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# Henry Soong
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**Role:** Founder, Watch Club
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**Background:** Former Meta product manager
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**Status:** Active
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## Overview
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Henry Soong founded Watch Club in 2025, a microdrama platform that integrates community features directly into the viewing experience. His thesis: the microdrama market is in its "MySpace era" and Watch Club is positioning for the "Facebook moment" through community infrastructure.
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## Career
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- **Meta:** Product manager (dates unknown)
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- **Watch Club (2025-present):** Founder
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## Thesis
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Soong explicitly positions Watch Club against ReelShort's engagement-optimization model, betting that the next competitive phase in microdramas requires persistent community infrastructure rather than pure dopamine-loop mechanics.
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## Timeline
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- **2025** — Founded Watch Club; raised seed round led by GV
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- **February 2026** — Launched Watch Club beta with first original show "Return Offer"
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## Sources
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- TechCrunch (Feb 2026): https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/03/watch-club-microdrama-video-social-network/
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- Deadline (Feb 2026): https://deadline.com/2026/02/former-facebook-exec-launches-watch-club-microdrama-google-ventures-1236708013/ |