# Wattpad funding: rounds and investors

> Wattpad has raised $118M across 6 rounds since 2010. Investors include Union Square Ventures, Golden Venture Partners and Khosla Ventures.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/wattpad (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Wattpad*

6 rounds we have observed, with the 15 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$118M** raised across 6 rounds since 2010, from 6 sources

**$3.5M** Series A **$17M** Series B **$46M** Series C **$51M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $51M Jan 2018
- **Investors:** 15

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2010 2012 2014 2016 2018

**?** Seed

**$3.5M** Series A

**$17M** Series B

**?** Round

**$46M** Series C

**$51M** Round

- **First round:** Seed
- **Biggest round:** $51M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 19 months

## The rounds

- **Jan 2018** Round **$51M** *4 new* *1 returning* [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) [Raine Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raine-ventures) [Kickstart Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-seed-fund) Peterson Group Reported by FinSMEs
- **Apr 2014** Series C **$46M** *3 new* *5 returning* [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) [August Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/august-capital) [Omers Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omers-ventures) [Raine Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raine-ventures) [Golden Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-venture-partners) [W Media Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/w-media-ventures) [Northleaf Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northleaf-capital-partners) From a historical funding record
- **Sept 2012** Round **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Omers Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omers-ventures) Reported by finsmes.com
- **Jun 2012** Series B **$17M** *1 new* *2 returning* [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) [Golden Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-venture-partners) Reported by techcrunch.com
- **Sept 2011** Series A **$3.5M** *3 new* [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) [Golden Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-venture-partners) [W Media Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/w-media-ventures) Reported by paidcontent.org
- **Jan 2010** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* [Bert Amato](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bert-amato) Alan Levine Harvey Beck Reported by wattpad.wordpress.com

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2010 **Series A** 2011 **Series B** 2012 **Round** 2012 **Series C** 2014 **Round** 2018 [Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) [Golden Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-venture-partners) [Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) [Omers Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omers-ventures) [Raine Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raine-ventures) [W Media Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/w-media-ventures) [BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) [Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) [August Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/august-capital) [Kickstart Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-seed-fund)

## Everyone who backed them

[Union Square Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/union-square-ventures) VC firm **3** rounds

[Golden Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/golden-venture-partners) VC firm **3** rounds

[Khosla Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Omers Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omers-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Raine Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/raine-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[W Media Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/w-media-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[BDC Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bdc-venture-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Tengxun Touzi](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tengxun-touzi) VC firm **1** round

[August Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/august-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Kickstart Seed Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-seed-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Northleaf Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/northleaf-capital-partners) Private equity **1** round

[Bert Amato](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bert-amato) VC firm **1** round

Alan Levine no record of our own yet **1** round

Harvey Beck no record of our own yet **1** round

Peterson Group no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=wattpad).

## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Wattpad as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Kickstart Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kickstart-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about Wattpad

### Who invested in Wattpad?

Wattpad's investors include Union Square Ventures, Golden Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Omers Ventures and Raine Ventures, and 10 more on record.

### How much has Wattpad raised?

Wattpad has raised $118M across 6 rounds since 2010. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Wattpad last raise?

Wattpad's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $51M in Jan 2018.

### What was Wattpad's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $51M in Jan 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Wattpad first?

Wattpad's first round on record, in Jan 2010, was backed by Bert Amato, Alan Levine and Harvey Beck.

### What stage is Wattpad at?

Wattpad's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jan 2018.

### Where is Wattpad based?

Wattpad is based in Canada.

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