Lisa Bettany

Who is Lisa Bettany?

Lisa Bettany is a Canadian technology entrepreneur and photographer. She is a cofounder of the iPhone camera app Camera+, which had sold over 10 million copies as of 2012.

The daughter of British parents, Bettany grew up in Victoria, where her father was a computer professor. She was a competitive figure skater from the age of three until a back injury ended her career at 19. Having grown up around computers, she developed her first blog and her interest in photography while recuperating. In 2009, Bettany partnered with an international team of six developers to develop Camera+, which launched in June 2010. The app, developed for tap tap tap, generated revenues of almost $2 million within a year for the developer team.

Lisa Bettany was included in the 2014 Fast Company Most Creative People in Business 1000 list. Forbes named Bettany as a top female tech entrepreneur in 2012. She has also been featured in Entrepreneur, Elle magazine, The New York Times, Fast Company Labs and ShutterLove.

She is on the team at MacHeist as a producer and has played the characters of Sophia and Amelia. She was formerly a host on Canadian gadget show GetConnected.