- CEO
- Hyung-Sung Ra
- Full Time Employees
- 18
- Sector
- Consumer services
- Industry
- Publishing: books/magazines
- Address
- Seoul South Korea
- IPO Date
- Dec 8, 2022
- Business
- Finger Story Co. Ltd. is a South Korea-based digital media and entertainment company primarily engaged in the production, publishing, and platform-based distribution of online digital comics, webtoons, and web novels. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, the company operates as a subsidiary of Global Tax Free Co., Ltd. Finger Story Co. Ltd. structures its core offerings through specialized digital reading platforms and content licensing operations, comprising: Mutoon, a specialized webtoon and digital comic platform catering primarily to male demographics with content focused on martial arts (wuxia), action, thriller, and fantasy genres; Qtoon, a dedicated digital content platform serving female audiences with serialized webtoons and web novels across romance, romance fantasy, drama, and slice-of-life genres; Proprietary Intellectual Property (IP) Development and Studio Production, involving the in-house creation, writing, and illustration of original webtoons and web novels; and Content Syndication and Secondary Rights Commercialization, which encompasses licensing original proprietary storylines and artwork to major third-party digital portals, mobile applications, and global publishing partners, as well as adapting proprietary content into derivative formats including television dramas, films, animations, games, and merchandise. Geographically, the company operates predominantly in South Korea and distributes digital content to global consumers across East Asia, Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe. In recent developments, Finger Story Co. Ltd. completed a public listing on the KOSDAQ market via a merger with Yuanta Happy Together No. 7 Special Purpose Acquisition Company; underwent a corporate governance restructuring that established Global Tax Free Co., Ltd. as its direct controlling parent company; entered into a strategic partnership and acquired an equity interest in immersive media enterprise XOBIS to co-develop interactive and experiential K-webtoon exhibition content; and executed capital expansion initiatives to broaden its digital studio capacity, implement AI-assisted localization and content production tools, and accelerate direct-to-consumer global platform penetration.