# Usual Media Co.

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

- Industry: Media
- Headquarters: Bucheon, South Korea
- Website: www.u-jewel.com
- Total disclosed funding: $3M
- Latest round: Series A (Mar 10, 2022)
- Investors on record: 1

## About

Based in South Korea and founded in 2014, Usual Media Co., Ltd. operates as a media company that produces women-oriented digital comics. In March 2022, Usual Media Co., Ltd. raised KRW 3.6 billion in a Series A round of investment by a new investor, NHN Investment. As of 2022, Kim Yu-chang acts as the chairman of the company.

Usual Media offers various female-oriented webtoons which are featured on various domestic and foreign webtoon platforms. As of 2022, the company owns a webtoon production studio through which it serves its webtoons with 16 domestic and 16 overseas partners, such as Naver, Kakao Page, Lezhin Comics, Toptoon, and Pocket Comics.

The company plans to use the March 2022 funding to increase the quantity of production while enhancing the quality of webtoons. It also plans to collaborate with partners to create a variety of content and expand its one-source multi-use (OSMU) model.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Mar 10, 2022, $3M — NHN Investment

## Investors

- NHN Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nhn-investment) — Series A