When was Ionic founded?

Ionic was founded in 2012 and raised its 1st funding round 1 year after it was founded.

Where is Ionic located?

Ionic is headquartered in Madison, United States. It is registered at Madison, Wisconsin.

Who is the current CEO of Ionic?

Max Lynch of Ionic. They have also founded 2 companies.

How many employees does Ionic have?

As of Mar 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Ionic is 46.

Is Ionic a funded company?

Ionic is a funded company, having raised a total of $13.6M across 5 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on Apr 22, 2013.

When was the latest funding round of Ionic?

Ionic's latest funding was a $***** Series A round on Apr 29, 2016, with participation from 4 investors. Its primary sector is Application Development Tools. In United States, the Application Development Tools sector has seen $2.81B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Ionic rank among its competitors?

Ionic ranks 39th amongst 297 active competitors, of which 26 are funded. It stands 7th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Restate, which secured $20M in Sep, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Ionic?

Ionic's top competitors include Anysphere, Progress and Qt Group. Among them, Restate secured the most recent funding round in September, 2026.

Ionic - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Ionic is an acquired company based in Madison (United States), founded in 2012 by Max Lynch. It operates as a Cloud-based cross platform application development solutions provider. Ionic has raised $13.6M in funding from General Catalyst and Lightbank. The company has 297 active competitors, including 26 funded and 21 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Anysphere, Progress and Qt Group.

Company Details

Ionic is a cloud-based cross-platform application development solutions provider. The product offered by the company includes mobile UI toolkit, API library, etc. The features of the product include biometric-based secure authentication, secure data storage, etc. It also provides components that are written in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to develop user interfaces. It provides integration over SQLite, stripe, etc.

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Key Metrics

Founded Year

2012

Location

Madison, United States

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$13.6M in 5 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Apr 29, 2016, $*****

Investors

General Catalyst & 5 more

Ranked

39^th among 297 active competitors

Employee Count

46 as on Mar 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Azul Systems & 618 more

Exit Details

Acquired by OutSystems (Nov 07, 2022)

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Ionic is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Reports
DRIFTY CO. CIN: 454411850 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 1999	-	99 (As on Dec 31, 2022)	-

Ionic got acquired by OutSystems on Nov 07, 2022.

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Ionic has raised a total funding of $13.6M over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on Apr 22, 2013. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Apr 29, 2016 for $*****. 4 investors participated in its latest round. Ionic has 6 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Ionic:

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Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Apr 29, 2016	8449357	Series A	1353642	7363571	2053174	5103400
Apr 01, 2015	9014448	Seed	8143598	7149783	6831206	Arthur Ventures & 1 more
Mar 10, 2014	9019702	Seed	9879436	1552157	6559309	Arthur Ventures

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The founders of Ionic is Max Lynch. Max Lynch is the CEO of Ionic.

Here are the details of Ionic's key team members:

Max Lynch: Co-Founder & CEO of Ionic and founder of 4 other companies, including Capacitor, Ionicons and http://drifty.com.

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Ionic's employee count trend

Ionic has 46 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Ionic's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Ionic include Anysphere, Progress and Qt Group. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Ionic, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Anysphere 2022, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Developer of software and models for automating code and improving programmers	$3.38B	Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz & 11 others	68/100
2nd	Progress 1981, Bedford (United States), Public	Platform offering IDE based application development software	-	August Capital, Inventus Capital Partners ... & 9 others	66/100
3rd	Qt Group 1995, Helsinki (Finland), Acquired	Developer of cross-platform software development tools and quality assurance solutions	$6.7M	Index Ventures, Northzone & 4 others	64/100
4th	Daytona 2023, New York City (United States), Series B	Provider of secure and elastic infrastructure for running AI-generated code	$91M	FirstMark, Tiny & 33 others	63/100
5th	Coder 2017, Austin (United States), Series C	Cloud based cross platform integrated development environment	$175M	Redpoint Ventures, Georgian & 15 others	62/100
6th	Cursor 2017, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	AI-powered coding platform boosting developer productivity and software creation	-	BoxGroup, Dorm Room Fund & 2 others	61/100
7th	Restate 2022, Berlin (Germany), Series A	Cloud and IDE based application development platform	$27M	Redpoint Ventures, Singular & 6 others	60/100
8th	Posit 2009, Boston (United States), Series D	Posit \| The Open-Source Data Science Company	$164M	Brighton Park Capital, DCVC	59/100
9th	JetBrains 2000, Prague (Czech Republic), Unfunded	Provider of an integrated application development environment	-	-	58/100
10th	Xamarin 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Provider of cross platform application development platform	$82.3M	Ignition Partners, Floodgate & 4 others	58/100
39th	Ionic 2012, Madison (United States), Acquired	Cloud-based cross platform application development solutions provider	$13.6M	Founder Collective, Right Side Capital Management ... & 4 others	37/100