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From the wild west of user generated content to a global entertainment company.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cI would absolutely attribute some of our successes to like building this company in Canada and not anywhere else.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On this episode in the Pender Ventures\u00a0series\u00a0on\u00a0great Canadian technology companies,\u00a0Maria\u00a0Pacella, Managing Partner,\u00a0hosts\u00a0Co-Founder\u00a0and Operating Partner of Two Small Fish Ventures,\u00a0Allen Lau.\u00a0In 2006,\u00a0Allen\u00a0co-founded\u00a0Wattpad, a technology company\u00a0for storytellers and their stories,\u00a0which went on to be\u00a0acquired\u00a0by South Korean internet giant, Naver\u00a0in 2021.<\/p>\n

Wattpad provided a platform where creators could access\u00a0and receive real time feedback\u00a0from millions of\u00a0users and build large follower bases.<\/p>\n

Maria and Allen\u00a0have a fantastic conversation about the evolution of digital storytelling,\u00a0from launching during the \u201cwild\u00a0wild\u00a0west of the early years of user generated content\u201d,\u00a0to fighting off the competition\u00a0and\u00a0capitalizing on technological shifts\u00a0to build a global entertainment platform that people not only wanted to pay to\u00a0use but\u00a0loved to use.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":70368,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"fund-type":[],"topics":[96],"class_list":["post-60968","podcasts","type-podcasts","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topics-pender-ventures"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Story of Wattpad - PenderFund Capital Management<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/fr\/podcasts\/the-story-of-wattpad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Story of Wattpad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From the wild west of user generated content to a global entertainment company. \u201cI would absolutely attribute some of our successes to like building this company in Canada and not anywhere else.\u201d On this episode in the Pender Ventures\u00a0series\u00a0on\u00a0great Canadian technology companies,\u00a0Maria\u00a0Pacella, Managing Partner,\u00a0hosts\u00a0Co-Founder\u00a0and Operating Partner of Two Small Fish Ventures,\u00a0Allen Lau.\u00a0In 2006,\u00a0Allen\u00a0co-founded\u00a0Wattpad, a technology […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/fr\/podcasts\/the-story-of-wattpad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PenderFund Capital Management\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/penderfund\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-15T18:02:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Podcast-Scale-Up-Stories-Colour.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimation du temps de lecture\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/podcasts\/the-story-of-wattpad\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/podcasts\/the-story-of-wattpad\/\",\"name\":\"The Story of Wattpad - PenderFund Capital Management\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/podcasts\/the-story-of-wattpad\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/podcasts\/the-story-of-wattpad\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Podcast-Scale-Up-Stories-Colour.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-31T18:59:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-15T18:02:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/podcasts\/the-story-of-wattpad\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/podcasts\/the-story-of-wattpad\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/podcasts\/the-story-of-wattpad\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Podcast-Scale-Up-Stories-Colour.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Podcast-Scale-Up-Stories-Colour.png\",\"width\":850,\"height\":400},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/podcasts\/the-story-of-wattpad\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Podcasts\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/podcasts\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"The Story of Wattpad\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/penderfund.com\/\",\"name\":\"PenderFund Capital Management\",\"description\":\"Forward thinking. 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