Omoi (formerly Azuki)
Omoi (formerly Azuki) is a YC Winter 2022 (W22) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote. Team of 5.
About Omoi (formerly Azuki)
Summary
Omoi (formerly Azuki) delivers officially licensed manga to readers through a digital subscription app, covering thousands of chapters across genres from shonen to queer romance. It replaces one-off chapter purchases and unlicensed reading sites. Free users can read select chapters with ads; a paid subscription removes ads and opens the full catalog.
Business model
$4.99 per month for full catalog access, with a free ad-supported tier for select chapters
Go-to-market
Manga readers in English-speaking markets start via a self-serve app, choosing between the free tier and a premium subscription trial.
From the Y Combinator listing
Japanese comic subscription service
Omoi (formerly Azuki) is Netflix-style Japanese comic subscription service where users can subscribe for $4.99 a month to unlock access to all the manga on the service. Free users have access to select chapters with ads.
Facts
- Consumer / Consumer -> Content
- San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote
- 5
- Active
- Early
Founders (5)
- Abbas Jaffery
- Adela Chang
- Ken Urata
- Krystyn Neisess
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