Allen Lau - Co-Founder and CEO @ Wattpad - Crunchbase Person Profile

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Primary Job Title Co-Founder and CEO
Primary Organization
Wattpad

Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Regions Great Lakes
Gender Male

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As CEO and co-founder of Wattpad, Allen Lau leads the company's efforts to transform the way people around the world discover and share stories. Prior to Wattpad, Allen was the co-founder of FeedM8, a mobile advertising company that was acquired in 2008. In 2001, he co-founded Tira Wireless where he helped leading brands optimize content for

mobile delivery. Allen received his Bachelor and Master degrees from the University of Toronto’s Electrical Engineering program.

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Allen Lau

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Seed Round - Printify

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Printify

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Printify	—	Seed Round - Printify	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Drop	—	Series A - Drop	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Gallop Labs	—	Seed Round - Gallop Labs	obfuscated obfuscation

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Haply	Two Small Fish Ventures	—	Seed Round - Haply	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Viggle AI	Two Small Fish Ventures	—	Series A - Viggle AI	obfuscated obfuscation

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exit -

Printify

Allen Lau

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exits. Their most notable exits are

Printify

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Gallop Labs

Printify Printify is a platform that connects e-commerce merchants, marketplaces and print on demand dropshipping producers.
Gallop Labs Gallop Labs is a prescriptive mobile marketing platform that helps brands and mobile app publishers for improve marketing.

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Allen Lau

has

current jobs including

Co-Founder and CEO

Wattpad

Co-founder

Two Small Fish Ventures

, and

Associate

Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)

. Additionally,

Allen Lau

has had

past job as the

Co-Founder and CTO

Tira Wireless

Wattpad Co-Founder and CEODec 2006
Two Small Fish Ventures Co-founder
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) Associate

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Tira Wireless	Co-Founder and CTO	Apr 2001	Oct 2007

Board and Advisor Roles

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Allen Lau

holds

board and advisor roles as

Advisory Board Member

Ask The Doctor

and

Board Member

Wattpad

Ask The Doctor Advisory Board Member2016
Wattpad Board Member

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