Strikingly is a

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that allows the user, with little or no development experience, to create mobile optimized websites. The company takes a mobile-first approach, allowing users to create websites that are enhanced for viewing across all devices including desktops, tablets, and

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

History

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(CEO) David Haisha Chen, chief technology officer (CTO) Dafeng Guo, and

chief design officer Chief Design Officer (CDO), or design executive officer (DEO), is a corporate title sometimes given to an executive in charge of an organization's design initiatives. The CDO is typically responsible for overseeing all design and innovation aspects ...

(CDO) Teng Bao founded the company in 2012. Strikingly released its

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platform in August 2012. In June 2013, Strikingly was selected for Y Combinator’s winter startup program in Mountain View. In April 2013, Strikingly raised a total of $1.5M in seed round from 16 investors, including Ron Conway, founder of SV Angel, and other prominent

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firms including Y Combinator,

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, Funders Club, Infinite Venture Partners, ZenShin Capital, and Innovations Works. 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.

Product

Strikingly is a free online

. The website builder also includes built-in

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features, social media plug-ins, page analytics, and form/email collecting functionalities. The product is aimed at both individuals and small businesses, and has mainly been used to showcase portfolios, digital resumes, events, startup projects, and to create personal branding websites. In early 2014, Strikingly also launched its one-click site builder with

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and

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, allowing users to build mobile optimized web pages quickly. The builder pulls information like profile pictures, location, contact information, and work experience from the social media page to create a mobile optimized website.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.strikingly.com/ Cloud platforms Internet properties established in 2012 Blog hosting services Y Combinator companies