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 $1.27B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Ionic rank among its competitors?

Ionic ranks 26th amongst 247 active competitors, of which 26 are funded. It stands 8th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Coder, which secured an undisclosed amount in Apr, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Ionic?

Ionic's top competitors include Progress, Posit and Gitpod. Among them, Coder secured the most recent funding round in April, 2026.

Ionic - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Ionic is an acquired company based in Madison (United States), founded in 2012 by Ben Sperry and 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 247 active competitors, including 26 funded and 20 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Progress, Posit and Gitpod.

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

26^th among 247 active competitors

Employee Count

46 as on Mar 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Azul Systems & 565 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	Documents
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	9211135	Series A	9106429	6386722	6146349	6168306
Apr 01, 2015	5095737	Seed	4714289	5742851	4567050	Arthur Ventures & 1 more
Mar 10, 2014	3276452	Seed	6937454	1375880	9691958	Arthur Ventures

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The founders of Ionic are Ben Sperry and Max Lynch. Max Lynch is the CEO of Ionic.

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

Ben Sperry: Co-Founder of Ionic and founder of 5 other companies, including Capacitor, Ionicons and drifty.com.
Max Lynch: Co-Founder & CEO of Ionic and founder of 4 other companies, including Capacitor, Ionicons and Ionic.

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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 Progress, Posit and Gitpod. 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	Progress 1981, Bedford (United States), Public	Platform offering IDE based application development software	-	August Capital, Accelerator Ventures & 6 others	69/100
2nd	Posit 2009, Boston (United States), Series D	Posit \| The Open-Source Data Science Company	$164M	Brighton Park Capital, DCVC	68/100
3rd	Gitpod 2017, Kiel (Germany), Series A	Platform offering integrated cloud development environment	$41M	General Catalyst, Speedinvest & 13 others	65/100
4th	Windsurf 2021, Mountain View (United States), Acquired	Provider of AI-powered code editor enhancing developer productivity	$243M	General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins & 2 others	64/100
5th	Anysphere 2022, San Francisco (United States), Series D	Developer of software and models for automating code and improving programmers	$3.38B	Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz & 11 others	64/100
6th	Daytona 2023, New York City (United States), Series A	Provider of secure and elastic infrastructure for running AI-generated code	$31M	FirstMark, Upfront Ventures & 21 others	61/100
7th	Qt Group 1995, Helsinki (Finland), Acquired	Developer of cross-platform software development tools and quality assurance solutions	$6.7M	Index Ventures, Atua Ventures & 4 others	61/100
8th	Coder 2017, Austin (United States), Series C	Cloud based cross platform integrated development environment	$175M	Redpoint Ventures, Georgian & 15 others	59/100
9th	Xamarin 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Provider of cross platform application development platform	$82.2M	Ignition Partners, Floodgate & 4 others	58/100
10th	Eclipse 2001, Ottawa (Canada), Funding Raised	Platform offers plugins	-	InvestPro Consults, Europa	56/100
26th	Ionic 2012, Madison (United States), Acquired	Cloud-based cross platform application development solutions provider	$13.6M	Lightbank, General Catalyst & 4 others	41/100