Company type | Private |
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Industry | Software Development |
Founded | 2013 |
Headquarters | Jerusalem, Israel |
Key people | Zeev Farbman |
Owner | Lightricks Ltd |
Number of employees | 600 |
Website |
lightricks |
Lightricks, founded in January 2013, is a company that develops video and image editing mobile apps, known particularly for its selfie-editing app, Facetune. [1] [2] [3] Headquartered in Jerusalem, the firm has approximately 600 employees. [4] [5] As of 2023, its apps have been downloaded over 730 million times. [6] [7] In 2024, Lightricks introduced LTX Studio, a platform for creating and editing videos using AI. [8]
The company was created in 2013 by 5 founders, Ph.D. students Zeev Farbman, Nir Pochter, Yaron Inger, Amit Goldstein, and former Supreme Court of Israel clerk Itai Tsiddon who were all studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. [2] [9] Lightricks began life as a bootstrapped company, which was the subject of a case study from the Harvard Business School "Bootstrapping at Lightricks". [10]
The company received in 2015 its first funding round of $10 million led by Viola Ventures. [11] [12] It received its second round of funding of $60 million in November 2018, led by Insight Venture Partners and with participation from Israeli VC company ClalTech. [9] In July 2019, it secured $135 million in series C funding led by Goldman Sachs, with participation from Insight Partners and ClalTech; this was reported to imply a $1 billion valuation. [13] [14] [15] It puts the total raised to date at $205 million. [16] [17] Lightricks ended 2018 with over $50 million in revenue. [2] In September 2021, the company received $100 million in primary and $30 million in secondary Series D funding. This valued the company at $1.8 billion. [18]
After beginning in the Hebrew University campus, the company outgrew its space a number of times. It remains based in Jerusalem, Israel, with offices in Haifa, Beer Sheva, London and Chicago; it has a total of approximately 600 employees. [19] [4] [20]
Once Apple Inc allowed it, Lightricks was one of the first app companies to offer subscriptions. Most of its apps are now published under a freemium model. [21] [22] [23]
Company type | Private |
---|---|
Industry | Software Development |
Founded | 2013 |
Headquarters | Jerusalem, Israel |
Key people | Zeev Farbman |
Owner | Lightricks Ltd |
Number of employees | 600 |
Website |
lightricks |
Lightricks, founded in January 2013, is a company that develops video and image editing mobile apps, known particularly for its selfie-editing app, Facetune. [1] [2] [3] Headquartered in Jerusalem, the firm has approximately 600 employees. [4] [5] As of 2023, its apps have been downloaded over 730 million times. [6] [7] In 2024, Lightricks introduced LTX Studio, a platform for creating and editing videos using AI. [8]
The company was created in 2013 by 5 founders, Ph.D. students Zeev Farbman, Nir Pochter, Yaron Inger, Amit Goldstein, and former Supreme Court of Israel clerk Itai Tsiddon who were all studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. [2] [9] Lightricks began life as a bootstrapped company, which was the subject of a case study from the Harvard Business School "Bootstrapping at Lightricks". [10]
The company received in 2015 its first funding round of $10 million led by Viola Ventures. [11] [12] It received its second round of funding of $60 million in November 2018, led by Insight Venture Partners and with participation from Israeli VC company ClalTech. [9] In July 2019, it secured $135 million in series C funding led by Goldman Sachs, with participation from Insight Partners and ClalTech; this was reported to imply a $1 billion valuation. [13] [14] [15] It puts the total raised to date at $205 million. [16] [17] Lightricks ended 2018 with over $50 million in revenue. [2] In September 2021, the company received $100 million in primary and $30 million in secondary Series D funding. This valued the company at $1.8 billion. [18]
After beginning in the Hebrew University campus, the company outgrew its space a number of times. It remains based in Jerusalem, Israel, with offices in Haifa, Beer Sheva, London and Chicago; it has a total of approximately 600 employees. [19] [4] [20]
Once Apple Inc allowed it, Lightricks was one of the first app companies to offer subscriptions. Most of its apps are now published under a freemium model. [21] [22] [23]