Strikingly

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Strikingly
Strikingly Logo.png
Type of business Private
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s) David Chen [1] [2]
Dafeng Guo [1] [2]
Teng Bao [1] [2]
Industry Website builder, web hosting service, blogging
URL www.strikingly.com

Strikingly is a Chinese, "mobile-first" website builder and blogging platform. Its aim is to allow a user with little or no development experience [3] to create mobile optimized websites and blogs. [4] In addition to smartphones and tablets, websites created with Strikingly are "enhanced for viewing across all devices", including desktops. [5] [6] [ verification needed ]

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Strikingly is the first Chinese company to graduate from the Y Combinator seed accelerator. [7]

History

Chief executive officer (CEO) David Haisha Chen, chief technology officer (CTO) Dafeng Guo, and chief design officer (CDO) Teng Bao founded the company in 2012. [1] [2]

Strikingly released its beta platform in August 2012. [8] In June 2013, Strikingly was selected for Y Combinator’s winter startup program in Mountain View. [3] In April 2013, Strikingly raised a total of $1.5M in seed round from 16 investors, including Ron Conway, [1] founder of SV Angel, and other prominent venture capital firms including Y Combinator, Index Ventures, Funders Club, Infinite Venture Partners, ZenShin Capital, and Innovations Works. [4] In August 2017, the 5 year old startup announced it had raised $6M in a Series A round of investment from CAS Holding, Infinity Venture Partners, Innovation Works, Kevin Hale and TEEC. [9]

Product

Strikingly is a free online website builder and blogging platform. [5] [10] The website builder and blogging platform also includes built-in SEO features, [8] social media plug-ins, page analytics, and form/email collecting functionalities. [6] The product is aimed at both individuals and small businesses, [11] and has mainly been used to showcase portfolios, [7] digital resumes, events, startup projects, and to create personal branding websites. [5] In early 2014, Strikingly also launched its one-click site builder with Facebook and LinkedIn, allowing users to build mobile optimized web pages quickly. [11] The builder pulls information like profile pictures, location, contact information, and work experience from the social media page to create a mobile optimized website. [5] [11] [12] [13]

Other competitors in the website building industry include Webflow, [14] Wix.com, [15] Weebly, [16] Squarespace, [17] Metaconex, [18] WordPress, [19]

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