Snappr, an online photography platform that counts Australian Test cricket captain Steve Smith among its early backers, has closed a $2.5 million seed funding round including support from a raft of major global venture capitalists including Google Maps co-founder Lars Rasmussen and renowned Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator.

The company was founded in Sydney in May 2016 by former University of New South Wales friends Matt Schiller and Ed Kearney and works by connecting professional photographers with customers via an online platform, which also removes the need for photographers to manage their own marketing, customer emails, quotes and debt recovery.