Pratilipi

Pratilipi is an Indian online self-publishing and AudioBooks portal based in Bengaluru, India. It features content in ten Indian languages: Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu English Urdu ,Punjabi and Odia. Pratilipi derived from the Sanskrit word meaning ‘copy’ is a self-publishing website.

Pratilipi
Type of site
Online self publishing portal
Available in
FoundedSeptember 2014 (2014-09)
HeadquartersBengaluru, India
Created by
  • Ranjeet Pratap Singh
  • Prashant Gupta
  • Rahul Ranjan
  • Sahradayi Modi
  • Sankaranarayanan Devarajan
Subsidiaries
  • Pratilipi FM
  • Pratilipi Comics
URLwww.pratilipi.com
CommercialYes
Users2 crore
Current statusActive

History

Pratilipi is a Sanskrit word which means 'you become what you read'.[1] It allows users to publish and read original works such as stories, poetry, essays and articles. It also allows readers to rate content posted by others.[2]

It is launched in September 2014 by Ranjeet Pratap Singh, Prashant Gupta, Rahul Ranjan, Sahradayi Modi and Sankaranarayanan Devarajan to promote Indian languages. In the initial stage, it was a self-funded platform. Later the creators raised funding of ₹30 lakhs from TLabs (Times Internet Accelerator) in March 2015 and raised another 10 lakh USD ($1 million) from investors led by Nexus Venture Partners in 2016.[2]

On launching, it featured content in only two languages: Hindi and Gujarati which later expanded to six more languages; Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.[1][3] It also raised 43 lakh USD ($4.3 million) from Series A round led by Omidyar Network in February 2018.[4] in 2020 secured INR 76 crore in the funding round of Series C led by Tencent.[5]

Award

Pratilipi was awarded by IIT Bombay Eureka Award for Best Business Idea and StartUp Launchpad Award for Best StartUp.[6]

References
  1. Agarwal, Anushree (2017-01-19). "In letter and spirit". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  2. Borkhetaria, Bhaamati (2016-12-14). "Online self-publishing goes desi". Forbes India. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  3. zachariah, Preeti (2015-04-15). "Linking Indian languages". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  4. "Self-publishing Platform Pratilipi Garners $4.3 Mn Series A Funding Led By Omidyar Network". Inc42 Media. 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  5. https://techstory.in/tencent-infused-rs-76-cr-in-pratilipi-s-ongoing-series-c-round/
  6. Soni, Vinita (19 May 2016). "Pratilipi :How Social Media Marketing And Authentic Engagement Becomes Growth Factor". Digital Vidya. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
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