[Funding alert] Amsterdam-based no -code Website Builder Framer Secures $27M in Series C Round Funding

The business plans to expand its product and commercial teams throughout both Europe and the US using additional funding.

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They Started Framer in 2015 based on the belief that high-fidelity design and prototyping would be the future. For a while, it looked like everyone was going to embrace that. But by 2021, They noticed a strong shift towards simpler methods. White-boarding tools and low-fidelity prototyping solutions were easier to use for a larger audience and won in popularity.

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Bok elaborates:
"Web design has always been a two-step process: design and then build, which is inefficient and time-consuming. We've changed that. “With Framer, you design, and we handle the rest – from optimization for search engines to worldwide hosting. It's a game-changer for large businesses and designers alike."

Atomico’s Hillary Ball commented:
“Koen, Jorn, and the Framer team have continued to expand their design excellence to create a game-changing product for web building. Framer is transformatively easier and faster than alternatives while enabling the design flexibility that the best designers want.

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About Framer

Founded by serial entrepreneurs Koen Bok and Jorn van Dijk, whose previous software and interaction design company, Sofa was acquired by Facebook, Framer launched in 2015 as a single tool for design, prototyping, and developer handoff, on which teams — from designers to engineers — can collaborate and build digital products.

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They are also working on new features for larger sites, from localization, which will make it easier than ever for businesses to adapt and customize their web presence for global audiences, to custom forms and additional enterprise-level integrations. Plus some things They are not ready to talk about just yet.

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