INKR is a digital comics platform that crosses cultural and language divides using proprietary localization technology to help creators reach global audiences. Its AI engine, INKR Comics Vision, recognizes page elements and formats, while INKR Localize automates transcription, vocabulary suggestions and typesetting to speed human translation. The platform supports Japanese-English, Korean-English and Chinese-English translations, provides browser-based collaboration for distributed localization teams, and plans to add more languages. Since launching in October 2020, monthly average users have grown 200%; INKR partners with more than 70 content creators and publishers and hosts over 800 titles. It offers multiple monetization models — ad-supported, subscription and pay-per-chapter — and analyzes content to recommend the model that will maximize publisher earnings while sharing a percentage of revenue. The company plans to focus first on translated comics from top global publishers and to open to small and indie creators in 2022, competing with platforms like Comixology and Webtoon.

Total raised

$3M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jul 2021