Smiler believes that valuable memories deserve to be captured in high quality. It’s our mission to achieve that on a global scale for everyone, everywhere. We are the world’s first on-the-spot photography marketplace that brings photographers and consumers together at tourist hotspots and other leisure locations. By being in the places where these memories are created, Smiler taps into the uncaptured potential of billions of photos, preserving something higher quality and very valuable to people all around the world.
Location: Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam
Total raised: $8M
Founders name: Rob Hulleman; Kasper Middelkoop
Investors 1
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| 27.09.2022 | Speedinves... | speedinves... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 31.05.2022 | Seed | $8M | Mosaic Ven... |
Persons 4
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Mentions in press and media 8
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| 16.06.2023 | Tweekly. Выпуск 173. Выпей кофе и съешь стакан! | Новые и интересные AI-инструменты 0 Обсудить 35 просмотров Embedestore — добавь ботов в свой Youtube-канал. (ссылка) SuperAGI — опенсорс-проект по созданию ИИ-агентов. (ссылка) HubSpot — сервисы для создания писем и текстов с помощью AI. (с... |
| 16.06.2023 | Smiler Raises $8.5 Million to Connect Photographers with Tourists: Startup Funding Roundup | Six travel tech startups raised $58 million over the past two weeks. >>Smiler, a platform that connects photographers with visitors of popular tourist destinations, has raised $8.5 million. The lead investor was Octopus Ventures. The ... |
| 08.06.2023 | Amsterdam-based Smiler secures €7.9M, launches new photography marketplace website: Know more | Amsterdam-based Smiler, a startup which connects photographers with visitors at popular tourist locations and hotspots, announced on Thursday that it has secured an additional $8.5M (approximately €7.92M) in fresh funding. This brings Smile... |
| 01.06.2022 | Smiler comes up with a different kind of gig economy for event and venue photographers | Traditional venue photography providers like DEI Global, MagicMemories, Picsolve and Sharingbox are reliant on fixed equipment, permanent staffing costs, and on-site printed products. So Amsterdam, Netherlands-based Smiler came up with a di... |
| 31.05.2022 | Utrecht-based ‘much better than a selfie’ startup Smiler raises $8 million | Aiming to tap into what it calls a ‘second wave gig economy’, the Utrecht-based startup that connects those with a camera to visitors at over a million identified public locations and attractions, Smiler has raised $8 million in a seed roun... |
| 31.05.2022 | Utrecht-based spot photography marketplace Smiler secures €7.4M, plans European expansion | Utrecht-based Smiler, a spot photography marketplace that connects photographers and customers in tourist hotspots, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $8M (approximately €7.4M) in a Seed round of funding. The round was led by Mosaic V... |
| - | Utrecht-based ‘much better than a selfie’ startup Smiler raises $8 million | Aiming to tap into what it calls a ‘second wave gig economy’, the Utrecht-based startup that connects those with a camera to visitors at over a million identified public locations and attractions, Smiler has raised $8 million in a seed roun... |
| - | Smiler | “Memorable experiences deserve to be captured in high quality. We make it happen. Valuable memories in high quality, for everyone, everywhere.” |