Collaboration first
We believe the best creative work happens together, in real time.
Company
About Orlein
The designers and engineers behind Orlein.
Orlein came out of a simple contrast: 2D design had become fast, collaborative, and browser-based, while most 3D and interactive design still meant heavy installs, painful handoffs, and files that only one person could touch at a time.
We are building a 3D and motion platform where teams design together in real time, in the browser, and ship interactive work to the web using open standards.
Our mission
Orlein wants to make 3D and interactive design as collaborative and accessible as modern 2D tools — so more teams can create rich, interactive experiences without wrestling with heavyweight software.
Values
What we believe
Open standards
We build on open 3D formats so your work stays portable.
Delight in the craft
We sweat the details that make creative tools a joy to use.
Story
Company milestones
2020
Company founded
Orlein is founded in Portland to make 3D design collaborative and browser-based.
2021
Canvas beta
The collaborative 3D editor enters beta with early studios.
2022
Motion
Animation and interaction tools join the canvas.
2023
Berlin studio
A European studio opens to support a growing creator community.
2024
Embed & Assets
Web export and shared asset libraries ship.
2026
15k+ projects
Teams and creators have made more than fifteen thousand projects.
Funding
Backing our roadmap
Funding history to date.
Seed · 2020
$4.2M
Lead: Riverlight Ventures
Series A · 2022
$20M
Lead: Vantage Creative Capital
Series B · 2025
$48M
Lead: Northloop Growth
Leadership
Our leadership team
Iris Calloway
Co-founder & CEO
Designer and product leader in creative tools.
Felix Braun
Co-founder & CTO
Graphics engineer focused on web-based 3D and real-time systems.
Naomi Sato
Chief Product Officer
Product leader in collaborative design software.
Andre Vasquez
VP Engineering
Rendering and real-time collaboration engineering.
Lena Fischer
VP Design
Design leader for creative and motion tools.
Tomo Nakamura
Head of Developer Platform
Open formats, export, and embedding.