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 Dec 31, 2021, Ionic has 68 employees, reflecting a 31% year-over-year growth in headcount.

Is Ionic a funded company?

Ionic is a funded company, having raised a total of $3.72M across 3 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 Mar 30, 2015, with participation from 3 investors. Its primary sector is Application Development Tools. In United States, the Application Development Tools sector has seen $453M in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Ionic rank among its competitors?

Ionic ranks 18th amongst 318 active competitors, of which 37 are funded. It stands 8th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Daytona, which secured $24M in Feb, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Ionic?

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

Ionic - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Ionic is an acquired company based in Madison (United States), founded in 2012 by Ben Sperry, Max Lynch and Ben Sperry. It operates as a Platform offering mobile application development software. Ionic has raised $3.72M in funding. The company has 318 active competitors, including 37 funded and 27 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Progress, Posit and Gitpod.

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

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2012

Location

Madison, United States

Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$3.72M in 3 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series A, Mar 30, 2015, $*****

Investors

Lightbank & 3 more

Ranked

18^th among 318 active competitors

Employee Count

68 as on Dec 31, 2021

Similar Companies

Catavolt & 122 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 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on 2013. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Mar 30, 2015 for $*****. 3 investors participated in its latest round. Ionic has 4 institutional investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Ionic:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Mar 30, 2015	7571066	Series A	1780035	2463589	3274204	2631389
Mar 10, 2014	3061480	Seed	6843335	1440121	9383147	Arthur Ventures
2013	8747	Seed	5299	9057	3024	Techstars

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The founders of Ionic are Ben Sperry, Max Lynch and Ben Sperry. 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 Codiqa.
Max Lynch: Co-Founder & CEO of Ionic and founder of 4 other companies, including Capacitor, Ionicons and drifty.com.
Ben Sperry: CO-FOUNDER of Ionic and founder of 1 other company.

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Ionic's employee count trend

Ionic has 68 employees as of Dec 21. The total employee count is 31.0% more than what it was in Dec 20. 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, New Enterprise Associates ... & 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	Anysphere 2022, San Francisco (United States), Series D	Developer of software and models for automating code and improving programmers	$3.38B	Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital & 11 others	64/100
5th	Xamarin 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Provider of cross platform application development platform	$82.2M	Ignition Partners, Floodgate & 4 others	63/100
6th	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
7th	Meteor 2011, San Francisco (United States), Acquired	Cloud-based cross-platform application development solutions	$62.4M	Andreessen Horowitz, Saw Mill Capital & 8 others	58/100
8th	Eclipse 2001, Ottawa (Canada), Funding Raised	Platform offers plugins	-	InvestPro Consults, Europa	57/100
9th	Daytona 2023, New York City (United States), Series A	Provider of secure and elastic infrastructure for running AI-generated code	$31M	500 Global, FirstMark & 21 others	57/100
10th	Cursor 2017, San Francisco (United States), Unfunded	AI-powered coding platform boosting developer productivity and software creation	-	-	55/100
18th	Ionic 2012, Madison (United States), Acquired	Platform offering mobile application development software	$3.72M	Lightbank, Founder Collective & 2 others	48/100