Draft:Gridly

The Gridly platform was initially developed in 2020 by LocalizeDirect, a Swedish localization company founded in 2009 by Christoffer Nilsson and Mattias Wennerholm, both former game developers. LocalizeDirect raised $1.1 million in funding in July 2020 to launch Gridly as a headless content management system for video game localization.{{Cite web |last=Albarino |first=Seyma |date=2020-08-06 |title=LocalizeDirect Raises USD 1.1m to Launch Game Dev CMS Gridly |url=https://slator.com/localizedirect-raises-usd-1-1m-to-launch-game-dev-cms-gridly/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Slator |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Nilsson |first=Ola |date=2020-08-08 |title=Kampradfamiljen investerar i skånskt teknikbolag |url=https://www.di.se/digital/kampradfamiljen-investerar-i-skanskt-teknikbolag/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Dagens industri |language=sv}}

In 2022, Nilsson and Wennerholm established Gridly as an independent company to focus on developing the platform. The company's headquarter is located in Helsingborg, Sweden.{{Cite web |last=Administrator |first=LocWorld |title=Gridly |url=https://locworld.com/companies/gridly/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=LocWorld |language=en-US}}

In April 2024, Gridly completed a $2.6 million seed funding round led by Nordic B2B software investor Subvenio Invest and US-based digital media specialist Rendered.VC, with participation from a global games company and existing investors.{{Cite web |last=Wrede |first=Gunnar |date=2024-11-19 |title=Gridly byter vd - hon ska leda globala expansionen |url=https://rapidus.se/2024/11/19/gridly-byter-vd-hon-ska-leda-globala-expansionen/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Rapidus |language=sv-SE}}

In November 2024, Anna Albinsson was appointed CEO, while co-founder Christoffer Nilsson transitioned to Chief Product Officer.{{Cite web |last=Albarino |first=Seyma |date=2024-12-03 |title=Content Management, Localization Platform Gridly Appoints Anna Albinsson as New CEO |url=https://slator.com/content-management-localization-platform-gridly-appoints-anna-albinsson-as-new-ceo/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Slator |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-26 |title=Swedish ContentOps startup appoints new CEO to steer its global strategy - ArcticStartup |url=https://arcticstartup.com/gridly-appoints-anna-albinsson/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=arcticstartup.com |language=en-US}}

In March 2025, Gridly launched TMS and CAT features, completing their transition to a centralized localization platform.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-11 |title=Gridly launches TMS and CAT features to offer all-in-one localization platform for games and software {{!}} MultiLingual |url=https://multilingual.com/gridly-launches-tms-and-cat-features-to-offer-all-in-one-localization-platform-for-games-and-software/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=multilingual.com |language=en-US}}

Gridly operates under a B2B SaaS subscription model. The platform offers tiered pricing based on feature sets and user seats, with annual billing options.{{Cite web |title=Gridly Pricing 2025 |url=https://www.g2.com/products/gridly/features}} The platform serves more than 100 customers across the gaming, FinTech, MedTech, and other software industries, including Rovio, Scopely, Belka Games, and Warner Bros. Games.{{Cite web |last=Prabhu |first=Abhinaya |date=2024-04-19 |title=Gridly, used by Rovio and Warner Bros, raises $2.6M for its content ops platform — TFN |url=https://techfundingnews.com/gridly-used-by-rovio-and-warner-bros-raises-2-6m-for-its-content-ops-platform/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Tech Funding News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-17 |title=Content Ops Platform Gridly raises €2.4M |url=https://oresundstartups.com/content-ops-platform-gridly-raises-e2-4m/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=Øresund Startups |language=en-US}}

Gridly's platform capabilities have expanded since its original launch in 2020. The Gridly platform initially functioned as a content management system (CMS) designed for managing multilingual content in game development projects. The platform provided tools for organizing, tracking, and managing digital assets (such as text, images, audio, and videos)María Isabel Rivas-Ginel. [https://theses.hal.science/tel-04351436v1/file/102653_RIVAS_GINEL_2023_archivage.pdf The ergonomics of CAT tools for video game localisation]. Linguistics. Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 2023. English. across multiple languages, including features such as Grids, Dependencies, and CDN. Other features include version control, collaborative editing, LQA, and Automations. The platform enables professionals to reduce game development time, eliminates manual file transfers, helps identify localization issues, and reduces manual copying and pasting.{{Cite book |last=Rivas Ginel |first=María |title=De la hipótesis a la tesis: Traductología y lingüística aplicada |year=2022 |isbn=978-84-1369-333-0 |pages=295–324 |chapter=Video Game localisation tools: a user survey|publisher=Editorial Comares }}

In March 2025, Gridly expanded its platform to include translation management system (TMS) and computer-assisted translation (CAT) modules. The TMS module enables project managers to create translation jobs, assign tasks to translators, and track progress, while the CAT module provides translators with tools including translation memory, terminology management, AI suggestions, and quality assurance features. With this addition, Gridly allows collaboration between multiple stakeholders including development teams, content creators, project managers, and translators.{{Cite web |last=Gridly |date=2025-03-07 |title=Gridly Launches TMS & CAT to Offer an All-in-One Localization Platform |url=https://slator.com/gridly-launches-tms-cat-to-offer-an-all-in-one-localization-platform/ |access-date=2025-06-10 |website=Slator |language=en-US}}

The Gridly platform integrates with various development tools and software, including Figma, memoQ, and WPML, as well as game engines such as Unity and Unreal Engine.

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