Loupedeck
Founded 2016 Β· 4 employees on LinkedIn Β· 2 known investors
Loupedeck makes customizable control consoles with analog dials and touch-sensitive buttons for live streamers and content creators, integrating with apps like OBS, Twitch, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop. Its devices let users switch scenes, adjust audio, run macros, and manage productivity tasks from a single interface.
Also known as LoupeDeck
Founders & leadership
Loupedeck was founded in 2016 by Mikko Kesti, Felix Hartwigsen, and Pauli Seppinen.
Investors Β· 2
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Loupedeck designs and sells custom control consoles that combine analog controls β dials, mechanical keys and color wheels β with touch-sensitive buttons, aimed at photo editing, video editing, color grading, design, productivity and live streaming. The product line comprises Loupedeck+ (a photo and video editing console for beginners and professionals), Loupedeck CT (positioned as the most powerful and customizable console for creative professionals), Loupedeck Live (for content creation and streaming) and Loupedeck Live S (a smaller streaming and productivity device for switching scenes, chatting with viewers and adjusting audio). The company also sells travel cases, console-and-case bundles, cables and branded apparel.
The consoles rely on native software integrations with widely used creative applications, including Adobe Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition and Illustrator, Capture One Pro, Final Cut Pro, Ableton Live, Spotify Premium, vMix, OBS, Streamlabs, Twitch, Philips Hue and operating-system control on macOS and Windows. Loupedeck+ offers 13 adjustment dials, 17 programmable buttons, 8 color wheels, 24 mechanical keys and a control dial, with up to four layers of customizable command layouts, and connects over USB-A; it requires Windows 10 or later or macOS 10.15 or later. A Loupedeck Marketplace distributes free plugins, profiles and icon packs, with more than 200 downloadable items available.
The company describes itself as founded in Finland in 2016 and as the leading brand of custom editing consoles for professional and hobbyist workstations, with a team drawn from 12 countries.
Founding story
Loupedeck was founded in Finland in 2016 by CEO Mikko Kesti, with co-founders Felix Hartwigsen (Chief Marketing Officer) and Pauli Seppinen (Chief Technical Officer), to address the growing complexity of creative software workflows through hardware consoles with deep application integrations.
Business model
Loupedeck sells hardware consoles, bundles and accessories direct to end users through its own online store, with free international shipping on consoles and bundles and 45-day returns. Accompanying software, native application plugins, profiles and icon packs are distributed free through the Loupedeck Marketplace, supporting the hardware.
Revenue comes from direct-to-consumer sales of consoles (Loupedeck+, Live, Live S, CT), console-and-travel-case bundles and accessories such as travel cases, a braided 2m cable and branded apparel, sold exclusively on loupedeck.com.
Traction
The Loupedeck Marketplace offers over 200 downloadable plugins, profiles and icon packs, and the company states its consoles are used in professional and hobbyist workstations.
Latest developments
A site-wide banner on loupedeck.com is headed "Important Update: End of Loupedeck Sales and Future Development Plans," while consoles, bundles and accessories remain listed for sale on the site.
βΈFull profile β market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
The company positions itself as the leading brand of custom editing consoles used in professional and hobbyist workstations.
Tactile, dedicated physical controls β dials, color wheels and labeled keys mapped to specific software functions β combined with native, application-specific plugins and multi-layer custom profiles, rather than generic keyboard-and-mouse input.
Technology
Physical consoles combining rotary dials, mechanical keys, color wheels and touch-sensitive buttons with configuration software offering customizable profiles, multi-layer button layouts and action sequences. Deep native plugins connect the devices to creative, streaming and productivity applications, and an AI assistant plugin is listed among available integrations.
Go-to-market
Products are sold exclusively through the company's own website, supported by bundle pricing, promotional discounts, a marketplace of free downloadable plugins and profiles, a company blog, and testimonials from photographers and creators in the Loupedeck community.
Photographers, videographers, retouchers, colorists, designers, live streamers, content creators and productivity users, spanning beginners and hobbyists through to creative professionals.
Geography
Headquartered in Finland, with a founding base in Helsinki, a team from 12 countries, a US-facing storefront and free international shipping on console orders.
History
Founded in 2016, the company first built Loupedeck+, an editing console designed around Adobe Lightroom, Premiere Pro, Photoshop and Skylum Aurora HDR. It released the Loupedeck Live streaming console in September 2020 and later added Loupedeck CT and Loupedeck Live S. It raised β¬1.5 million in 2019 and a β¬2 million round from Razer's corporate venture arm zVentures announced in July 2021. The website subsequently carried a notice titled "Important Update: End of Loupedeck Sales and Future Development Plans."
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Key figures
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Timeline Β· 4
launches, deals, and filingsThe company website displays a site-wide update headed "Important Update: End of Loupedeck Sales and Future Development Plans."
Loupedeck announced a β¬2 million (about $2.4 million) funding round from zVentures, the corporate venture arm of Razer, to fund growth following the September 2020 release of Loupedeck Live.
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Loupedeck released the Loupedeck Live, a console designed for live streaming.
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In the news
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primary sources listed
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Loupedeck do?
- Finnish maker of custom editing consoles with dials and touch buttons for photo, video and live-streaming workflows.
- Who founded Loupedeck?
- Loupedeck was founded by Mikko Kesti, Felix Hartwigsen, Pauli Seppinen in 2016.
- Who are Loupedeck's investors?
- Loupedeck's investors include Play Ventures, zVentures.