Serialized fiction app Radish says it has raised $63.2M in Series A funding led by SoftBank Ventures Asia and Korean firm Kakao Page Corp.
The company also announced a new office in Los Angeles amid plans to grow its local team, build new content and adapt its original IP into gaming and TV opportunities.
Radish, which has offices in Seoul, Korea, and New York, says it has seen significant revenue growth since its 2016 launch, and that it has produced more than 6,500 episodes across 30 original series. Genres currently available on the app include romance and paranormal/sci-fi, but growth is planned for the LGBTQ, young adult, horror, mystery and thriller categories.
All ‘Radish Originals’ are produced in TV-style writers’ rooms. Among the veteran soap writers creating content are Marlene McPherson, Janet Iacobuzio, Addie Walsh, Lisa Connor, Leah Laiman, and Jean Passanante, whose credits include Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, All My Children,...
The company also announced a new office in Los Angeles amid plans to grow its local team, build new content and adapt its original IP into gaming and TV opportunities.
Radish, which has offices in Seoul, Korea, and New York, says it has seen significant revenue growth since its 2016 launch, and that it has produced more than 6,500 episodes across 30 original series. Genres currently available on the app include romance and paranormal/sci-fi, but growth is planned for the LGBTQ, young adult, horror, mystery and thriller categories.
All ‘Radish Originals’ are produced in TV-style writers’ rooms. Among the veteran soap writers creating content are Marlene McPherson, Janet Iacobuzio, Addie Walsh, Lisa Connor, Leah Laiman, and Jean Passanante, whose credits include Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, All My Children,...
- 8/4/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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