Techcrunch
August 4, 2020
Serialized fiction startup Radish raises $63.2M from SoftBank and Kakao
When I first wrote about Radish at the beginning of 2017, the startup was focused on user-generated content...
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Bloomberg
August 4, 2020
SoftBank Backs 29-Year-Old’s Goal of Netflix for Online Fiction
A 29-year-old South Korean entrepreneur has snagged funding from SoftBank Group Corp.’s venture arm and Kakao Page Corp. to realize his ambition of creating the go-to app for online fiction...
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Crunchbase News
August 4, 2020
SoftBank, Kakao Give Radish $63M Series A Boost To Build New Story Content
Serialized fiction app Radish landed $63.2 million in Series A funding, led by SoftBank Ventures Asia and Kakao Page, to tap into Hollywood’s storytelling community...
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Publishing Perspectives February 22, 2019‘Radish Originals’: Seung-yoon Lee’s New Wrinkle in Online Serials
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The Bookseller January 30, 2019Radish's Sue Johnson brings TV and games thinking to serialised books
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The Bookseller January 25, 2019Radish Fiction Launches Original Stories
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The New York Times May 12, 2017"New Apps Provide a World of Literature, One Chapter at a Time"
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Cool Hunting April 25, 2017"Interview: Radish Fiction Founder, Seung Yoon Lee"
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Fast Company March 2, 2017"Get To Know Radish, The Serialized Fiction App Bringing Novels To Smartphones"
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Publishers Weekly January 31, 2017"Radish Uses Serialized Genre Fiction to Attract Readers, Investment"
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Variety January 31, 2017"Fiction-App Startup Radish Raises $3 Million from UTA, Bertelsmann, Amy Tan and Others"
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Hollywood Reporter January 31, 2017"UTA, Softbank Invest in Storytelling Startup Radish"
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Techcrunch January 31, 2017"Backed by author Amy Tan, mobile fiction startup Radish raises $3M"
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The Wall Street Journal January 31, 2017"Funding Snapshot: Mobile Fiction Platform Radish Raises $3 Million Seed"
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Fortune January 31, 2017"Term Sheet — Tuesday, January 31 : VISIONS OF UNICORNS"
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Korean News
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중앙일보 July 21, 2020데이터 깔때기에 집단창작···美서 차린 ‘소설공장’ 매출 25배
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Platum July 16, 2020글로벌 모바일 웹소설 플랫폼 ‘래디쉬’, 760억원 투자 유치
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Dong-A Business Review March 1, 2019"젊은 창업가 4인에게 듣는 '새 기업문화'"
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한국경제 February 1, 2019"미래의 소설은 기술과 데이터가 만든다"
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Platum February 7, 2019"모바일 웹소설 플랫폼 '래디쉬', 前 ABC 부사장·카카오페이지 CTO 영입"
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중앙일보 February 8, 2019"[인터뷰] 이승윤 래디쉬 대표 "영미권 웹소설 시장 혁신할 것""
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Platum March 30, 17"실리콘밸리로 진출한 창업가가 말하는 ‘미국 살이’"
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Platum October 14, 2016"팩트에서 픽션으로".. 모바일 웹소설플랫폼 래디시 '스타트'
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Platum October 14 2016"영미권 모바일 웹소설 플랫폼 ‘래디시’, 실리콘밸리 VC로부터 21억원 투자 유치"
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중앙일보 October 14, 2016"영어 웹소설로 글로벌 모바일시장 잡을 것"
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아웃스탠딩 October 13, 2016"아시아 서비스가 미국에 통하는 시대! 웹소설 플랫폼 래디쉬 이야기"
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Investors
Amy Tan
Best-selling author of "The Joy Luck Club"
Amy Tan
Best-selling author of "The Joy Luck Club"
Charlie Songhurst
Founder and Partner at Katana Capital; ex-head of Corporate Strategy at Microsoft.
Charlie Songhurst
Founder and Partner at Katana Capital; ex-head of Corporate Strategy at Microsoft.
Duncan Clark
Founder of BDA China; author of Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built
Duncan Clark
Founder of BDA China; author of Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built
Eric X Li
Founder and Managing Director of Chengwei Capital
Eric X Li
Founder and Managing Director of Chengwei Capital
Jaewoong Lee
Founder of Daum Communications
Jaewoong Lee
Founder of Daum Communications
Jeremy Yap
Active global angel investor
Jeremy Yap
Active global angel investor
Matt Humphrey
Co-Founder & CEO of LendingHome
Matt Humphrey
Co-Founder & CEO of LendingHome
Michael Penington
ex-Chairman of NaturalMotion; Parnter at Longwall Ventures
Michael Penington
ex-Chairman of NaturalMotion; Parnter at Longwall Ventures
Nicolas Berggruen
Chairman of Berggruen Holdings & Berggruen Institute
Nicolas Berggruen
Chairman of Berggruen Holdings & Berggruen Institute
Peter Bazalgette
ITV Chairman & CHair of Arts Council England
Peter Bazalgette
ITV Chairman & CHair of Arts Council England
Taehwan Kim
Head of global business development
Taehwan Kim
Head of global business development
Kairos Society
Kairos Society
Kima Ventures
Kima Ventures
Lowercase Capital
Lowercase Capital
Greylock Partners
Greylock Partners
Bon Angels
Bon Angels
BDMI
BDMI
SoftBank Ventures Korea
SoftBank Ventures Korea
UTA
UTA
ACME
ACME
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