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CEO of Wix, sporting $3.5M second round, feels 'lucky'
VC Ratings —
... Wix, a two-year-old company that makes tools to help individuals and small businesses build sophisticated Web sites cheaply and quickly, has raised $3.5 million in a Series B funding round led by led by Mangrove Venture Capital of Luxembourg (best known as an early investor in Skype). ...
Wix Picks Up $3.5 Million Series B Funding
CenterNetworks —
NY-based Wix has announced that they have raised a Series B round of funding in the amount of $3.5 million. This is in addition to the previously raised $3.5 million Series A round and $1.2 million angel round. The company notes that this new round of funding came from Mangrove Venture Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners. Wix also notes that the funding will go towards marketing and product development.
Wix allows people to easily create Flash-based Websites. The company self-reports that over 1,500 Wix sites are created every day. I'd love to hear ...
Wix gets $3,5 million more from its current investors
The Next Web —
Wix, a developer of a slick online application for creating Flash-based websites, has raised $3.5 million in second-round funding. Luxembourg-based Mangrove Venture Capital led the round, and was joined by Bessemer Venture Partners. Those are the same investors that funded the company with $5 million in a Series A round (together with some angel investors) at the end of last year.
Wix allows anyone to develop Flash-based web sites and content-without being a programmer or designer (example). They’ve just raised a premium ...
Site creator Wix announces funding, subscriptions
Webware.com —
... No-brainer Web site creator Wix announced on Monday that it has raised $3.5 million in venture funding from Bessemer Venture Partners and Mangrove Venture Capital, and has also launched a "premium" version of the service geared toward businesses. ...
Flash Web Editor Wix Raises $3.5 Million, Shows Signs of Early Growth
TechCrunch —
Today, Wix announced that it raised a $3.5 million series B round From Mangrove Capital Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners. The Israeli startup offers a Web-based Flash editor for making artful widgets and Websites, but without losing any SEO juice. (I’ve embedded two examples below).
The service has been showing some healthy growth since it launched in public beta last June. Co-CEO Allon Bloch tells me that Wix just crossed the 200,000-user mark, and is adding between 2,000 and 3,000 a day. These users are creating ...
Wix.com Makes Flash Site Development Seem Easy
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... , Oct 15, 2008 08:52 PM [image] Wix , a company whose tools allow its users to create impressive Flash-based sites without programming or Flash skills, announced this week that it's adding a number of premium options to its services. Up to this point, Wix has been free, although users have been limited to using a subdomain of Wix.com. The free option is still there, but now you can also upgrade to use your own domain for the site, as well as upgrade the amount of storage space and bandwidth. Wix supports the creation of multiple-page sites, but has also found a niche with its ...
Create Flash Web Sites and Portfolios Online with Wix
Chip Chick —
... . But anyway, none of these services let you create and generate your own flash based web site. With Wix, you get to start out by selecting from their pretty big selection of templates - or you can start from scratch. You can create a portfolio, a site for your business, or whatever else you might need. The fact is, the user interface is dead simple, totally drag and drop based, and about 100x faster and easier than making a flash site from scratch. The interface even provides you with free clipart, as well as an amazing amount of customization options ...
Who are the TOP 10 Israeli internet startups?
OurielOhayon —
... companies with at least 1 year or operations), pre or post revenues, web/mobile web (they are not ranked in a specific order): OutBrain (LightSpeed/Gemini) because i love the focus and the model Boxee (Union Square /Spark) because i love the product and its capacity to disrupt the prehistorical TV SweetIM because it is just a cash machine Payoneer (Greylock) because it is refreshing traditional payment methods Wix (Bessemer) because of the stunning product execution and the traction the experience both ...
Slick Website Builder SnapPages Gets A Big Upgrade
TechCrunch —
... functionality. Other changes to the service since we covered it last September include an improved control panel, support for favicons, and more flexibility for the service’s free accounts (though premium accounts, which run $50/year, still have much more functionality).
SnapPages is an all-in-one publishing platform that also includes a rich photo album and web-based calendar. The site tries to differentiate itself from competitors like SynthaSite, Wix, and Weebly by offering an intuitive interface that actually cuts back on the amount of ...
Wix Website Builder
Geeknews —
wix Hereâs an interesting website I came across a few days ago, called Wix . Itâs one of the many flavors of free website builders you can find out there in the interweb. I found this one to be simpler and more intuitive to use in many ways, than the other builders I have attempted to use in the past. After signing up for a free account, you can have a functioning website setup in less than ten minutes. After spending some time on it, I managed to create a website using one of Wixâs premade templates that looked nearly professional enough to use mainstream! Check it ...
Wix: A Free Flash Web Site Builder [WebWorkerDaily]
GigaOM Network —
... Wix — founded in New York by ex-venture capitalist, Allon Bloch — offers users the ability to create a free, SEO-friendly, ...
Ribbit, Sprout inject “voice” into ad campaigns
VentureBeat —
... , Global Venture Capital and Lotus 1-2-3 designer Mitch Kapor. Headquartered in San Francisco, its rivals include Wix, ...
12 Companies Targeting Early Tech Adopters
ReadWriteWeb —
... Wix is a powerful Flash platform that enables millions of people to get online with their own custom Flash websites for free. At the heart of Wix is an intuitive drag-and-drop editor and an impressive range of fully customizable Flash templates. Users can choose from templates or create their Flash Web content from scratch, all with a simple click, drag, and drop. ...
12 Companies Targeting Early Tech Adopters
ReadWriteWeb —
... Wix is a powerful Flash platform that enables millions of people to get online with their own custom Flash websites for free. At the heart of Wix is an intuitive drag-and-drop editor and an impressive range of fully customizable Flash templates. Users can choose from templates or create their Flash Web content from scratch, all with a simple click, drag, and drop. ...
12 Companies Targeting Early Tech Adopters
ReadWriteWeb —
... Wix is a powerful Flash platform that enables millions of people to get online with their own custom Flash websites for free. At the heart of Wix is an intuitive drag-and-drop editor and an impressive range of fully customizable Flash templates. Users can choose from templates or create their Flash Web content from scratch, all with a simple click, drag, and drop. ...
The Codeless Website: Four Awesome Tools for Creating Cool, No-Tech Sites
ReadWriteWeb —
Sometimes, even HTML is just too hard.
In this postmodern world, we're all professionally fragmented jacks of all trades, and few of us have the patience (read: OCD) for learning enough CSS and Flash to allow us to keep up with the Jonses in terms of functional, sexy web design. Here are some cheat sheets, the Cliff Notes of site creation, if you will. Read on to discover five awesome, in-browser resources for creating your own beautiful corner of the web without the horror of code.
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12 Companies Targeting Early Tech Adopters
ReadWriteWeb —
... Wix is a powerful Flash platform that enables millions of people to get online with their own custom Flash websites for free. At the heart of Wix is an intuitive drag-and-drop editor and an impressive range of fully customizable Flash templates. Users can choose from templates or create their Flash Web content from scratch, all with a simple click, drag, and drop. ...
12 Free Online Slideshow Creators
(Obsolete Feed) —
... Wix – Taking the legwork out of learning Flash, Wix requires no downloads or programming, and gives the novice a chance to roll out a slick looking slideshow. ...
