Starhive, a no-code app builder that permits companies to create bespoke functions in a matter of hours, has raised €2.7 million in seed funding. The spherical was led by Nordic enterprise capital agency node.vc, with node Companions Andy Johnston & Henrik Tellving additionally becoming a member of the board.
Based in 2022, Starhive is now the main platform for companies trying to rapidly create subtle {custom} functions tailor-made to their particular wants, with out requiring intensive coding data or needing to rent a crew of pricy builders.
The funding will probably be used to drive worldwide enlargement, bolstering the corporate’s capability to scale its operations and proceed growing its platform to serve key goal demographics, together with organizations inside the enterprise service administration, asset administration, and venture administration areas.
Starhive’s co-founders Tommy Nordahl and Mathias Edblom carry 40+ years of mixed trade expertise, having additionally co-founded Mindville in 2012, an IT asset and configuration administration firm that was acquired by Atlassian (www.atlassian.com) in 2020. Starhive’s present crew of 23 consists of 11 former workers from Mindville.
Tommy Nordahl, Starhive’s Co-Founder and CEO, mentioned: “Organizations of all sizes have workflows which are typically dealt with inefficiently by handbook processes or expensive, off-the-shelf software program that doesn’t fairly match their wants. We’ve produced a unified resolution that gives the very best of each worlds, combining the benefit of ready-made software program with the flexibleness of a custom-built resolution. This funding will allow us to develop and develop our providing, bringing it to new markets all over the world, and getting it into the palms of the folks and companies who want it most.”
“This funding permits us to propel each the corporate and our merchandise additional than ever earlier than,” added Mathias Edblom, Starhive Co-Founder and CPO. “We imagine that know-how ought to adapt to the wants of the enterprise, not the opposite means round. Starhive empowers groups to construct precisely what they want, after they want it, with out being constrained by generic software program or the complexities of {custom} coding. It’s about giving organizations the liberty to innovate and streamline their operations in a means that actually matches their distinctive workflows.”
The worldwide demand for no-code and low-code options is on the rise, pushed by the will from enterprise leaders to make use of {custom} software program, finances cutbacks, and a global scarcity of builders. In keeping with Gartner, the low-code/no-code market will develop by 24% in 2024 to $12 billion, underscoring the numerous potential for Starhive’s providing.
Starhive customers can create apps that meet their exact, distinctive wants. This might embody something from creating an onboarding app for brand new workers, a administration system for e-commerce, to constructing a collaborative advertising and marketing house for shared initiatives. By constructing functions with Starhive’s distinctive knowledge platform, customers can benefit from the corporate’s modern and strong database that gives true knowledge freedom, particularly when mixed with further constructing blocks just like the automation engine and workflow builder. Companies utilizing Starhive get rid of handbook processes, cut back spending on a number of SaaS instruments, and keep away from the necessity to preserve custom-coded software program.
Andy Johnston, Companion at node.vc, commented: “We at node are thrilled to be becoming a member of Starhive at this pivotal stage within the firm’s journey. Starhive’s highly effective knowledge administration capabilities mixed with its no-code app improvement strategy is a game-changer for companies looking for to optimize their operations and Starhive’s founding crew has the ambition and driving pressure to take the corporate to nice heights.”
