Tapas Media operates a creator-driven digital comics platform with more than 32,000 creators who have produced over 48,000 titles and a reported 2.1 million monthly visitors. The platform emphasizes romance and fantasy stories drawn in a manga‑influenced style rather than mainstream superhero comics. Tapas monetizes content via micropayments — typically offering initial chapters for free and charging readers to continue. The company is actively developing its most popular creator IP for other media, pursuing adaptations for film, TV and games. It has announced a partnership with Red Kraken Apps to develop a mobile puzzle game based on its Dungeon Construction Co. comic, and has publishing and distribution partnerships with Hachette Book Group, Ten Speed Press, Tencent and Kakao. CEO Chang Kim has said the team aims to turn platform IP into larger entertainment franchises. Tapas Media runs Tapastic, a portal for serialized webcomics and visual stories inspired by the Korean webtoon phenomenon. Tapastic works with artists and writers to create and share original, bite-sized graphical stories optimized for web and mobile consumption. The company also provides an open platform for independent creators to publish and distribute their work. Tapastic currently features more than 50 serialized visual stories across action, comedy, drama, fantasy and lifestyle genres, with new episodes typically released on a weekly schedule. The service is available on the web and as a free Android app, and an iOS app was announced as coming soon. Tapas plans to introduce a revenue-sharing program for content contributors.

Total raised

$6M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Mar 2018