HOOKED’s core product presents short, suspenseful fiction as back-and-forth text message exchanges, designed for quick reading on mobile devices. With the release of Hooked 2.0, every reader can become a writer, creating characters and building stories one message at a time, complete with embedded photos and videos. Stories produced by users are treated the same as professionally written content, though only staff-curated tales appear in the main feed unless user engagement elevates them. The company is collaborating with Hollywood producers to surface new writing talent and adapt promising intellectual property. To date, readers have consumed 5 million stories, totaling 500,000 hours of reading. Financially, HOOKED has secured $3.05 million in funding to support further product development and industry partnerships.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Sep 2015