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[Exclusive] Park Tae-jun Comics Company, which raised 40 billion won in investment, is expected to be listed on KOSDAQ
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Entered 2024.12.19 6.01 am
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Global challenge by expanding the comic genre
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This article was published on the Chosun Biz Money Move (MM) site at 14:53 on December 18, 2024.
Wenmoon Studio The Grim Untertainant (Park Tae-jun Cartoon Company) by author Park Tae-jun, who painted the framework of Wen-moon’s ‘lookism’
is pursuing listing on KOSDAQ. The Grimm Undertainment has recently secured a number of financial positions, including KDB Korea Development Bank.
Attracted 25 billion won in investment from investors (FIs):
According to the investment banking (IB) industry on the 18th, The Grimm Entertainment recently signed a contract with NH Investment & Securities to host the listing.
Signed: The plan is to further expand the business by raising public offering funds with the goal of an initial public offering (IPO) in 2026.
The Grimm Interstate has raised an investment of 40 billion won so far. It recently signed a partnership with KDB Korea Development Bank (10 billion won).
It attracted 25 billion won from Aterim Investment (5 billion won) and SL Investment Partners (5 billion won).
This investment is expected to increase up to 28 billion won. Previously, seed investment and Series A investment framework were added.
All 15 billion won:
The Grimm Entertainment, also known as ‘Taejun Park Comics Company’, was founded by author Taejun Park in 2017 and is known as Wenmun Stew.
It’s Dio. Naver Walton’s Friday Walton No. 1 ‘lookism’ framework, which is being serialized by CEO Taejun Park,
Several popular Wenmun works, including Yowalton’s #1 ‘Fighting Self-Teaching’, Tuesday Walton’s #1 ‘Chief Kim’, and YouTube channel ‘Bbangbbang’s Daily Life’.
We are producing the products.
‘Bangbbang’s Daily Life’ Palup Store was held in Taoism, Japan last August. / Provided by The Grimm Entertainment
The Grimm Interinface is currently focusing on gaining popularity in the global market, including Japan. CEO Park’s new work is
In addition, we are competing with global comics companies by producing traditional boys’ comics targeting the global market.
Confirmation: The Japanese comics market is worth about 7 trillion won, three times the domestic market, so it has been successfully expanded into Japan.
Upon entering the market, it appears possible to increase corporate value:
The ‘Bbangbbang’s Daily Life’ team, which has 1.2 million subscribers, signed a contract with Sony Creative Products Co. and Master Rye earlier this year.
The Suns contract has already been signed.
We are also conducting business in Japan. Last August, Shinju District, Japan
Wow, Palup stores are opening in Shibuya and other places to sell character-related goods, etc.
The largest shareholder of The Grimm Interstate is CEO Park, who holds 56.3796 shares: Strategic Investor (SI)
Naver Walton owns 359 frames. In addition, FIs Korea Investment Partners and Inodolis Partners; Kpit
Ventures Credit Guarantee Fund and others own shares:
The company’s sales are growing, but it is still in the red: last year’s sales were 24.8 billion won, up 58.9% from the previous year.
Although it increased, an operating loss of 2.1 billion won was recorded. Employee labor costs and number of payments to wenmun writers
Waterways are estimated to have a high impact. Last year, 7.2 billion won was lost in labor costs, and 1.8 billion won was lost in payments:
An official from The Grim Entertainment said, “As of the fourth quarter of this year, we expect operating profit to turn around.
By utilizing the investment and public offering funds, we are recruiting top talent and expanding the comics genre to create a global comics platform.
He said, “I plan to have a professional and competitive weight class.”
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…To strike a final blow against Korean webtoons that have been converted into factory webtoons.