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Popsa becomes a certified B Corp.

February 28, 2025February 28, 2025 GaryPageau Popsa

U.K.-based Popsa, the consumer AI-powered photo book company, announced it has achieved B Corp. Certification. This recognition, granted and verified by the nonprofit B Lab, confirms Popsaʼs commitment to meeting the highest standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. By embracing a stakeholder-centric mindset and championing responsible innovation, Popsa is taking on the urgent societal and ecological challenges... Read More

Feature Opinion

Photobooks reviews ring in the holiday season

December 15, 2024December 20, 2024 GaryPageau Mixbook, Popsa, Shutterfly, Tom's Guide, Wirecutter1 Comment

It’s that time of the year again when consumer press sites try to generate clicks and affiliate links with reviews of photo books for their holiday gift guides and roundups. Let’s take a look at what reviewers were responding to. The New York Times‘ well-regarded Wirecutter blog once again reviewed photo book services. The site picked Mixbook as the “best... Read More

Investments

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

February 3, 2022February 3, 2022 GaryPageau Popsa

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

Marketing

Popsa unveils two movies in Christmas digital brand campaign

November 18, 2021November 28, 2021 GaryPageau Popsa

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

Marketing Podcasts

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

January 8, 2021January 18, 2021 GaryPageau CeWe, 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

Events News

Popsa wins third overall at Deloitte Tech Fast 50 Awards

November 20, 2020November 21, 2020 GaryPageau Deloitte, Pembroke VCT, Popsa

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

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Industry Notes for the week of July 4

July 4, 2020July 6, 2020 GaryPageau GotPhoto, Photo Create, Photo Finale, Popsa

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

News

London firm Popsa gets £3 million to automate photobooks

March 20, 2018March 20, 2018 GaryPageau 500 Startups, Moonpig, Pembroke Venture Capital Trust, Photobox, Popsa, Snapfish, venture capital

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