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​​Popsa announces $12 million investment round led by Gresham House Ventures Investments 

​​Popsa announces $12 million investment round led by Gresham House Ventures

Fast-growing, U.K.-based personalized photo products company Popsa announced a $12 million ( £9milion) investment round led by Gresham House Ventures, a growth equity investor specializing in software and digitally-driven businesses in the consumer, healthcare, and service sectors. Investment director Tom Makey also joins the Popsa board. Existing investors Pembroke, Octopus, and Guinness have already invested several times. “We are very... Read More
Popsa unveils two movies in Christmas digital brand campaign Marketing 

Popsa unveils two movies in Christmas digital brand campaign

U.K.-based photobook brand Popsa launched two Christmas-themed ads as part of a digital brand campaign. Both films feature different stories combining creative storytelling with a heartfelt Christmas gift. One, “Mr. Cuddles goes Rogue” shows what happens when a beloved teddy bear is left behind at an aunt’s house for the lockdown. The second ad (above) shows how undocumented moments help... Read More
Dead Pixels Society podcast: The consumer-focused approach of award-winning photo app, Popsa Marketing Podcasts 

Dead Pixels Society podcast: The consumer-focused approach of award-winning photo app, Popsa

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Liam Houghton, CEO, and Declan Mellett, chairman, of Popsa, the U.K.-based photo book app. Houghton and Mellett talked about the company’s non-traditional beginnings, its customer-focused design and strategy and the future role AI will play in the creation of personalized photo content. Popsa launched in March 2016. The app is now available in 50 countries around the globe and... Read More
Popsa wins third overall at Deloitte Tech Fast 50 Awards Events News 

Popsa wins third overall at Deloitte Tech Fast 50 Awards

U.K.-based photo brand Popsa was ranked third in the 2020 Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 – a ranking of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in the UK – and achieved first in the software category. Popsa is a portfolio company of Pembroke VCT, the “venture capital trust focused on building the consumer brands of tomorrow.” Pembroke VCT first invested in... Read More
Industry Notes for the week of July 4 Earnings reports News People on the Move Updates 

Industry Notes for the week of July 4

Events PI CONNECT imaging conference, Pro Imaging Golf move to 2021 Pro Imaging CONNECT, the executive conference for the photo/imaging industry, has postponed its 2020 conference to April/May, 2021, at the Horseshoe Bay Resort in Austin, Texas. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, we were forced to postpone Pro Imaging CONNECT and Pro Imaging Golf until spring of 2021. App news and... Read More
London firm Popsa gets £3 million to automate photobooks News 

London firm Popsa gets £3 million to automate photobooks

The U.K. Standard reports London tech firm Popsa has raised £3 million from top investors to develop an automated way to make photobooks. Popsa, founded in 2016, has clinched £2.2 million in a seed funding round led by Pembroke Venture Capital Trust, a backer of brands like Five Guys and Alexa Chung’s fashion label. Famous ad man Sir John Hegarty, co-founder... Read More