Ionic produces an open-source HTML5 framework and SDK that developers use to build native mobile apps and mobile web apps. Its framework is based on the AngularJS JavaScript framework and supports CSS alongside HTML5. Ionic reports millions of developers using its tools, roughly 'a couple hundred thousand' SDK downloads per month, 23,536 GitHub stars, and more than 2 million applications built with Ionic. The company keeps its primary tools freely available under an open-source license while pushing to monetize through enterprise customers. Planned commercial offerings include an Ionic Insights analytics tool and add-on functionality to help developers consume other services, and Ionic intends to expand its sales team. The company has about 20 employees and expects headcount to reach 25–30 within a year.

Total raised

$12M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Apr 2016