
Kapwing is a female-founded Series A startup that offers a modern, cloud-based video creation platform designed to help teams create and edit video content faster and collaboratively. Its main product, Studio, supports powerful non-linear video editing entirely online, allowing users to upload and combine images, audio, and video from any device with automatic cloud saving. Kapwing differentiates itself by integrating AI-powered tools such as auto-subtitling, background removal, smart cut to remove silences, text-to-speech, dubbing, and video resizing, enabling creators to repurpose content efficiently for multiple social platforms. The platform supports real-time collaborative editing, brand asset management, and custom templates to maintain brand consistency. Kapwing serves millions of creators and teams worldwide, emphasizing accessibility, ease of use, and inclusivity, with a mission to empower digital storytelling through innovative browser-based technology.

Kapwing is a female-founded Series A startup that offers a modern, cloud-based video creation platform designed to help teams create and edit video content faster and collaboratively. Its main product, Studio, supports powerful non-linear video editing entirely online, allowing users to upload and combine images, audio, and video from any device with automatic cloud saving. Kapwing differentiates itself by integrating AI-powered tools such as auto-subtitling, background removal, smart cut to remove silences, text-to-speech, dubbing, and video resizing, enabling creators to repurpose content efficiently for multiple social platforms. The platform supports real-time collaborative editing, brand asset management, and custom templates to maintain brand consistency. Kapwing serves millions of creators and teams worldwide, emphasizing accessibility, ease of use, and inclusivity, with a mission to empower digital storytelling through innovative browser-based technology.
Product: Browser-based collaborative video and multimedia editor with AI tools (auto-subtitles, background removal, text-to-speech, dubbing, resizing, smart cut)
Founders: Julia Enthoven (CEO) and Eric Lu (CTO)
Founded: October 2017
Funding: $1.7M seed (Jul 2018); $11M Series A led by CRV (Sep 2019)
Users / Scale: Serves millions of creators; reported over 1M users at Series A
Video and multimedia creation workflow inefficiencies for creators and teams aiming to produce platform-ready content quickly and collaboratively.
2017
SaaS; Video / Multimedia Editing
$1.7M
$11M
Series A included follow-on participation from Village Global, Sinai, Shasta Ventures and additional investors
“CRV led Series A and its partner joined the board; seed led by Kleiner Perkins”