Lips
Instagram alternative built for women, the LGBTQ+ community, & their fans
Last Funded November 2021
$87,706
raised from 145 investors
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Highlights
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📈 Over 10,000 (!!) new users in our first month
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🗞 Featured in Mashable, The Daily Beast, Forbes, Huffington Post, and Maxim
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🤩 Celebrity support with over 6M reach ready to engage post-funding
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📱Untapped Market of 350M+ Social Media Users
Our Team
Founder
Published social algorithm researcher & Forbes contributor with 10 years technology development and marketing experience.
Previously @ Grameen Bank, Planned Parenthood, & participated in Y Combinator as Communications Director @ Superside (W16).
I myself am a member of the LGBTQ community, as well as an abuse and eating disorder survivor whose mental health was made worse by the lack of diverse bodies and honest discussions of sexuality in popular media. I am also an older sister, and aimed to create a space in which my sister and others could avoid hate and express their authentic selves.
CTO & Blockchain Advisor
Invited to be on the first Women of Color in Blockchain Congressional Briefing in D.C. Past Fundraising: $50M, 3 Acquired. 25+ years of experience in technologies ranging from IoT, Blockchain, Augmented Reality, and Artificial Intelligence.
Head of Community
Expanded Lips community to over 2K brands and influencers, as well as 20K engaged Instagram followers. Sextech newsletter writer & erotic filmmaker, Studied intersectional feminism & queer theory at Harvard.
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