BaseKit provides a website editor for hosting companies, telecoms and enterprise customers to create phone, tablet and desktop websites, blogs and online stores while on the go. The product is distributed by more than 120 partners in the hosting and telco sectors and is available in 29 languages. The company is led by CEO Simon Best and was founded in 2008. BaseKit plans to use newly raised funds to develop products for the mobile and consumer markets. It also intends to streamline its SME offering to better serve smaller customers. The recent financing of £2.5m is positioned as growth capital to support these initiatives. BaseKit provides a browser-based drag ’n’ drop website editor aimed at small businesses and designers. Its latest Editor 7 works on mobile devices and the product is available in 15 languages with integrations including on-premise, SaaS, cPanel plugin and Parallels APS. Growth is driven via a B2B partner/reseller strategy; the company recently reached its 100th partner and is deploying 40,000 new subscriptions per month through partners across 25 countries. BaseKit has over 80 employees and maintains offices in London, Bristol, Toronto and Sao Paulo. The company plans to use new funding to continue platform development and to win more partner sites/resellers in the website hosting and telecoms space. The article states total investment to date is approximately £14.5m following the latest round. BaseKit provides a website creation service that automates turning visual designs into working websites, removing the need to hand-code HTML/CSS. Founded in 2008 by Simon Best, Richard Best and Richard Healy, the product targets designers who start with design concepts in tools like Photoshop. It offers a drag-and-drop interface and a range of ready-to-use features and templates, including contact forms and social networking tie-ins. The company says it will use the new funding to rapidly expand its global reach and open offices in Barcelona, Sao Paolo, Mexico DF, Buenos Aires and San Francisco. This raise follows a previous A round in June of last year and brings BaseKit's total funding to just over $10 million. BaseKit provides a Photoshop-to-website service that turns Photoshop designs into functioning websites. The company has launched its service in both the U.K. and U.S., signaling an expansion into those markets. The TechCrunch article reports BaseKit raised $2.6 million. The piece does not disclose investors, the financing instrument, or any operating metrics. No founding year, headquarters, revenue, or user figures are provided in the article. Further product roadmap details or future plans beyond the U.K. and U.S. launches are not described.

Total raised

$20M

Funding rounds

4

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Feb 2018