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Friend-focused photo-sharing app Retro snags $21M | TechCrunch

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Retro, a friend-focused photo-sharing app built by former Instagram employees, has raised more than $21 million in Series A funding.

Retro, the friend-focused photo-sharing app built by former Instagram product engineers Nathan Sharp and Ryan Olson, has raised north of $21 million in Series A funding, according to an SEC filing. The fundraise, now confirmed by the company, is a testament to the enduring need for social apps that connect people with one another more directly, instead of through personalized algorithms filled with creator content and now, often, AI slop. “Something that has to be true and will be true is that people will still want to see more of their friends,” Sharp told TechCrunch in December,…

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