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Our story

Two friends. One idea. No Plan B.

Honestly, we didn’t have a Plan A either.

How it all started
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You know the feeling? 400 contacts in your phone, but nothing happens on a Friday night. The group chat is full of “Would be cool, let’s do it sometime!” And then nobody does anything.

We’ve known each other for about two years. Met in Konstanz and quickly realized we’re wired the same way. Same humor, same drive, same impatience with things that don’t work.

Sometime in fall 2025, we stopped just ranting about it. And started solving it. No clue about app development, no budget. Just one conviction: This has to be better.

Why isn’t anyone building this? So we’re doing it ourselves.

Not another to-do app. Not another calendar. Something that understands it’s about friends, not time slots. Something that works the way you actually plan: spontaneously, chaotically, and with the right people.

Since then, the idea, the vision, and the product keep growing. One step further every day. And our conversations? Still happening. We just talk about features now instead of frustrations.

What we stand for
“Social media should bring people together,not isolate them.”

Instagram shows you everyone else’s life. TikTok keeps you glued to the couch. WhatsApp blows up with messages about nights that never happen.

S'Up is the opposite: an app that actually gets you and your friends in the same room. IRL. At the same table. At a real event.

No big strategy. Just what we actually want.

The founders
Louis Lazay, co-founder of S'Up

Louis Lazay

Co-Founder · Business, Strategy & Website

Sander Jay Behrens, co-founder of S'Up

Sander Jay Behrens

Co-Founder · Business, Strategy & App

A partnership.

OUR STORY

More than founders. Real friends.

Summer at Lake Constance

Summer at Lake Constance

Nights in Shanghai

Nights in Shanghai

Village life in Tuscany

Village life in Tuscany

Festival summer in Konstanz

Festival summer in Konstanz

The first lines of code

The first lines of code

2
Founders
Konstanz
Made in
$0
Venture Capital
How we got here
Fall 2025

The Idea

One birthday night, 5 apps, one decision.

Dec 2025

First lines of code

iOS app in SwiftUI. Backend in Supabase. No sleep.

May 2026

Soft launch in Konstanz

Internal test with real events and real feedback.

Oct 2026

Beta, then the App Store

The first 100 from the waitlist are testing the app via TestFlight. The App Store launch is planned for late October to mid-November.

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