Compliments app Slay raises 2.63 million euros

The pre-seed funding round is led by Accel. The app is expected to be available internationally soon.

"Compliments app" Slay closes its pre-seed funding round with €2.63 million. Accel is leading the round, but investors also include prominent business angels such as soccer world champion Mario Götze (Eintracht Frankfurt), musician Alex Pall (The Chainsmokers) and Supercell co-founder Ilkka Paananen. With the fresh capital, the Berlin-based startup plans to further expand its own product, scale up the app and make Slay available in other countries.

Fabian Kamberi, Jannis Ringwald and Stefan Quernhorst founded Slay last year in Berlin. Four days after its launch, the app was at the top of the iOS charts. The platform is aimed at a young target group and aims to spread and reinforce a digital "wellbeing" through positive social media interactions. When a teenager logs into the app, Slay asks them twelve questions, which they answer by giving an anonymous compliment to another user. Those who answer the twelve questions also see the compliments they themselves have received.

According to its own information, the app has 250,000 registered users. The app is available in both the iOS and Play stores. It has already been translated into other languages and recently launched in the UK.