Watcha

Watcha

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Overview

WATCHA

  • Launched in AUG 2012, it quickly became Korea’s favorite movie review app
  • Its core competency lies in personalized recommendation technology - once users rate movie, WATCHA predicts how they will like movies they haven’t yet seen
  • Now provides the widest and most accurate movie, TV show and book reviews
  • Launched in Japan in 2015

WATCHA PLAY

  • Launched in JAN 2016
  • Subscription VOD service for movie and TV series available on multiple devices including Web, iOS/Android mobile and tablet, Samsung/LG Smart TV, Google Chromecast, Android TV
  • Provides extremely accurate personalized content recommendation, powered by WATCHA - 75% of content consumed based on recommendations

Comment by Apple, App Store Editor Team “Thanks to its large volume of reliable review data collected from users, WATCHA PLAY can recommend contents that perfectly satisfy my taste. Please don’t waste your time in choosing what to watch. Trust WATCHA PLAY and Enjoy tonight”

About

Industries

Personalization, Big Data, Video Streaming, Content Discovery

Founded

2011

Employees

11-50

Headquarters locations

Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea, Asia

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Watcha headquartered in Asia, operates in the Personalization, Big Data, Video Streaming, Content Discovery sector. The company focuses on Personalization and has secured $2.9B in funding across 80 round(s). With a team of 11-50 employees, Watcha is actively contributing to advancements in Personalization. Their latest funding round, Angel Round - Watcha, raised $679.4K. Discover more about their projects, partnerships, and impact on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Haneul Choi

Haneul Choi

Developer

imagePlace Jaewan Seo

Jaewan Seo

Designer

imagePlace Jihyun Won

Jihyun Won

Co-Founder, COO

imagePlace Taehoon Park

Taehoon Park

Founder, CEO

Funding Rounds

Funding rounds

5

Investors

1

Lead Investors

0

Total Funding Amount

$36.8M

Details

5

Watcha has raised a total of $36.8M in funding over 5 rounds.

Announcement dateTransaction nameNumber of InvestorsMoney raisedLead Investor
2018Late Stage Venture12.0M
2020Late Stage Venture17.2M
2013Early Stage Venture2.4M
2012Seed679.4K

Investors

Watcha is funded by 24 investors.

Investor NameLead InvestorFunding RoundPartners
Watcha-FUNDING ROUND - Watcha2.4M
SGI Venture Capital-FUNDING ROUND - SGI Venture Capital2.4M
Watcha-FUNDING ROUND - Watcha679.4K
Kakao Ventures-FUNDING ROUND - Kakao Ventures679.4K