# Kshitij Minglani

> Kshitij Minglani, also known as K or Kay, is the co-founder and CEO of LottieFiles. The Singapore-based entrepreneur previously co-founded Homebuy360 and Mindvalley Quests, and holds an MBA from INSEAD. His work at LottieFiles focuses on making motion design easier to create, collaborate on and implement across digital products.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at LottieFiles
- **Organizations:** LottieFiles, Mindvalley Quests, Homebuy360, Infosys
- **Nationality:** Indian
- **Education:** Master of Business Administration (Global Executive MBA), INSEAD
- **Known for:** Co-founded Homebuy360, acquired by Housing.com in 2015 for a reported $2 million., Co-founded Mindvalley Quests and held operations and strategy responsibilities at Mindvalley., Co-founded LottieFiles, which announced a $9 million Series A in January 2021 and a $37 million Series B in May 2022.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2011** — Worked in corporate planning, business growth strategy and mergers and acquisitions, including at Infosys.
- **2011** — Publicly profiled as co-founder and director of Sadanika Solutions, the business behind Homebuy360 and Homefind360.
- **2015** — Housing.com acquired Homebuy360 for a reported $2 million.
- **2017** — LottieFiles began as a weekend project among friends, according to the company’s 2022 retrospective.
- **2017-2018** — Studied at INSEAD in the Global Executive MBA programme; the 2018 class profile described his operations and strategy responsibilities at Mindvalley.
- **2019** — Appeared on Cameron Herold’s Second in Command podcast to discuss operating and scaling Mindvalley.
- **2020** — LottieFiles announced seed funding from Adobe Fund for Design and 500 Startups.
- **2021** — LottieFiles announced a $9 million Series A and the acquisition of Iconscout.
- **2022** — LottieFiles announced a $37 million Series B; Minglani spoke about scaling at Wild Digital SEA.
- **2024** — LottieFiles announced strategic investments from Figma Ventures and Webflow Ventures.
- **2026** — Published a guide to building motion systems for consistent delivery across teams and platforms.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Homebuy360, acquired by Housing.com in 2015 for a reported $2 million.
- Co-founded Mindvalley Quests and held operations and strategy responsibilities at Mindvalley.
- Co-founded LottieFiles, which announced a $9 million Series A in January 2021 and a $37 million Series B in May 2022.
- Led LottieFiles as CEO through its 2021 acquisition of Iconscout.
- Completed an MBA at INSEAD.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Published “Create with Motion: The Complete Guide to Shipping Motion That Actually Scales” on March 26, discussing file formats, runtimes, interactive states and asset governance.
- **2024-08** — Published an essay about motion design’s role in usability, communication and digital experiences.
- **2024-05** — LottieFiles announced strategic investments from Figma Ventures and Webflow Ventures, reporting more than nine million users and 280,000 teams at that time.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kshitijminglani/

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Last updated: 2026-10-25