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LottieFiles is a technology company.
LottieFiles offers a unified platform for creating, managing, and deploying Lottie animations. It enables designers and developers to implement lightweight, scalable, interactive motion graphics across digital applications. The company provides specialized tools, an extensive asset library, and seamless integrations, streamlining animation workflows for efficient motion design.
Established in 2017 by Kshitij Minglani, Nattu Adnan, and Shafiu Hussain, LottieFiles arose from the complexities of digital animation integration. Recognizing the Lottie format's potential for small, high-quality, scalable animations, the founders built a centralized hub. Their insight was to simplify the motion design pipeline, bridging design and development effectively.
LottieFiles serves designers and developers enhancing user experiences with motion graphics. The platform enables teams to integrate dynamic elements into websites and applications. Its vision is to universalize motion design, making interactive animation an effortless, integral component of digital experiences, simplifying and accelerating creative workflows.
LottieFiles has raised $46.0M across 2 funding rounds.
LottieFiles has raised $46.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
LottieFiles has raised $46.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $37.0M Series B in May 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2022 | $37M Series B | Square PEG Capital | 500 Startups, GreatPoint Ventures, M12, XYZ Venture Capital | Announced |
| Jan 27, 2021 | $9M Series A | Abhi Kumar | Tony Wang | Announced |
LottieFiles has raised $46.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
LottieFiles's investors include Square Peg Capital, 500 Startups, GreatPoint Ventures, M12, XYZ Venture Capital, Abhi Kumar, Tony Wang.
LottieFiles is a Series C-stage technology company founded in 2018 that builds an animation design platform centered on Lottie, a lightweight, JSON-based, scalable animation format that's 600% smaller than GIFs.[1][2][3] It simplifies creating, editing, testing, shipping, and sharing Lottie animations via tools, a vast marketplace with over 50,000 free and premium assets, and integrations, serving designers, developers, animators, and companies in media, marketing, platforms, and gaming.[1][2][3] The platform targets over 250,000-320,000 global companies including Airbnb, Google, TikTok, Disney, and Netflix, with 4.5+ million users and strong growth like 300% YoY in 2021; it has raised $46.05M total, including a $37M round, while maintaining pre-revenue core tools to prioritize adoption.[1][2][3][5][7]
LottieFiles powers motion design across apps, websites, social media, and digital screens, with 2022 updates like Lottie Optimizer, team collaboration, mobile apps for Instagram/TikTok exports, and Iconscout integration offering 5.3M customizable assets.[5] Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Kuala Lumpur and Seoul, it fosters a creator community where 70% of marketplace earnings go to animators.[2][3]
LottieFiles emerged in 2018 from the open-source Lottie format invented by Airbnb engineers in 2015, which enabled cross-platform, interactive animations without heavy coding.[2] Co-founder and CEO Kshitij Minglani launched it as a community hub for designers and developers sharing Lottie resources, quickly gaining traction with tools for creation, editing, testing, and a marketplace added during COVID-19 lockdowns.[2] Early momentum included 1 million users from 65,000 companies by 2021, fueled by Lottie's advantages over GIFs/PNGs in scalability and interactivity.[2]
Backed by investors like M12 (Microsoft's VC), 500 Startups, Square Peg Capital, XYZ Venture Capital, and GreatPoint Ventures, it raised a $9M Series A in 2021 (total ~$10M then) and scaled to $46M by Series C.[1][2][3][7] Pivotal moments: 300% YoY growth, partnerships with Figma/Webflow/Adobe/Canva, and 2022 platform overhauls amid booming motion design demand.[2][5] The team honors late Product Lead "Daadi" (1983-2022) for shaping its products.[6]
LottieFiles rides the motion design revolution, mainstreamed by tools like Figma, Webflow, Adobe, and Canva, amid demands for interactive UX in apps, web, gaming, and social media.[5] Timing aligns with mobile-first/web perf needs—Lottie's tiny, scalable files cut load times vs. GIFs, boosting engagement in a post-COVID digital content boom.[2][5] Market forces like AI-driven design, no-code platforms, and AR/VR favor lightweight animations; inclusion in CB Insights' AI collection signals overlap with generative tools.[1]
It influences the ecosystem by democratizing motion (mission: animation on every screen), powering 250K+ companies' UIs, inspiring creators, and pushing Lottie adoption beyond Airbnb's origins to Netflix/Disney scale.[2][3][5]
LottieFiles is poised to dominate motion workflows as dotLottie (compressed format) and AI integrations expand, targeting 2025 web animation trends for elevated UX.[1][5] Upcoming: deeper no-code/enterprise tools, global team growth, and monetization ramps post-adoption phase, leveraging $46M war chest amid design tool consolidation.[1][2] Trends like immersive web3/AR and perf-obsessed platforms will amplify its edge, evolving it from community hub to motion infrastructure leader—unlocking joy in every digital interaction, as its origins envisioned.[3][5][6]