Retouch photos and apply filters on a phone.
Lightricks Funding History
Lightricks develops creative apps such as Facetune and Videoleap. It also builds LTX, a family of open-weight video generation models.
Company Overview
Lightricks
Founded 2013 · Jerusalem, Israel
Official WebsiteLightricks Funding Timeline
Series D
US$130 million (US$100M primary + US$30M secondary)
The financing included $100 million in primary capital and $30 million in secondary share sales.
Led by Insight Partners. Participation included Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Greycroft.
Source · lightricks.com ↗Series C
US$135 million
Lightricks said the investment would help it expand its subscription-based photo and video editing tools.
Led by Goldman Sachs. Participation included Insight Partners.
Source · prnewswire.com ↗Series B
US$60 million
The company planned to add tools and expand distribution for its mobile creative apps, including Facetune and Enlight.
Led by Insight Partners.
Source · prnewswire.com ↗
Lightricks Founding Team
Zeev Farbman and Yaron Inger worked together on computational photography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. They started Lightricks with Nir Pochter, Amit Goldstein, and Itai Tsiddon, exploring how to bring techniques from that research to mobile photography.
Lightricks Company Development
Generative Video Extends the Mobile Editing Business
Lightricks established its creator business with focused mobile tools such as Facetune and Videoleap. LTX Studio extends that work upstream into planning a film, letting teams shape the script and storyboard before generating and editing shots.
Lightricks Competitive Landscape
Shot Creation and Film Planning
Higgsfield emphasizes controls for individual generated shots, including camera motion. LTX Studio also generates footage but organizes it around a larger project with scripts and storyboards. The distinction is useful when comparing a tool for producing a clip with one for managing a sequence.
