Lokalise

lokalise.com

HQ: Dover, Delaware, United States

500

Business Products & Software Services

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 16, 2026

Overview

Lokalise is a private, distributed software company that provides a continuous localization and translation-management platform. It helps product, engineering, design, marketing, and content teams manage multilingual content through automated workflows, AI-assisted translation, human review, translation memory, integrations, APIs, and SDKs. The company reports more than 3,000 customers and 60+ integrations.

Primary product

Lokalise localization management platform, including Lokalise AI, translation workflows, localization APIs, SDKs, integrations, and over-the-air translation delivery.

Founded

2017

Headquarters

Dover, Delaware, United States: 3500 South DuPont Highway, Suite BZ-101, Dover, DE 19901

Team size

150-200

Work style

Remote

Industry

Software Development

Sub-industry

Translation and localization technology; translation-management software (TMS)

Business model

B2B SaaS

Subscription software

Usage- and plan-based localization services

Enterprise sales

Funding

Stage

Series B / late-stage private company

Total raised

$117.6M

Latest round

Venture round · Feb 2023

Latest amount

$61.6M

Venture round

Feb 2023

$61.6M

Series B

Dec 2021 · CRV

$50M

Series A

Sep 2020 · Mike Chalfen / Chalfen Ventures, with capital300 and angel investors

$6M

Seed round

Sep 2018

Seed / early financing

May 2017

People & investors

Leadership

Sophie Krishnan

Chief Executive Officer

Magnus Slind-Näslund

Chief Technology Officer

Nick Ustinov

Co-founder; former CEO; Chief Innovation Officer / CEO-CTO listed in some current public profiles

Petr Antropov

Co-founder

Jorge Martins

Director of Engineering

Patrick Pletscher

VP, AI & Data

Sandra Bakker

Head of Global Partnerships

Dmitry Olenovs

Director of Customer Support

Maciej Besler

Director of Product Design

Magdalena Czerwień-Durkalec

General Counsel

Etgar Bonar

Chief Marketing Officer

Investors

3VC

Ali Russell

Andrey Khusid and S16 angel fund

capital300

Carlos Gonzalez-Cadenas

Work & culture

Public company materials describe Lokalise as customer-centric, globally distributed, product- and engineering-oriented, and focused on reducing manual localization work. The company has operated remotely since 2019 and became fully remote in 2020. Public LinkedIn material indicates a globally distributed workforce representing many nationalities. Independent employer-review signals are mixed: approximately 3.4/5 overall, with work-life balance rated higher than culture and career development.

Work style

Remote

Compensation

Public job-market data reports indicative annual compensation of approximately USD 89,850 for an Associate Customer Success Manager and USD 112,062 for a Sales Engineer, plus a GBP 90,244 estimate for a Senior Marketing Manager. These are third-party or aggregated job-market signals, not an official company-wide compensation framework.

Benefits

Remote-first work environment

Distributed work across numerous countries and time zones

Flexible work arrangements implied by remote job listings

Professional development and growth opportunities referenced in careers materials

Salary transparency on some job listings

Employee equipment and workplace tooling are indicated by public stack data, but the complete benefits package is not publicly available

Product & market

Pricing

Tiered SaaS subscription with a free or trial entry point, paid plans reported at approximately USD 144/month and USD 499/month for selected plans, and custom enterprise pricing. Pricing varies by seats, projects, languages, usage, workflow features, and enterprise requirements.

Differentiators

—Continuous localization designed for frequently updated software and digital products
—60+ integrations with tools such as GitHub, Figma, WordPress, Salesforce, Zendesk, Slack, and other content and development systems
—Developer-focused APIs, SDKs, CLI/API workflows, and over-the-air translation delivery
—AI orchestration combined with human review, translation memory, glossaries, and quality scoring
—Focus on intuitive UX and customer support
—AWS Marketplace availability, allowing customers to procure Lokalise through AWS accounts and credits
—Reported 90%+ approval rates for AI-assisted or automated translations in company marketing materials

Technology

Ruby

Elixir

PHP

Python

TypeScript

JavaScript

React

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

RabbitMQ

Elasticsearch

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub

AWS RDS

AWS SQS

AWS SNS/Cloud services referenced by stack data; exact deployment architecture not fully disclosed publicly

Customers

Revolut

Notion

Lemonade

Mastercard

Starbucks

Hyundai

doxy.me

CoachHub

Fortune 500 companies

More than 3,000 companies globally, according to Lokalise company materials

Competitors

Smartling

Phrase

Smartcat

Crowdin

Transifex

Memsource / Phrase

Weglot

TransPerfect

RWS

Lilt

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Approximately USD 5 million-10 million annually; one third-party company profile estimates USD 7.5 million. Lokalise is private and does not publicly disclose audited revenue.

Estimated monthly visits

429.9K

Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026

Signals & risks

Layoff

Nov 2022

Lokalise announced a 23% workforce reduction affecting 76 employees. The company attributed the decision to slower-than-expected growth and a more cautious spending environment.

Source

Other

Public company-data estimates indicate employee count of approximately 156, down about 9% year over year. This is a third-party workforce estimate rather than a company announcement.

Source

Other

Feb 2023

A third-party company-data record reports a USD 61.6 million venture round in 2023, but a primary company announcement and detailed investor list were not located. The amount should therefore be treated as a database estimate.

Source

Latest news

Lokalise launches AI-powered translation quality capabilities

Lokalise · Aug 2025

Lokalise reported that its AI translation system achieved more than 80% acceptance across major language pairs, with custom AI models exceeding 90% acceptance in some cases; the claims are based on company testing and customer-reported results.

Lokalise and Translated announce strategic partnership to offer comprehensive localization services

Lokalise · Jul 2025

Lokalise announced a strategic partnership with Translated, combining Lokalise's localization workflow platform and integrations with Translated's network of more than 500,000 translators and broader audiovisual localization services.

Lokalise releases 2025 localization trends report showing rapid AI adoption

MultiLingual · Feb 2025

A report based on data from more than 3,000 customers found that machine-assisted translation represented 70% of translations, AI translation adoption rose sharply in 2024, and human-only workflows declined.

Lokalise is now available on AWS Marketplace

Lokalise · Dec 2024

Lokalise launched on AWS Marketplace, enabling customers to procure the service through AWS accounts and credits and simplifying enterprise purchasing.

Lokalise secures $50M Series B led by CRV

Lokalise / PR Newswire · Dec 2021

Lokalise announced a USD 50 million Series B led by CRV, with participation from Creandum, Dawn Capital, Chalfen Ventures, 3VC, S16VC, and angels. The financing was intended to support hiring, product development, and partnerships.