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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.

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

Business
Depop provides a millenial-friendly mobile marketplace that enables individuals to buy and sell their items on iOS and Android platforms. The app is home to influential trendsetters and both emerging and established creatives from fashion, design, music, sport and photography, including Chiara Ferragn i, Lele Pons , Shaq , and Melanie Martinez. 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.