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Loom for Gmail
Create & send quick videos via Gmail ✉️ Email is so deeply integrated into our lives that we hardly notice it. It hasn’t changed in recent decades yet our work is heavily dependent on this channel for communication. A lot of you have mentioned the ease of recording quick videos and the fact that it’s […]
Quick videos. Now in Intercom.
Deliver an exceptional experience to your customers with Loom videos in Intercom Intercom enables real-time interaction with customers through live chat, chatbots, and targeted messaging. With Intercom, you can deliver customer service more quickly and convert more leads through personal engagement. That’s why we’re excited to announce that Loom has partnered with Intercom to provide a seamless integration […]
How to Bolster Customer Onboarding with Video
Onboarding screencasts are the perfect way to show off your product, and set your new users up for success. The benefits will be clear as soon as you start – you’ll see a reduction in customer queries, new customers will better understand your product, and your product launches will pack a bigger punch. Creating screencasts […]
Loom Raises $11MM Series A Led by Kleiner Perkins
Today’s news: I’m thrilled to announce we’ve raised a $11 million Series A led by Kleiner Perkins’ partner, Ilya Fushman. We’re looking forward to working with Ilya & the KP team as Loom scales from one million global knowledge workers and beyond. Ilya is known for making early bets on SaaS companies like Intercom and Slack, […]
Engineering Lessons Shipping Loom Pro
Loom is a video recorder that lets you record your screen, camera and narrate a video all at once. Up until a month ago, it was a free product that grew to service more than 1.2 million users. We released Loom Pro while maintaining a free tier, turning Loom into a self-serve, freemium product. Our team is comprised […]
Code review “nits”
Imagine this: You just finished your first task at a new job, you know you just wrote some fine code solving a hairy problem in a very elegant way. This work makes you proud and you can’t wait to show it to your colleagues and start discussing what you missed, what they would do differently […]
How to Make Onboarding Remote Employees Personal and Scalable
The hunt for your next talented teammate is done! They’ve signed the offer and you’re feeling good because all the hard work is now over, right? Well, it might not be time to put your feet up quite yet. Training your new hires is critical to ensure their success. Over the past 3 months, we […]
Behind the Scenes: Building Loom for Desktop
A year and a half ago, Loom had a single screen recorder client and we were beginning to feel the limitations of only providing browser-based extension. Users could quickly record video messages and get instantly shareable links to send to anyone, on any platform, but there were caveats. We started building Loom’s second recording client […]
Why we raised a $30M Series B
Update: Since this fundraise in October 2019, we have since upsized our Series B with $28.75 million, bringing our total funding to $73 million. Co-led by Sequoia and Coatue, the Series B Plus round included investments from Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst, Slack Fund, Jay Simons of Atlassian, and Dylan Fields of Figma. For more […]
How to Build Better Relationships With Your Remote Coworkers
It’s no secret that building positive relationships with your coworkers will make your job more enjoyable and help you succeed professionally. But like any relationship, developing trust, respect, and a shared understanding with your team doesn’t happen overnight. It takes time to establish a rapport with coworkers, and it can be an even greater challenge […]
How to Run an Asynchronous Design Critique
Design critiques are a cornerstone for any design team, and are especially important for remote teams to be able to see and contribute to what their team is working on. While synchronous (either via video conference or in person) critiques should always be a priority, as teams grow and evolve an opportunity emerges for a new […]
Why Trust is the Key to Your Remote Work Strategy
At different points in my career, it’s felt like there exists an underlying belief that “time in office” correlates to “work effort” — such as one manager’s guidance to “be aware of the bad optics of leaving before five” or leaders suggesting that “the people who tend to get into the office earliest are usually […]
Quick Tips From Loommates: Record a Video Meeting
Prior to working at Loom, recording meetings is never something I thought to do — but it’s become an invaluable tool for me that I use daily. I’ve never been good at multitasking during meetings. Taking notes while trying to be an active participant in the conversation isn’t easy, and my notes would always be […]
Quick Tips From Loommates: Providing QA to Engineers
Providing quality assurance (QA) to engineers is much easier when you can “show and tell” them what you’re asking to change. Organized playlists for multiple, related video messages In doing rounds of QA, I like to record several Loom videos, including valuable context such as the user state or the specific device. Then I add quick descriptions […]
Get more out of Loom with the iOS app
Every day, millions of people use their mobile devices to send videos as a fast and fun way to communicate. With Loom for iOS, we’re bringing that same powerful experience to the workplace. Now you can now record your screen, camera, and voice on your iPhone or iPad to quickly get your message across. Whether […]