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Lokalise

Localization platform for agile teams

201-500 employees
  • B2B
  • Enterprise
  • Languages
  • Internal tools
  • Productivity
  • Publishing
  • Content
  • Communication
  • SaaS
  • Automation
3500 South DuPont Highway, Suite BZ-101, Dover, DE 19901 United States

Company mission

To eliminate the hassle of localization by providing tools to automate, integrate, and better manage your translations.

Top investors

Few candidates hear
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-23% employee growth in 12 months

Otta's take

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Xav Kearney

CTO of Otta

Localization can be a headache for companies shipping products to new markets, involving lengthy manual work and often highly general tools like Excel. Add to that the complexities of updating localization strategies to align with new agile software development methods, and it can prove a real hurdle for companies looking to expand their global footprint.

Lokalise allows for localization to be centralized and knitted more tightly into the development process, anticipating pernickety issues like formatting errors thrown up if translations require more space in the target language. This is a substantial development on translation-only services, but it’s becoming an industry standard also offered by competitors like RWS and Memsource.

What will help the relatively young Lokalise compete is a 2,500+ strong customer roster, which includes major enterprises like Revolut, Virgin Mobile, and Starbucks. It’s helped Lokalise cause a stir in the industry, and with global expansion on the rise across all major sectors, it should help the company continue its already impressive growth going forwards.

Benefits

  • Coworking allowance
  • Unlimited PTO and Work-life balance
  • Health insurance
  • Top-notch tech equipment to work with
  • Parental leave
  • Personal development budget
  • Stock options
  • Fun & close-knit team, on- and offline meetings (off-sites)
  • Wellness benefits
  • 100% remote async work
  • Positive Impact (carbon-neutral company)
  • Mental health support
  • Full-time remote work
  • Company events
  • Budget for home office set-up

Company values

  • Be direct and kind. Put yourself in others' shoes.
  • Support one another. Thrive together.
  • Build competence. Keep growing.
  • Take ownership. Optimize for impact.
  • Aim high. Stay down to earth.

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Feb 2023

$61.7m

LATE VC

Dec 2021

$50m

SERIES B

$117.8m

Total funding

This company has top investors

Founders

A serial co-founder and CEO, who has filled these roles at inbox.lv, Vide Infra Group, Double Coffee, Pozitel Telecom, and Roamerapp.

Has been on the boards of Forticom (where he was also CFO), OK.RU, and Open Media Group, and served as MD at KBC Securities Ukraine. Went on to co-found Megogo.net and Roamerapp, then work in business development at Apply.

Endorsements

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Flexible working (2)

Opportunities to learn (1)

Meaningful work (1)

Nice people (1)

Open and honest communication (1)

Supportive management (1)

Focus on employee wellbeing (1)

Clear values (1)

We are working hard to close the language barrier. All too often barriers perpetuate inequity and contribute to an unevenness in opportunities. Our product enhances the power of speaking users’ native languages. On top, Lokalise enables initiatives like sustainability, social responsibility, or volunteering. I don't need to let my personal values on the (theoretical, we are remote) door - I can make an impact together with Lokalise.

People, HR, Recruitment

Meaningful work

Sep 2022

Working remotely means we manage our energy - not our time and so I find space for everything that matters to me while giving it my all at work. Coming from the big corporate world I felt I have no power over my time. At Lokalise we are remote, are on our way to master async work and have full ownership over our time and how we want to work. So for me, being a chef and hippie in my private life, there is enough time for cooking and nature walks while using my biological rhythm and getting work done early in the mornings.

People, HR, Recruitment

Flexible working

Sep 2022

Lokalise dares to care - it stands out for its benefits like its Mental Health support, giving you access to a 24/7 provider where you can get therapy, meditation, or other webinars and resources to cope with (work) life and bring the best version of yourself to work. Lokalise lives up to one of its values "Support one another. Thrive together."

People, HR, Recruitment

Focus on employee wellbeing

Sep 2022

Lokalisers are smart, friendly and really helpful people. It's great working with them. Even if we are a remote team and we only met for few times in real life, the bongs are really strong.

Marketing

Nice people

Jul 2022

Transparency is key at Lokalise. We communicate openly on slack and everybody is welcome to share their opinions/suggestions. I also like the fact that we are encourage that there is no bad idea when we're brainstorming about something.

Marketing

Open and honest communication

Jul 2022

My manager is very supportive. He cares about my development and encourages me to pursue any training/course I wish for myself. I also feel that I can discuss anything with my manager and find support if I need it.

Marketing

Supportive management

Jul 2022

There are so many cross-functional projects to get involved in, as well as encouragement to go and seek new opportunities and learn from others. As part of onboarding, there are also sessions to learn from and speak to other teams, as well as budget to spend on courses, certifications and conferences etc

People, HR, Recruitment

Opportunities to learn

Jul 2022

There are no rigid 'working hours' and each employee is given the autonomy to find a working pattern that works for them and their team. I frequently switch up my working hours and even locations depending on what I have going on outside of work.

People, HR, Recruitment

Flexible working

Jul 2022

There are dedicated Values sessions to learn what the values mean at Lokalise and we have recently just come back from a whole company offsite in Portugal, where we defined the values and what that means for our teams ways of working and how to reflect these in our individual behaviours. We also celebrate individuals and teams demonstrating our values on a regular basis!

People, HR, Recruitment

Clear values

Jul 2022

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