LapseHuge pressure is placed on capturing and broadcasting ourselves online. Inspired by film photography, Lapse is designed to reclaim how we take and share memories. A camera for living in the moment and a private photo journal for friends, not followers.
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $12.4M
Investors 3
| Date | Name | Website |
| 09.12.2021 | Speedinves... | speedinves... |
| - | GV | gv.com |
| - | Araya Vent... | araya.vent... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 20.12.2021 | - | $11M | - |
| 30.09.2021 | Seed | $1.4M | - |
Mentions in press and media 14
| Date | Title | Description |
| 27.02.2024 | London-based photo-sharing app Lapse closes €28 million to build a new kind of social media for Gen Z-ers | - |
| 27.02.2024 | Photo app Lapse raises $30M Series A | Lapse has raised $30 million in Series A funding, co-founder Dan Silvertown tells Axios, as the photo app invests in product updates. Why it matters: The investment underscores investor interest in new social media apps, despite tough compe... |
| 27.11.2023 | Lapse, the photo app that forced users to invite friends, is running out of steam | Lapse, a photo-sharing app that growth hacked its way to the top of the App Store earlier this year, is starting to lose steam. The app, which had forced users to invite their friends in order to get in — a technique now being used by new s... |
| 28.10.2023 | 'Invite-Only Disposable Camera:' New Lapse App Will Change the Way How You View Social Media | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 28 October 2023, 08:10 am In a digital world dominated by short videos on platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts, Lapse is making a unique and somewhat retro comeback focusing on picture-based so... |
| 26.09.2023 | Photo-sharing app Lapse hits top of the App Store by forcing you to invite your friends | Forget invite-only social apps, Lapse is testing a new technique to acquire its users: It forces you to invite your friends in order to get in. The reinvention of a social camera app first introduced in 2021, Lapse is now king of the U.S. A... |
| 20.12.2021 | UK-based photo-sharing app Lapse raises €9.75M to build the next generation of private social networking | London-based Lapse, an invite-only social disposable camera app that lets friends in group chats take photos together, all of which are a mystery until they “develop” the next day, has announced that it raised $11M (approx €9.75M) in its Se... |
| 20.12.2021 | London-based photo-sharing app Lapse captures €9.7 million to build the next generation of private social networking | Lapse has just closed a €9.7 million seed round for its photo-sharing app that enables groups of friends to avoid the pressures of social media. The London-based startup launched its app on an invite-only basis in September 2021 to 150000 u... |
| 20.12.2021 | Lapse, an app that lets you snap and ‘develop’ rolls of film with groups of friends, raises $11M from GV and others | The relentless march of social media apps’ algorithmic advertising hooks, influencer-leveraged social graphs and UX that begs for endless scrolling have led to viral success and mass-market engagement for the biggest players. But there rema... |
| 08.12.2021 | Meet the startups redefining the future of social media | On a weekly basis, I see a tweet with someone complaining about Instagram. In Jean de La Rochebrochard’s case, he calls it a soulless product. That its initial value proposition, to build community and inspire creativity has given way. “It’... |
| 30.09.2021 | Lapse launches its social disposable camera app that lets you capture the magic of the pre-digital photos; raises a $1.4m seed round | With billions of people now on Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, the shift from public to private networks is undeniable. And that’s why this new tech startup has seen phenomenal success as thousands of users turn to its new camera app. Lap... |
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