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Later

Later is a social-media scheduling and marketing platform, best known for Instagram, that began as a Vancouver hackathon project called Latergramme and rebranded in 2016. It reached about US$40M in annual revenue on roughly US$1.5M raised before Mavrck acquired it in 2022.

Marketing techVancouverFounded 2014later.com
~US$40Mannual revenue reached before acquisitionTechcouver 2024-11-25
~US$1.5Mtotal raised before the exitTechcouver 2024-11-25
>US$100Macquisition by Mavrck (2022)Techcouver 2024-11-25

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About

Later started at a 2014 Vancouver hackathon as Latergramme, a tool to schedule Instagram posts, and rebranded to Later in 2016. Co-founded by Ian MacKinnon and built through the Launch Academy incubator, it grew to roughly US$40M in annual revenue on about US$1.5M raised, and was acquired by the influencer-marketing firm Mavrck in 2022; the combined company kept the Later name.

Backers

Raised about US$1.5M; built through the Launch Academy incubator; acquired by Mavrck in 2022.

Quick answers

What is Later?

A social-media scheduling and marketing platform, best known for Instagram, that started as a Vancouver hackathon project called Latergramme.

What happened to Later?

It reached about US$40M in annual revenue on roughly US$1.5M raised and was acquired by Mavrck in 2022.

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