How to build your personal website in less than 10 seconds
Entrepreneur
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April 7, 2014
Back in August 2012, Strikingly co-founder David Chen had one goal: launch the simplest, fastest web builder around. His team succeeded in its first iteration, creating a service that used customers' Facebook profiles to auto-fill a basic website in one click. In January, Chen switched his platform so that it pulls from LinkedIn instead.
WHY Y COMBINATOR STARTUP STRIKINGLY SKIPPED CHINA, JAPAN AND HEADED FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA
TechinAsia
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Sept. 30, 2013
Two weeks ago, the entire Strikingly team hung out at Block 71, the epicenter of Singapore’s tech startup community. Here on a workaway trip — think work and vacation combined — the Y Combinator startup, which has built a tool for building single-page sites, announced that it will be permanently based in Singapore to focus on the Southeast Asian market.
STRIKINGLY RAISES $1.5M FROM SV ANGEL, INDEX VENTURES, FUNDERSCLUB, OTHERS FOR ITS DIY SITE BUILDER
The NextWeb
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April 26, 2013
Strikingly, the do-it-yourself (DIY) website creation service, has raised a $1.5 million seed round. The investments came from prominent venture capitalists including SV Angel, Index Ventures, Funders Club, Infinity Venture Partners, and Innovation Works. Company founder David Chen tells us that the money will be used to help grow his team.
