Kittl closes financing round

The design start-up recently launched its own platform. Now it is receiving 10.8 million euros, according to a media report.

Berlin-based startup Kittl - "Europe's answer to Canva and Adobe" - is getting €10.8 million in new capital after a funding round, reports EU Startups. Shortly before the round, the company launched its own platform. With the new money, Kittl now apparently wants to further expand its offering. Left Lane Capital is leading the funding round, according to the report, and Speedinvest also added money. Angel investors involved include Intercom co-founder Des Traynor and former Bebo CEO Shaan Puri.

Kittl offers a platform on which users can create individual designs without major technical hurdles. The startup's offering is aimed primarily at companies, which are expected to quickly develop their own design and branding through such simplified processes. The products that can be designed via Kittl include T-shirts, posters and business cards.

Nicolas Heymann and Tobias Saul founded Kittl in 2020, and at the end of last year they published their platform, on which they say more than one million designs have already been created. With the new capital, the company now wants to hire more employees to develop new tools and expand its offering.