{"id":469,"date":"2019-07-03T05:43:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T05:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seventh-studios.com\/project\/harper\/?p=469"},"modified":"2019-07-03T05:43:21","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T05:43:21","slug":"taiwanese-startup-kdan-mobile-raises-5m-series-a-for-its-cloud-based-content-creation-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiharper.com\/taiwanese-startup-kdan-mobile-raises-5m-series-a-for-its-cloud-based-content-creation-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwanese startup Kdan Mobile raises $5M Series A for its cloud-based content creation tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Kdan Mobile founder and CEO Kenny Su <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kdan Mobile<\/a>, a Taiwanese \nstartup that makes cloud-based software for content creators, announced a\n $5 million Series A today, raised from investors including W.I. Harper \nGroup, Darwin Venture Management and Accord Ventures. Founded in 2009, \nthe Tainan City startup says its products have been downloaded more 120 \nmillion times, with about 40% of its customers located in the United \nStates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its Series A takes Kdan Mobile\u2019s total funding so far to \n$6.5 million. The capital will be used for product development, \nincluding blockchain-based encryption for documents and real-time \ncollaboration features, to appeal to enterprise and education users. The\n company also plans to spend more on user acquisition in the U.S. and \nChina, two of its growth markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kdan Mobile\u2019s products include \nCreativity 365, a software suite with a mobile animation creator and \nvideo editor, and Document 365, launched last year to attract enterprise\n users. The company also recently began offering new subscription plans \nfor businesses and educational organizations and claims that its cloud \nplatform, called Kdan Cloud, now counts over 3.5 million members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founder\n and chief executive officer Kenny Su says Kdan Mobile is seeking new \npartners that will allow it to establish a bigger presence in markets \nlike Japan. One of its Series A investors, Accord Ventures, is based in \nTokyo, and Kdan Mobile may start marketing to the country\u2019s animation \nindustry, Su tells TechCrunch. The company already has partnerships with\n Taiwanese mobile services provider GMobi, Jot Stylus maker Adonit and \nNingbo, China-based design sharing platform LKKER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Su says one of \nthe ways Kdan\u2019s products differentiate from cloud-based software by \nGoogle, Microsoft, Adobe and other major competitors is its focus on \nartists, designers and other creative professionals. Kdan\u2019s products \nwere also created to allow users to start projects on mobile devices \nbefore moving onto desktop apps. As many users of Google Docs, Office \n365 or Adobe Creative Cloud have discovered, accessing them on mobile \ndevices feels much more awkward than on desktop. Kdan Mobile, however, \nwas founded just as smartphones and tablets usage was becoming \nwidespread, and its products were created specifically for mobile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\n are trying to fill the gap, helping users create content on mobile and \nthen allowing them to finish it in a desktop environment, not only with \nour own tools, but also by exporting to other places including Adobe,\u201d \nsays Su.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part of Kdan Mobile\u2019s Series A financing will also be \nused to figure out how to the company can increase the use of artificial\n intelligence in its products. Kdan Mobile already uses machine learning\n algorithms to improve its software by analyzing what users upload and \nrecommend on its content sharing platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a press statement, \nW.I. Harper Group managing director Y.K. Chu said \u201cWe are stunned by \nKdan\u2019s leading development technology and global vision. We are glad to \nbe part of their development plan and expect to grow with them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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