Zeplin Raises $1.2M

What does Zeplin do?

Zeplin, is a collaboration application for user interface designers and front end developers. It uses software for better moving files between engineers and designers. It enables its users in turning their designs into powerful specs and guidelines. It helps build pixel perfect apps in peace and designing hand off has never been easier. It helps in generating style guides and resources automatically. The company is great collaboration tool between designers and developers. It reduces the time of the meetings to half and makes sure that designs are implemented perfectly no matter how complex it is.

How much Zeplin was funded?

Zeplin raised $1.2M in an undisclosed round on November 24, 2015 from Mike Maples Jr. And Elad Gil.

Previous funding

$120k on July 20, 2015 from Y Combinator

What is next for Zeplin?

Zeplin plans to use a large part of the funding for continuing growing its team as well as the founding team in San Francisco. The company will maintain a team in Istanbul and the founder said she would decide whether or not moving the team to San Francisco or continuing having 2 teams.

More about Zeplin

Zeplin was founded on April 1, 2014 by Pelin Kenez, Ismail Ceylan, Berk Çebi and Merih Akar. It has its headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. The company was originally based in Istanbul and has come out of Y Combinator. The company was looking at accelerators in the U.S. since many of their users were based there. The company has over 85,000 users out of which 1,800 are paying customers. Companies like Pinterest and Slack are using the services of Zeplin. The company’s aim is for a world where designers and developers can communicate well and work together efficiently and live in harmony forever. With this company design hand off has never been easier.