Sketch raises $20m in Series A funding plus an official Sketch Data plugin, emotion based user feedback and more!

Check out the latest news, plugins, resources and events from the Sketch Community. [View this email in your browser]( [Sketch News]( Newsletter — Issue 56 [Sketch raises $20m in Series A funding from Benchmark]( In case you missed the news last week, we are incredibly pleased to announce that we have raised $20 million in Series A funding from Benchmark! This marks our first capital raise since we started working on Sketch nearly 10 years ago and we’re really excited that it will allow us to focus on some awesome new features, starting with the launch of Sketch for Teams early this summer. Then, later this year, we plan to fully render your documents, add developer handoff, and allow rich collaboration, all in the browser. Over one million paying customers—from freelancers to some of the world’s largest companies—are now using Sketch to transform their ideas into products. We’re so excited about what lies ahead and we’re really grateful to everyone who has joined us on this journey so far. Find out more over on the Sketch blog. [Read more]( Featured plugins [Envato Elements]( Access hundreds of free, high-quality UI kits and templates, directly in Sketch. [Vempathy]( Get feedback on your designs based on your users’ emotional reactions. [Sketch Date and Time Data Plugin]( Easily add date/time data to your designs with this official plugin. [Connection Flow Arrows]( Add connection flow arrows for creating user flows, sitemaps and more. Learn [If we would compare the designer’s toolkit to the Solar System, Sketch will be the Sun — central point of our work that binds other services and resources together. Let’s discover all of the “planets and satellites” so we will be able to explore the Universe of Digital Design.]( [Sketch App Universe — Tools, Plugins, Services, and Resources that saves your time]( by Thalion [Unlike Low-Fidelity Prototypes which focus on the flow between screens, Anima’s High-Fidelity Prototypes empower you to focus on micro-interactions, animations, and user experience that happens within each screen.]( [How to Create a Spotify-inspired Prototype Using Sketch & Anima]( by [Anima App]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Videos [Sketch and Zeplin basics]( by Maex In this new series Maex takes you through the basics of getting started with Sketch and Zeplin. [Sketch Data Tutorial]( by Basti UI For all of our French speaking users out there Basti UI has put together this awesome Data tutorial. --------------------------------------------------------------- Resources [Charts]( The most comprehensive collection of charts, graphs and diagrams for Sketch. [Download]( [Holo Music]( Kickstart your next project with this flexible UI design system. [Download]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Events and community [Discover the latest events and communities near you]( [workshop_01.sketch]( Zagreb, Croatia — 21 Mar [Join]( [Prototyping and Typography]( Waterford, Ireland — 21 Mar [Join]( [Sketch Basics Kickoff]( Tampa, Florida, USA — 21 Mar [Join]( [Sketch Munich Meetup at Google]( Munich, Germany — 26 Mar [Join]( [Vienna Sketch Meetup]( Vienna, Austria — 26 Mar [Join]( [What’s Material About Google’s Sketch Workflow]( Seattle, Washington, USA — 26 Mar [Join]( [How to create an Instant App with Famous Pro and Sketch]( Hamburg, Germany — 28 Mar [Join]( [Design for Growth]( Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — 29 Mar [Join]( [Sketch & Design El Salvador Vol. 3]( San Salvador, El Salvador — 30 Mar [Join]( [Bring Your Own Project]( Jacksonville, Florida, USA — 03 Apr [Join]( [Sketch Symbol Libraries]( Boulder, Colorado, USA — 03 Apr [Join]( [Sketch + Fajitas]( Miami, Florida, USA — 04 Apr [Join]( [Why Your App Looks Better in Sketch]( Santa Clara, California, USA — 09 Apr [Join]( [Sketch Vancouver Launch Event]( Vancouver, Canada — 01 Jan [Join]( [Origami Studio Crash Course]( Barcelona, Spain — 16 Apr [Join]( You received this email because you subscribed via the Sketch website. We’ll be sorry to see you go but you can [unsubscribe instantly.]( Bohemian B.V., Flight Forum 40 Ground floor, 5657 DB, Eindhoven, the Netherlands [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Medium]( [Dribbble]( [Instagram]( [Forward this email to a friend]( [Privacy Statement](