‘Wonder’ wants to take on YouTube with a new ad-free video platform for exclusive lifestyle content

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by Sindy Cator on March 13, 2014 at 4:01 am

Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

Wonder PL, otherwise known as simply ‘Wonder’, is a new platform for hosting lifestyle-oriented video content that wants to take on Vimeo and YouTube at their own game. Launched today by Sofia Fenichell, founder of Rockpack, the platform has already attracted $1.4 million from investors including Universal Music Group (UMG), Qualcomm Ventures, Alex Creighton (Co-Founder and President of Vice Media), Pascal Cagni (formerly CEO of Apple, EMEA) and Russell Platt (Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Forum Partners). It’s not just cash either. Ahead of launch Wonder lined up content partners in the form of Space NK, The National Film Board of Canada, Universal Music…