Founded in 2024 by Jatin Nayak, Nesar Rao, and Arvindmani Satyanarayan, Fanon combines fanfiction, comics, videos, and discussion in a single platform for fandom discovery. It hosts content across more than 250 fandoms and has grown to over 150,000 users globally, with a largely Gen Z and female audience concentrated in the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe. Engagement metrics include the top ten stories collectively crossing 1.5 million views and users spending an average of 20 minutes on the platform daily. Fanon has a partnership with Arka Media Works to allow fans to create and monetize alternate storylines using Baahubali characters. The company plans to build monetization avenues for fan creators and expand teams across product, marketing, and technology while driving toward a target of over one million users.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Mar 2026