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.

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 Aug 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 $3.72M across 4 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Seed round, raised on 2013.

When was the latest funding round of Ionic?

Ionic's latest funding was a $***** Series A round on 2015, with participation from 1 investor.

Where does Ionic rank among its competitors?

Ionic ranks 25th amongst 396 active competitors, of which 38 are funded. It stands 10th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Daytona, which secured $48.3M in Jul, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Ionic?

Ionic's top competitors include Anysphere, Gitpod and Progress. Among them, Daytona secured the most recent funding round in July, 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 Platform offering mobile application development software. Ionic has raised $3.72M in funding. The company has 396 active competitors, including 38 funded and 29 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Anysphere, Gitpod and Progress.

Company Details

Platform offering mobile application development software. It allows developers to build and deploy mobile applications from a single codebase. The platform enables users to insert dynamic web content into the mobile app.

Website: ionic.io
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Email ID: *****@ionic.io

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Founded Year

2012

Location

Madison, United States

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$3.72M in 4 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series A, 2015, $*****

Investors

Founder Collective & 3 more

Ranked

25^th among 396 active competitors

Employee Count

46 as on Aug 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Catavolt & 159 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: - 45-4411850 , United States, Active	Dec 31, 2011	-	68 (As on Dec 31, 2021)	-

Ionic got acquired by OutSystems on Nov 07, 2022.

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Ionic has raised a total funding of $3.72M over 4 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2013. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on 2015 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Ionic has 4 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
2015	5769	Series A	9572	4900	1184	6132
Mar 30, 2015	1199138	Series A	5541185	2009354	2805320	Lightbank & 2 more
Mar 10, 2014	5490927	Seed	3645368	3969620	6460085	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 Ionic.
Max Lynch: Co-Founder & CEO of Ionic and founder of 4 other companies, including Capacitor, Ionicons and drifty.com.

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Ionic's employee count trend

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

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Top competitors of Ionic include Anysphere, Gitpod and Progress. 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	67/100
2nd	Gitpod 2017, Kiel (Germany), Series A	Platform offering integrated cloud development environment	$41M	Speedinvest, General Catalyst & 13 others	65/100
3rd	Progress 1981, Bedford (United States), Public	Platform offering IDE based application development software	-	August Capital, Inventus Capital Partners ... & 6 others	64/100
4th	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
5th	Posit 2009, Boston (United States), Series D	Posit \| The Open-Source Data Science Company	$164M	Brighton Park Capital, DCVC	63/100
6th	Windsurf 2021, Mountain View (United States), Acquired	Provider of AI-powered code editor enhancing developer productivity	$243M	Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst & 2 others	63/100
7th	Daytona 2023, New York City (United States), Series C	Provider of secure and elastic infrastructure for running AI-generated code	$79.3M	Tiny, Upfront Ventures & 21 others	62/100
8th	Coder 2017, Austin (United States), Series C	Cloud based cross platform integrated development environment	$175M	Redpoint Ventures, Georgian & 14 others	59/100
9th	Xamarin 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Provider of cross platform application development platform	$82.3M	Ignition Partners, Floodgate & 4 others	58/100
10th	Meteor 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Cloud-based cross-platform application development solutions	$62.4M	Andreessen Horowitz, Saw Mill Capital & 8 others	56/100
25th	Ionic 2012, Madison (United States), Acquired	Platform offering mobile application development software	$3.72M	Founder Collective, Lightbank & 2 others	43/100