tldraw

tldraw

Open-source React whiteboard SDK with collaboration

Overview

Company Does Not Provide H1B Sponsorship

TLDraw provides an open-source whiteboard and infinite canvas toolkit for React developers, enabling the creation of collaborative and customizable digital spaces. Its core SDK is free and open-source, designed to be dropped into existing apps as a React-based canvas, with additional tools, services, and APIs for real-time collaboration; paid enterprise options are available for more advanced needs. What sets TLDraw apart is its open-source foundation paired with a freemium model and a focus on React integration, making it easy to customize and extend for team collaboration across products. The goal is to help developers seamlessly add scalable, collaborative digital whiteboards and canvases to their applications, with optional enterprise support.

Significant Headcount Growth

About tldraw

Simplify's Rating
Why tldraw is rated
C+
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Consumer Software

Enterprise Software

Design

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$24.1M

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Founded

2022

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Raised $10M from Lux Capital and Definition, plus $2M extension from Amplify.
  • Mobbin integrates tldraw for collaborative UI/UX design features.
  • Adopted in edtech for interactive tools and enterprise diagramming workflows.

What critics are saying

  • Excalidraw's permissive license and 2x GitHub stars divert 60-80% SDK users in 6-12 months.
  • Mandatory 'Made with tldraw' watermark drives forks like tldraw.mirror, eroding licenses immediately.
  • Figma Canvas and Miro APIs commoditize whiteboards, undercutting tldraw in 12-24 months.

What makes tldraw unique

  • tldraw delivers React SDK with extreme customizability for shapes, behaviors, and UI via runtime API.
  • Enterprise multiplayer sync features live cursors, viewport following, and cursor chat.
  • Powers viral demos like make real and tldraw computer beyond standard whiteboard.

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Funding

Total Funding

$24.1M

Below

Industry Average

Funded Over

4 Rounds

Series A funding typically happens when a startup has a product and some customers, and now needs funding to scale. This money is usually used to grow the team, expand marketing, and improve the product. Venture capital firms are frequently the main investors here.
Series A Funding Comparison
Below Average

Industry standards

$15M
$8.2M
Discord
$10M
tldraw
$15M
Canva
$30M
Kalshi

Benefits

Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

5%
tldraw
Jun 11th, 2025
tldraw raises $10M to build the infinite canvas for developers • tldraw Blog

Announcing new funding from Lux Capital, Definition, and more

tldraw
May 31st, 2024
tldraw raised another $2M

Today we announce the close of an insiders' extension round led by Amplify, Lux, and Tom Preston-Werner.

Securities and Exchange Commission
May 30th, 2024
SEC FORM D

The Securities and Exchange Commission has not necessarily reviewed the information in this filing and has not determined if it is accurate and complete.The reader should not assume that the information is accurate and complete.

Tech.eu
Jan 19th, 2024
These Are The Fastest-Growing Open-Source Startups In Europe Q4 2023

Now entering its fourth year of publication, each quarter Runa Capital tabulates figures gleaned from GitHub and releases the Runa Open Source Startup (ROSS) Index, a global tracker of the fastest-growing open-source startups.In Q4 2023, European open-source startups accounted for 25 percent, arguably 30 percent, of the ROSS Index top 20 operators.These are the top five (six, including an honourable mention) fastest-growing open-source startups in Europe Q4 2023.1. Wasp — Zagreb, CroatiaY Combinator-backed Wasp is a programming language for building full-stack web applications including enterprise web apps with less code and best practices. The company was founded by Martin Sosic and Matija Sosic in 2020 and has raised $1.5 million from investors including HV Capital and Lunar Ventures.2. Tldraw — London, United KingdomTldraw is a collaborative whiteboard that requires no login. The app's blank canvas allows for the drawing of lines or objects, writing of text and insertion of media including images, videos, or GIFs. The free-to-use app was launched in 2021 and has raised $2.7 million in a Lux Capital-led seed round.3

TechCrunch
Dec 16th, 2022
TLDraw offers a collaborative whiteboard without any login

TLDraw is a free and open source whiteboard tool that lets users collaborate without any account and lets developers build on it.

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