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Lapel

Spring 2025 · Active

Scale personalized service to every customer.

Founded: 2025

Team size: 5

About

Lapel is building a customer operations platform that brings hospitality to the internet: tools to power every touchpoint across sales, success, and support. Today, most teams manage relationships through dashboards, funnels, and canned replies—great for metrics, terrible for humans. We believe online customer relationships should feel personal, not transactional. Learn more at lapel.com

Founders

  • Nikolas HuebeckerFounder

    Building software that sets a new standard for service on the internet. Previously founded Onward (S23) and led the product team at Midjourney.

  • Coleman OatesFounder

    Building software that sets a new standard for service on the internet. Previously founded Onward (S23) and scaled hospitality at Chick-fil-A.