Strikingly (YC W13) raises $1.5M from SV Angel, Index Ventures, FundersClub

by dfguo on 4/26/2013, 8:14 PM with 38 comments
  • by goronbjorn on 4/26/2013, 9:35 PM

    I've tried Strikingly and really like it. I would like to recommend it to all of my non-technical friends who want to make simple websites but can't afford to hire someone to do it, instead opting to use things like iWeb (yes, average people actually use iWeb).

    However. I'm apprehensive about doing so because I'm worried about Strikingly being acquired, and my non-technical friends being hung out to dry with their websites. These days it seems like any startup pre-Series B that gains traction is liable to get acquired and possibly disappear. I wouldn't want to put my non-technical friends in a situation where they have to deal with that.

  • by thinker on 4/27/2013, 1:19 AM

    How do you guys differentiate from Weebly, one of the earlier YC startups?

  • by Odin9 on 4/26/2013, 11:44 PM

    How is Strikingly different from SquareSpace as far as interaction? Less features? More features?

    http://www.squarespace.com/

  • by clanceystahr on 4/27/2013, 1:45 AM

    This is a great company!! We at ZenShin Capital are very excited to help tailor the service for Japan. We're also re-designing our site with Strikingly!

  • by davidedicillo on 4/26/2013, 10:38 PM

    About and Contact links at the bottom don't work

  • by thetrumanshow on 4/26/2013, 9:12 PM

    teng, I'm curious what direction you are immediately headed with this funding round. A deeper technical team, salespeople, bizdev, or other. HN is an open community used to sharing ideas, and I'm curious if you have anything interesting to share here. I'm hoping to, one day, get to where you are now.

  • by garagemc2 on 4/26/2013, 10:49 PM

    I've actually recommended this service to a client of mine as I didn't have time to take on their work.

  • by futhey on 4/26/2013, 10:29 PM

    Great job! Could use a few more templates, but still recommending Strikingly to others!

  • by jasondrowley on 4/26/2013, 8:29 PM

    Keep killing it, David, Teng & Dafeng!

  • by oam322 on 4/26/2013, 8:31 PM

    Support!!!!!

  • by philfung on 4/26/2013, 8:33 PM

    Congrats david, teng, dafeng!

  • by pclark on 4/26/2013, 9:03 PM

    this product has an insanely great user experience. i'm a paying customer.

  • by maegantam on 4/26/2013, 8:39 PM

    Congrats to the team!!!!

  • by kumarski on 4/27/2013, 4:52 AM

    my favorite YC startup. ridiculous level of customer support.

  • by runspired on 4/26/2013, 8:28 PM

    Hell yeah UChicago!

  • by fscof on 4/26/2013, 9:48 PM

    Congrats guys!!

  • by michaelwsk on 4/27/2013, 1:00 AM

    Congrats!

  • by coffeebite on 4/26/2013, 8:42 PM

    Gangsters

  • by bly2425 on 4/26/2013, 8:58 PM

    kegstand for everyone!