Picnic

Picnic believes that social media apps do very little to help bring us closer together. They want to re-calibrate the time people spend online away from the passive consumption of strangers’ content and back towards sharing photos with friends. The company aims to do that starting with their novel 2-tap photo-swapping app.

• We work hard on working well together. At the core of the culture at Picnic is our belief that the best teams are built on a foundation of genuine trust and mutual respect.
• We balance serious work and good vibes. We are genuinely passionate about our mission and our duties, but we also know that we do our best work when we're enjoying ourselves. For us that means hiring people who take their responsibilities more seriously than they take themselves
• We take pride in being strong communicators. We're proactive and always err towards over-communicating. We seek feedback on our ideas early and often. We align with stakeholders regularly throughout projects. We strive to provide good context for the decisions we make. We openly share the full picture - the good, the bad and the ugly
• We're comfortable with being wrong. We expect to be wrong a lot and don't see it as failure or look for blame. We accept that we are operating in uncertainty and tumbling towards progress. We trust that we're all doing our best with the available information. The pace at which we learn and iterate is more important to us than being right
• We hold ourselves to account. We rely on each other asking for help when we’re unsure of anything. We try to call out potential hurdles before they become issues. We flag issues as soon as they become apparent. When we do slip up, we hold our hands up and admit it. We learn from it, and we communicate what we're doing to get us back on track

Total funding: $3.4m