Lub webcomic ntawm RIDI's Ridibooks app.
Kev lees paub los ntawm RIDI
South Kauslim e-phau ntawv thiab webcomic muab kev pabcuam RIDI tau nce $ 99.4 lab hauv kev pabcuam nyiaj txiag coj los ntawm Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC ntawm tus nqi ntawm $ 1.3 billion, dhau los ua thawj cov ntsiab lus pib pib hauv lub tebchaws kom ua tiav cov xwm txheej unicorn.
Lwm cov tub ua lag luam tseem ceeb suav nrog Nvestor thiab cov tub ua lag luam uas twb muaj lawm Kaus Lim Kauslim Kev Txhim Kho Lub Tuam Txhab thiab Seoul-based Atinum Investment, uas tau txhawb nqa cov nyiam ntawm Kaus Lim Kauslim cryptocurrency pauv tus tswv lag luam Dunamu thiab proptech startup Zigbang. Nrog rau cov peev nyiaj tshiab kawg, RIDI tau nce tag nrho $ 159.4 lab rau hnub tim.
"Nrog rau qhov kev pab nyiaj txiag no, RIDI tsis yog tsuas yog tau lees paub rau nws qhov kev sib tw hauv kev lag luam cov ntsiab lus tab sis kuj tau txais cov koom tes tseem ceeb los pab nthuav RIDI kev lag luam thoob ntiaj teb dhau los ntawm Kaus Lim Kauslim," RIDI tus tsim thiab CEO Bae Ki-sik tau hais hauv nqe lus. "Peb yuav tsom mus rau tag nrho peb cov kev mob siab rau txhawm rau txhim kho RIDI qhov chaw ua haujlwm thoob ntiaj teb cov ntsiab lus yav tom ntej." Lub Seoul-based startup ntxiv tias kev koom tes ntawm GIC, RIDI thawj tus neeg ua lag luam txawv teb chaws, tau ua qhov kev hloov tshiab "tshwj xeeb muaj txiaj ntsig."
RIDI tau hais tias nws cov nyiaj tshiab yuav mus rau kev ntxiv dag zog rau nws cov phiaj xwm nthuav dav thoob ntiaj teb, nqis peev hauv nws tus kheej cov ntsiab lus qub thiab txhim kho nws "cov ntsiab lus muaj txiaj ntsig" los ntawm nws cov cuab yeej txawj ntse, uas suav nrog kev ua haujlwm ntawm kwv yees li 111,000 tus tsim. Tom qab Asmeskas tau tshaj tawm nws cov kev pabcuam webcomics, Manta, lub Yim Hli dhau los, lub tuam txhab tau txiav txim siab rau US cov npe xyoo no, raws li cov ntaub ntawv xov xwm hauv zos.
Founded hauv 2008, RIDI tau loj hlob mus rau hauv ib qho ntawm South Kauslim cov tuam txhab digital cov ntsiab lus loj tshaj plaws muab cov khoom lag luam e-phau ntawv, xws li cov ntawv tshiab thiab cov vev xaib, nrog rau cov ntsiab lus video thiab xov xwm. Ntxiv rau Manta, RIDI tseem muaj cov kev pabcuam streaming animation Laftel thiab e-book khw muag khoom Ridibooks, qhov chaw ntawm RIDI qhov kev sib piv rau Kindle.
Webcomics, tseem hu ua webtoons, yog kev lag luam loj hauv South Kauslim uas tau nrov dua thaum muaj kev sib kis. Xyoo 2020, South Kauslim webtoon kev lag luam pom nws cov khoom muag sib xyaw ntau dua $ 840 lab, raws li tsoomfwv cov ntaub ntawv luam tawm thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis.
Ntau qhov dav, cov neeg muab kev pabcuam webcomic hauv South Kauslim tab tom tig nplooj ntawv mus rau kev nthuav dav thoob ntiaj teb. Lub Tsib Hlis tas los, Kaus Lim Kauslim billionaire Kim Beom-su's Kakao Entertainment tau txais US-based mobile comics platform Tapas rau $ 510 lab hauv kev txav mus rau online comics. South Kauslim internet loj heev Naver's Webtoon Entertainment, app-based comics platform, tab tom tsom mus rau Asmeskas kev lag luam los ntawm kev koom tes nrog American comic hom, xws li DC Comics thiab Archie.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/catherinewang/2022/03/02/korean-webcomic-platform-ridi-hits-unicorn-status-with-gic-led-round/