Flywheel operates a managed WordPress hosting platform purpose-built for designers, creative agencies, and freelancers. The Omaha-based company differentiates itself with workflow-oriented features such as its new “Organizations” tool, which gives teams a Twitter-style activity feed and robust team-management controls. Flywheel’s service starts at $15 per month and is currently used by roughly 40,000 agencies, freelancers, and creatives. Management plans to deploy additional capital toward scaling support, sales, and marketing while accelerating the development of new products that further streamline designer and agency workflows. The company positions its design-centric focus as a key competitive moat within the crowded WordPress hosting landscape. Financially, Flywheel has now raised a total of $5.2 million across seed and Series A rounds.

Total raised

$5M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Apr 2016