Lapse

Social media for friends, not followers

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1-20 employees
  • B2C
  • Entertainment
  • Social
  • Social Media
  • Mobile
  • Video
Soho, London, UK

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Company mission

To build the social media platform for the next generation.

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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Freddie

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Benefits

  • Classpass
  • Macbook and iPhone
  • Pension

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Feb 2024

$31.8m

SERIES A

Dec 2021

$11.2m

SERIES A

Total funding: $44.6m

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. Forbes 30u30 for Technology.

Ben Silvertown

(Co-Founder)

Studied Graphic Design at Central St Martins before joining AKQA. Most recently, Creative Director at Copper ($1B valuation). Numerous viral projects gaining 50M+ views. Forbes 30u30 for Technology.

People progressing

Liv Kon

Liv joined Lapse as a Product Associate and has been promoted to Senior Product Manager within 2 years. Prior to Lapse, she was a Founder Associate at health-tech start-up, LVNDR Health.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Lapse

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Milly Hitcham (Community and Product Manager)

  • We are committed to socially responsible social media and will be working towards B-Corp certification
  • One of the core propositions of Lapse is that it's for sharing amongst friends, not followers. Part of our mission is to take the anxiety and pressure out of sharing
  • We operate a flat hierarchy where everyone's opinions are valued and championed regardless of gender, ethnicity, or anything else
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