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Depop is a peer-to-peer social shopping app based in London, UK, with additional offices in Milan and New York.^[1]

History

Depop was founded in 2011 by creative entrepreneur Simon Beckerman at H-Farm, an Italian technological incubator and business start-up centre.^[2] Its headquarters moved to London in 2012.^[3] Beckerman raised €1 million in funding in October 2013 from Red Circle Investment.^[4] In 2015, Depop secured another investment of $8 million from Balderton Capital and Holtzbrinch Ventures.^[5]

Business

Depop provides a millenial-friendly mobile marketplace that enables individuals to buy and sell their items on iOS and Android platforms.^[6] The app is home to influential trendsetters and both emerging and established creatives from fashion, design, music, sport and photography, including Chiara Ferragni^[7], Lele Pons^[8], Shaq^[9], and Melanie Martinez^[10]. To date, Depop has been downloaded over X million times with tens of millions of items bought and sold. It was announced in May 2016 that Depop is the official app sponsor of the 2016 Vans Warped Tour.^[11]

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^ Lunden, Ingrid. "Social Shopping App Depop Raises $8M, Hires Ex-Reddit GM To Break Into US Market". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
^ "Artefact – In conversation with | Depop founder Simon Beckerman". Artefact. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
^ "Depop: We're all shopkeepers now". POLITICO. 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
^ "Depop: We're all shopkeepers now". POLITICO. 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
^ Lunden, Ingrid. "Social Shopping App Depop Raises $8M, Hires Ex-Reddit GM To Break Into US Market". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
^ Satenstein, Liana. "All Those Millennials Can't Be Wrong: Why Depop Just Might Change the Way You Shop". Vogue. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
^ "http://www.bustle.com/articles/78821-chiara-ferragni-is-selling-clothes-straight-from-her-closet-plus-7-outfits-we-want-to-buy". www.bustle.com. Retrieved 2016-06-21. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
^ "Instagram photo by Lelepons • Sep 20, 2015 at 11:40pm UTC". Instagram. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
^ "Why you should be following Shaquille O'Neal on Depop". https://www.wgsn.com/blogs. Retrieved 2016-06-21. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
^ "Melanie Martinez on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
^ "Vans Warped Tour". Vans Warped Tour. Retrieved 2016-06-21.

[1] Lunden, Ingrid. "Social Shopping App Depop Raises $8M, Hires Ex-Reddit GM To Break Into US Market". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-06-21.

[2] "Artefact – In conversation with | Depop founder Simon Beckerman". Artefact. Retrieved 2016-06-21.

[3] "Depop: We're all shopkeepers now". POLITICO. 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2016-06-21.

[4] "Depop: We're all shopkeepers now". POLITICO. 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2016-06-21.

[5] Lunden, Ingrid. "Social Shopping App Depop Raises $8M, Hires Ex-Reddit GM To Break Into US Market". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-06-21.

[6] Satenstein, Liana. "All Those Millennials Can't Be Wrong: Why Depop Just Might Change the Way You Shop". Vogue. Retrieved 2016-06-21.

[7] "http://www.bustle.com/articles/78821-chiara-ferragni-is-selling-clothes-straight-from-her-closet-plus-7-outfits-we-want-to-buy". www.bustle.com. Retrieved 2016-06-21. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)

[8] "Instagram photo by Lelepons • Sep 20, 2015 at 11:40pm UTC". Instagram. Retrieved 2016-06-21.

[9] "Why you should be following Shaquille O'Neal on Depop". https://www.wgsn.com/blogs. Retrieved 2016-06-21. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

[10] "Melanie Martinez on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-06-21.

[11] "Vans Warped Tour". Vans Warped Tour. Retrieved 2016-06-21.

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