Headquarters
Amsterdam, NetherlandsFounded
2014CEO / Founder
Koen BokEmployees
51-200Funding
Series D — $51MProducts
1 product listedAvg. AI Score
8.1/10Website
www.framer.comProfile updated
Framer is a no-code website building platform founded in 2014 in Amsterdam by Koen Bok and Jorn van Dijk. Originally a design prototyping tool, Framer has pivoted to focus on designing and publishing production marketing websites directly in the browser.
Framer is used by designers and marketing teams at companies including Perplexity, Replicate, and Linear. The platform competes with Webflow in the visual website building category.
The company has raised approximately $51 million, including a $27 million Series C led by Notion Capital in 2022.
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Who Framer competes with, and how they differ.
Webflow targets the same designer-first no-code website-builder market with a more code-adjacent visual CSS/DOM control panel and a steeper learning curve, while Framer emphasizes a simpler AI-assisted canvas aimed at both designers and non-technical marketers.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedFigma, the design tool whose territory Framer originally competed in for prototyping, expanded into site publishing with Figma Sites, pulling its large existing design-tool user base directly into Framer's website-builder market.
Squarespace serves a broader small-business and creator market with template-first setup and built-in commerce and domain services, competing on ease-of-use and price rather than the pixel-level design control Framer offers professional designers.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedWix targets the mass-market SMB segment with drag-and-drop templates and its own AI site generator, competing on volume and price rather than the professional-designer positioning Framer holds.
1 product reviewed on TopReviewedKey milestones in Framer's history, with sources.
Series D — $100M at $2B valuation led by Meritech and Atomico
Framer raised a $100 million Series D led by existing investors Meritech Capital Partners and Atomico, reaching a $2 billion valuation, with the company reporting $50 million in ARR and over 500,000 monthly active users.
techcrunch.comFramer Motion animation library spun out as independent project Motion
With Framer's backing, creator Matt Perry spun the open-source Framer Motion animation library (built from his 2018 Popmotion project, which Framer had acquired) out into an independent project renamed Motion, with Framer becoming its first corporate sponsor.
motion.devSeries C — $27M led by Meritech Capital
Framer raised a $27 million Series C led by Meritech Capital, with participation from Accel and Atomico, bringing total funding to $87 million as Framer Sites grew over 20% month-on-month.
tech.euFramer Sites launches, pivoting to a no-code website builder
Framer launched Sites, a cloud-based no-code website builder with a visual canvas, CMS and one-click publishing, marking the company's pivot from its original desktop prototyping tool toward professional web design.
framer.comSeries B — $24M led by Atomico
Framer raised a $24 million Series B led by Atomico with participation from Accel and AngelList, bringing total funding to $33 million.
techcrunch.comSeries A — $7.7M led by Accel
Framer raised a $7.7 million Series A led by Accel (Investment Partner Luciana Lixandru), to expand product development, hiring, and design education efforts.
isvworld.comFounded by Koen Bok and Jorn van Dijk in Amsterdam
Koen Bok and Jorn van Dijk founded Framer in Amsterdam after leaving Facebook, where they had worked for roughly two years following Facebook's 2011 acquisition of their earlier venture, the design studio Sofa.
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