Amsterdam-based Framer, a no-code web site platform serving to firms construct and run subtle advertising websites, has raised €85.6 million in a Sequence D spherical at a €1.7 billion valuation.
The spherical was led by returning traders Meritech and Atomico, with participation from WiL and HV Capital. Framer’s product is already in use by high-growth startups and world giants corresponding to Perplexity, Scale AI, Mixpanel, and Miro.
“We weren’t out fundraising. The spherical got here collectively due to our traction with fast-growing startups and world manufacturers, the energy of our enterprise, and the scale of the chance forward,” stated the 2 Founders Koen Bok and Jorn van Dijk.
Based in 2014, Framer’s pitch is straightforward: constructing a high-quality, totally responsive, CMS-integrated web site mustn’t require engineering sources. The platform permits designers and entrepreneurs to construct, deploy, and iterate advertising websites straight, eradicating conventional bottlenecks.
The corporate says it’s now powering tons of of 1000’s of websites and attracting over half 1,000,000 customers each month.
Framer initially launched as a software for interactive design prototyping earlier than pivoting into its present deal with full-scale web site growth. Over the previous decade, the crew has developed its product to incorporate a robust design canvas, built-in CMS, A/B testing instruments, funnel monitoring, enterprise-grade safety, and real-time collaboration – all inside a single platform.
That mixture has confirmed particularly interesting to startups with tight timelines and restricted growth bandwidth.
Notably, practically half of the newest Y Combinator cohort selected to launch their advertising web sites on Framer, signalling a shift in developer preferences and additional validation of the software’s positioning. The corporate has additionally achieved a key milestone – working at break-even for the previous yr, which it credit as an element within the investor-initiated funding spherical.
The brand new capital might be used to gas Framer’s enlargement within the US, intensify its funding in AI options, and improve each product and go-to-market groups. A key a part of that future imaginative and prescient contains enabling even sooner, extra dynamic web site updates.
The current launch of on-page enhancing – permitting groups to regulate textual content, pictures, and even construction with out opening the total CMS – is only one instance of Framer’s path.
“For greater than a decade, instruments like Wix and Squarespace have made it simpler to spin up private websites. However in terms of skilled, high-traffic, brand-defining web sites, groups have nonetheless been caught in developer-heavy workflows. That’s the hole we’re closing,” stated Bok and van Dijk.
Whereas the website-builder area is crowded with incumbents and newcomers alike, Framer is distinguishing itself by aiming squarely at skilled groups who demand velocity, scalability, and aesthetics – with out compromising on performance or flexibility.
The platform’s ambitions stretch past net design and into the broader territory of digital model presence. By providing a unified setting for designing, publishing, testing, and analysing websites, Framer is betting that it could actually change into the go-to platform for the fashionable ‘.com’.
With groups unfold throughout Amsterdam, San Francisco, New York, and Barcelona, Framer is gearing up for a busy finish of yr with a sequence of main bulletins scheduled for autumn.
“The following chapter is about making Framer the very best web site platform on the planet. Sooner, higher, and extra enjoyable than ever,” added the Founders.
