Spline, a no-code design tool for creating 3D assets, today announced that it raised $15 million in a seed round led by Gradient Ventures with participation from First Round Capital, NXTP, Chapter One, Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch, Y Combinator, Webflow CEO Vlad Magdalin and Backend Capital.
Co-founder and CEO Alejandro Leon say that the proceeds, which bring Spline’s total raised to $16 million, will be put toward R&D and expanding the size of the startup’s 20-person team.
“Back in early 2020, before launching Spline, our talks with investors about investing in 3D were met with reactions of uncertainty,” Leon told TechCrunch in an email interview. “A lot has changed since then, and we also progressed a lot. 3D has now become a default content format, alongside Images, audio and video.”
Leon — who says he’s been passionate about 3D since he was a kid, even learning to code becau...
