FRENCH GIRLS
Investment Profile
French Girls is the best way to commission digital paintings by real artists from your iPhone. Founded in 2014 by Kris Jones, Adam Ceresko, and Andrew Herman French Girls is the world largest social network for artists and makes it simple and affordable for anyone, anywhere to get drawn by talented artists. Artists make money by getting commissioned by users (we call them models). Users are then able to buy commissioned prints and canvases all within a mobile app.
French Girls is the fourth start-up by the same founders. While students at Penn State Adam and Andrew founded the CATA bus App and Kris became its first investor. Together Kris, Adam, and Andrew founded pathmapp, FaceInvaders, and mobile app development consultancy APPEK Mobile Apps.
5,000,000+
Downloads
50,000,000+
Images
25,000,000+
Drawings
Investment Info
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Description: Digital Marketplace for Custom Art
Founders: Kristopher B. Jones, Andrew Herman, Adam J. Ceresko
Categories: Photography, Digital Media, Mobile
Website: http://www.frenchgirlsapp.com
Total Equity Funding: $5.54M in 3 Rounds from 10 Investors
Most Recent Funding: $4.5M Seed on September 1, 2015
Investors:
ANGELS – Kristopher Jones (founding investor), Michael Jones, Singer / Actress Christina Milian, NFL Player Larry English, James Valvano
SEED – Index Venture Partners (lead), Greylock Partners, Slow Ventures, Freestyle Capital, Freelands Ventures, and Advancit Capital
SOURCE: CRUNCHBASE JUNE 2017
Investment News
- cnn.com – Apparently This Matters: French Girls gone wild
- mtv.com – 23 Perfectly Normal Selfies Hilariously Re-Drawn By Strangers
- Venture Beat – ‘Draw me like one of your French girls,’ says app that raised $500K
- Huffington Post – Tech – Awesome App Lets Strangers Turn Your Selfies Into Works Of Art
- Fast Company – Design – How An Ingenious App Hooks You On Drawing Pics Of Strangers
- Daily Dot – French Girls is the only selfie app that matters
- jezebel.com – This App Allows Strangers to Turn Your Selfies Into Works of Art