Pratilipi
Bengaluru, IN · Founded 2015 · 772 employees on LinkedIn · 5 known investors
Pratilipi is an Indian storytelling company operating a self-publishing platform where writers publish stories that readers can access across formats, including online literature, audio series, digital comics, podcasts, and book publishing. Its verticals include Pratilipi Literature, Pratilipi FM, Pratilipi Comics, Westland Publications, IVM Podcasts, and IP licensing, serving readers and writers primarily in India.
Also known as Nasadiya Technologies · Pratilipi Literature
Founders & leadership
Pratilipi was founded in 2015 by Ranjeet Pratap Singh, Shally Modi, and Sankaranarayanan Devarajan.
Investors · 5
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Pratilipi is an Indian storytelling company that positions itself around "democratising storytelling" across languages, formats and geographic boundaries. Its operations are organised into six verticals: Pratilipi Literature, described on the company's site as India's largest digital storytelling platform connecting readers and writers; Pratilipi FM, an audio storytelling platform for listeners across India; Pratilipi Comics, a digital comics platform adapting stories into comic art; Westland Publications, an Indian book publisher the company describes as having more than six decades of literary heritage; IVM Podcasts, an Indian podcast network producing original audio and video content; and an IP Publishing/Licensing arm focused on identifying, owning and licensing intellectual property before it breaks out.
The company describes a cross-format pipeline in which a single story moves through its verticals: a work is first published on Pratilipi Literature, then adapted by the audio team into an audio series, then by the comics team into digital panels and physical copies, then into animation, and subsequently into a web series in production. Founder and CEO Ranjeet Pratap Singh frames the company's thesis as a shift from scarcity to abundance in story creation, with Pratilipi seeking to identify stories early and connect them with their audiences.
Business model
Pratilipi operates a multi-format content ecosystem: it aggregates writer-generated stories on its literature platform and then adapts successful titles into audio series, comics (digital and physical), animation and screen productions, while also owning and licensing the underlying IP and operating a book publishing house and a podcast network.
The company references subscribers and subscribed listeners across its literature, audio and comics products, physical comic copies and book publishing, plus licensing of owned IP.
Traction
The company states that its subscribers spend more daily time reading than the length of a Bollywood film, that subscribed listeners spend more daily time listening than a T20 cricket match, and that one story adapted into animation crossed 40 million views.
Latest developments
A story originating on Pratilipi Literature and adapted into audio, comics and animation is described as being in production as a web series.
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Market position
The company describes Pratilipi Literature as India's largest digital storytelling platform and IVM Podcasts as a pioneering Indian podcast network; Westland Publications is characterised as a long-established Indian publisher.
Pratilipi's stated differentiation is an integrated ecosystem in which one story is carried across formats — text, audio, comics, animation and screen — and languages, combined with ownership and licensing of the resulting IP.
Go-to-market
Readers, listeners and writers in India across multiple languages, including subscribers to its literature, audio and comics products, as well as licensees of its story IP.
Geography
Operations are focused on India, spanning multiple Indian languages, with the company describing its aim of reaching audiences across languages and boundaries.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsThe company states that a story first published on Pratilipi Literature, subsequently adapted into an audio series, comics and animation, is in production as a web series.
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In the news
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Pratilipi do?
- Indian storytelling company running digital literature, audio, comics, podcast, publishing and IP licensing verticals.
- Who founded Pratilipi?
- Pratilipi was founded by Ranjeet Pratap Singh, Shally Modi, Sankaranarayanan Devarajan in 2015.
- Who are Pratilipi's investors?
- Pratilipi's investors include Gemba Capital Venture Partners, Jungle Ventures, Qiming Venture Partners, Nexus Venture Partners, Omidyar Network.
- Where is Pratilipi headquartered?
- Pratilipi is headquartered in Bengaluru, IN.