When Etsy paid $1.6bn to buy Depop in 2021, it was more than just a big payday for the London-based fashion app’s founder, Simon Beckerman.
It also marked the culmination of a decade of stress, sleep deprivation and, at times, physical pain, he recalls. As the nine-month sale process reached its conclusion, “I went through a week where randomly during the day, every couple of hours I would start crying,” Beckerman says.