Lapse
Social photo journal for friends
- 1-20 employees
- B2C
- Entertainment
- Social
- Social Media
- Mobile
- Video
- Fitzrovia, London, UK
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Company mission
To bring the disposable camera experience to mobile.
Our take
Lapse is on a mission to reinvent how people socialise with friends. Its social disposable camera allows users to share a virtual role of film with friends, limiting them to 36 snaps that are hidden once they're taken. Then, 48 hours later, the snaps will be developed and shared with their group all at the same time.
Aiming to become the next big social network, Lapse looks to capitalise on the fondness and nostalgia for analogue photography - take the rise and fall, and rise again, of Polaroid and Instax cameras - and give it a modern tech twist.
The company is backed by some of the top VCs in Europe who have backed the likes of Stripe, Klarna, Lime, and Tide, and has completed one of the fastest-ever consumer social funding rounds. With the product currently in beta, Lapse is looking to grow its small but ambitious team and get ready to launch its product to the masses.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Macbook and iPhone
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Feb 2024
$28.9m
SERIES A
Dec 2021
$10.2m
SERIES A
Total funding: $40.6m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Dan Silvertown
(Co-founder)Previously founded Talent Ladder and Lockdown Haircut. Prior to that, was the Chief Commercial Officer at Tempo and worked as a Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.
Ben Silvertown
(Co-founder)Studied Graphic Design at Central St Martins before joining AKQA. Most recently, was Creative Director at Copper ($250M valuation) and has started numerous viral projects gaining 50M+ views.