Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
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
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Business model
Stage
acquired
Total raised
$2.5M
Latest round
Acquired · Dec 2025
Dec 2025 · Wrapbook
Nov 2024
Aug 2022 · Y Combinator
Mar 2022
Jan 2022 · Y Combinator
Leadership
Director & GM of Cinapse at Wrapbook
Senior Software Engineer / Founding Engineer
Co-founder & Advisor; former CEO
Co-founder & Chief Product Officer
Founders
Co-founder & Product Architect
Investors
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.
Pricing
Mixed model: free starter tier, personal monthly/annual subscriptions, per-production usage pricing for shoots, and custom enterprise quotes.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
$1M–<$5M (third-party estimates)
Estimated monthly visits
14.2K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
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.
SourceCinapse · 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.
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.
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 · 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 · 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.