Company overview

Inkitt is building the Disney of the 21st century - the most data-driven, the most AI-driven company in the world of entertainment. Leveraging AI and predictive algorithms, Inkitt discovers unknown stories and turns them into blockbuster hits, producing a new $1M ebook every 4 weeks and selling directly to consumers through its Galatea app. Inkitt has become the 11th most bestseller-generating publisher in the world, boasting a 40x higher hit-rate than traditional publishers. Recently raising a Series C and backed by some of the top VC’s such as: Khosla, Kleiner Perkins, and NEA Ventures. Most recently, we launched CandyJar TV, where we’re turning the million-dollar hits into actual TV series and directly selling them episode by episode.
Founded in 2014
San Francisco, California, USA
262 employees (175 in marketing)
69% recommend to a friend
76% positive business outlook

Salaries

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People

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

12 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +12.9% year over year

Funding

Total funding

$117M

Last raise

$37M

Series C, 2 years ago

Funding history

Feb 2024

Series C Inkitt · $37M

Mar 2022

Venture Round Inkitt

Oct 2021

Series B Inkitt · $59M

Aug 2019

Series A Inkitt · $16M

Sep 2017

Seed Round Inkitt · $3.9M

Nov 2015

Seed Round Inkitt · $1.1M

Audience

Monthly website visitors
1.6M
Month over month+6.6%
Quarter over quarter+17.4%
Top sourceDirect (49.6%)
Ad budget per month$0.0
Average search rank42
Traffic source mix
Direct
49.6%
Search
42.9%
Referral
3.8%
Social
3.4%
Paid referral
0.2%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

18.9K

12-mo growth

+110.2%

Monthly growth

+3.3%

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