Wadiz

Wadiz (founded in 2012) is a crowdfunding platform based in South Korea. It allows startups and small and medium-sized companies to look for early-stage fundraising and introduces investors and consumers to products and brands.^[1] The platform has various categories, including technology, beauty, fashion, music, character goods, pets, food, books, children's products, games, comics, and travel. Site users can contribute financially to the projects within these categories.

Starting with crowdfunding, Wadiz has expanded its business into pre-orders and Wadiz commerce Store.^[2] In 2024, the platform surpassed 1.3 trillion KRW in cumulative transactions and reached 80,000 crowdfunding projects.^{[citation needed]}

Recently, Wadiz has been named to the Financial Times's (FT) "Asia-Pacific High-Growth Companies 2025" list.^[3] This marks Wadiz's fourth year on the list, after being selected for three straight years from 2020 to 2022.^[2]

Wadiz also supports the overseas expansion of companies that have succeeded in crowdfunding. By establishing MOUs with platforms like Makuake in Japan and Zeczec in Taiwan, Wadiz assists domestically crowdfunded products in entering overseas crowdfunding markets.^[4]