Spencer Lazar

Co-Founder & CEO at Apply

Chicago, Illinois

2020

Co-Founder & CEO
2020
Apply is a company built on a simple premise: Stickers Change Things. They help us reimagine and transform the objects we care about most, allowing us to express our interests, ideas, and identities in our rapidly changing world. Based in New York City, we make stickers for the artist in each of us – to tap into our creative instincts, be our boldest and best selves, and build a more vibrant world.

2013 - 2020

Advisor
2019 - 2020
Actively supporting the GC team & portfolio anyway I can
Partner
2013 - 2019
Doing what I can to help technology start-ups break through the noise in NYC and beyond. It's a privilege to work alongside the founders we do. Investments: Bowery Farming, Lemonade, ClassPass, Giphy, Fundbox, Shift Technology, Merlin, Zageno, WayUp, Universe, Abacus, Voodoo, TowerIQ, and more.

2019 - 2019

Special Projects
2019 - 2019
Helping an incredible mission-driven team provide people financial support in times of hardship through a best in class insurance experience.

2011 - 2013

Co-Founder
2011 - 2013
iOS & web development studio. Made 8 applications in 2 years. Mostly focused around scheduling, planning, and time management.

2009 - 2011

Associate
2009 - 2011
Accel is a global venture fund focused on partnering with businesses in the early and growth stages of development. As a part of the London office, my focus is on opportunities specifically leveraging proprietary software, internet, or data-enabled technologies.

2007 - 2009

Analyst
2007 - 2009
Proprietary market analysis and deal origination; transaction negotiation; due diligence; and post-investment portfolio work (strategic partnerships, select operational initiatives, and M&A). Product management - particularly in the redevelopment of the Insight company website including: budgeting, vendor selection, content developement, firm messaging, versioning, deployment, and bug fixes.

2005 - 2006

Project Manager
2005 - 2006
Conceptualized, designed, and produced prototypes for new types of media for iPods, cell phones, and other mobile devices (such as new ways of reading and interactive games) used in sales pitches by the company’s President to potential product partners and acquirers (examples include: Viacom, Sony, Apple, EMI, Warner Brothers, Condé Nast, Universal, and Wal-Mart). Re-wrote the company’s general sales pitch then featured on its website as a video introduction

2004 - 2004

Associate
2004 - 2004
Studied the compatibility of CCX’s market-based approach to global warming curtailment with the efforts of the public sector, paying specific at-tention to the feasibility of future cooperation under a ratified Kyoto Protocol. Developed framework for public/private partnership under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and presented to Board of the Exchange