobile platform.  Chang Kim is the founder and current CEO of the company. In May 2021, Kakao Entertainment Corp, a portfolio company of Anchor Equity Partners, GIC, Kakao Corp., and Tencent Investment agreed to acquire Tapas Media, Inc. for USD 510 million.

The company offers fans a reading experience on mobile devices and the web, with original series – under Studio Tapas, dedicated to generating and publishing original webcomics and novels – licensed webcomics, and a popular digital novels section. The platform offers comics and novels on different categories like romance, fantasy, action, drama, comedy etc. Tapas has a dedicated community side of the platform, Tapastry, which gives a platform for any creator to share their tales and discover their audience.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Jun 1, 2019, $6.5M — Korea Investment Partners
- Series A, Aug 31, 2017, $5M — SBI Investment Korea, Strong Ventures, ID Ventures, Medici Investment, EN Investment
- Seed, May 21, 2013, $0.7M — 500 Global, Strong Ventures
- Seed, Aug 1, 2012, $0.8M — 500 Global, SK Planet, Strong Ventures

## Investors

- 500 Global (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/500-global) — Seed
- SK Planet — Seed
- Strong Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/strong-ventures) — Seed, Series A
- SBI Investment Korea (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sbi-investment-korea) — Series A
- ID Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/id-ventures) — Series A
- Medici Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/medici-investment) — Series A
- EN Investment — Series A
- Korea Investment Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/korea-investment-partners) — Series B