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Cinapse

The Operating System of Hollywood

cinapse.io
HQ: Los Angeles, CA, USA; Remote
1-10
B2B

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Jul 29, 2026

Overview

Cinapse is a Los Angeles-based film/TV production scheduling SaaS founded in 2020 by filmmakers and technologists. It built a collaborative, offline-first scheduling app for ADs, UPMs, and producers, and was acquired by Wrapbook in December 2025 while continuing to operate as a product inside Wrapbook. Public funding totals conflict across sources, so the funding section below uses the most clearly sourced rounds and notes the latest acquisition event.

Primary product

Collaborative production scheduling software for film and television

Founded

2020

Headquarters

Los Angeles, California, United States

Team size

1-10 employees

Industry

Software Development

Sub-industry

Film and TV production scheduling software

Offices

Culver City, California, United States

Business model

B2B SaaS subscriptions
usage-based production pricing
enterprise licensing
freemium / free starter tier

Funding

Stage

acquired

Total raised

$2.5M

Latest round

Acquired · Dec 2025

Acquired

Dec 2025 · Wrapbook

Convertible Note - II

Nov 2024

Seed Round

Aug 2022 · Y Combinator

$125K

Convertible Note

Mar 2022

Y Combinator financing

Jan 2022 · Y Combinator

People & investors

Leadership

Herman Phillips

Director & GM of Cinapse at Wrapbook

François Van der Merwe

Senior Software Engineer / Founding Engineer

Greg Kufera

Co-founder & Advisor; former CEO

Roger W. Tran

Co-founder & Chief Product Officer

Founders

Heather Wagner

Co-founder & Product Architect

Investors

Angel Investor (Group)
FAST by GETTYLAB
Gaingels
Halo Ventures
RenderedVC
Twenty-Two Ventures
Unpopular Ventures
WeFunder
Wrapbook
Y Combinator
Y Seed
Zillionize

Work & culture

Mission-driven and production-first: built by filmmakers for filmmakers, with a strong emphasis on collaboration, real-time workflows, offline usability on set, and deep domain knowledge of film/TV production.

Compensation

No public salary bands were found in the sourced materials. Public hiring materials emphasize senior full-stack engineering, offline-first architecture, and production-critical SaaS experience rather than compensation details.

Product & market

Pricing

Mixed model: free starter tier, personal monthly/annual subscriptions, per-production usage pricing for shoots, and custom enterprise quotes.

Differentiators

  • —Offline-first scheduling that works on set and in remote locations
  • —Real-time multi-user collaboration
  • —Multi-unit and episodic production workflows
  • —Production-based pricing that shifts costs from individuals to productions
  • —Import/export integrations with tools like Final Draft, Scriptation, SetHero, WriterDuet, and Movie Magic
  • —Tight schedule-to-finance integration through Wrapbook
  • —Built specifically around AD/UPM/producer workflows

Technology

React
React Native
TypeScript
Next.js 15
Prisma
PostgreSQL
offline-first PWA architecture
PowerSync or similar sync framework
tRPC
Zustand / Jotai
Vitest / Jest / Playwright
SAML SSO
SCIM
offline mode

Customers

assistant directors (ADs)
unit production managers (UPMs)
producers
production managers
film and TV productions
major studio series
studios and streamers including Netflix, Disney, Apple TV, NBCUniversal, Paramount, and Sony
film students and educators via Chapman University, Belmont University, SCAD, USC, and NYU Tisch programs

Competitors

Movie Magic Scheduling
StudioBinder
Celtx
Scenechronize
SyncOnSet
RABS

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$1M–<$5M (third-party estimates)

Estimated monthly visits

14.2K

Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026

hello@cinapse.io1-877-458-7225

Signals & risks

Acquisition
Dec 2025

Wrapbook acquired Cinapse; Cinapse continues operating independently as part of Wrapbook, with Herman Phillips moving to Director & GM of Cinapse at Wrapbook and François Van der Merwe continuing as Senior Software Engineer.

Source

Latest news

What's New in Cinapse — July 2026

Cinapse · Jul 2026

July release notes highlight configurable weather display, sunrise/sunset tokens for banners, duplicate-element merging, broader category reporting, and other product polish and security fixes.

What's New in Cinapse — June 2026

Cinapse · Jun 2026

June release notes added folders across managers, new importers for Movie Magic, Final Draft, PDF, and Scriptation JSON, plus revision colors and category presets.

Wrapbook acquires Cinapse, advancing a connected back office for entertainment

PR Newswire / Wrapbook · Dec 2025

Wrapbook announced its acquisition of Cinapse and said the deal links scheduling with payroll and production finance; the release also says Cinapse has powered more than $6 billion in productions and that Herman Phillips and François Van der Merwe joined Wrapbook.

Cinapse case study: Amazon's The Runarounds S1

Cinapse · Sep 2025

Cinapse said Amazon's The Runarounds used its collaborative scheduling workflow to replace bottlenecks and single-user files with real-time collaboration.

Cinapse case study: HBO's Euphoria Season 3

Cinapse · Apr 2025

Cinapse described how the Euphoria production team used the platform for a large, dynamic schedule spanning 177 shoot days and nearly 450 cast members.

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