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Strikingly (YC W13) — The easiest way to create a beautiful, mobile optimized website

Strikingly lets you build a gorgeous, mobile optimized website in minutes. For your business, organization, or personal branding, a good-looking site is necessary for your online legitimacy in the Mobile Age.

Strikingly is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2013 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: The easiest way to create a beautiful, mobile optimized website. The founders listed are David Haisha Chen (Founder/CEO), Teng Bao (Founder/CPO), Dafeng Guo (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, December 2, 2012).

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Strikingly

New accelerator entry · 2012-12-02 · the record

Winter 2013
batch
99
people
Growth
stage
China
region
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BatchWinter 2013
Announced2012-12-02
StageGrowth
StatusActive
Team size99
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Marketing
SectorsE-commerce
RegionsChina, East Asia, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedShanghai, Shanghai, China; Shanghai, China
HiringNo
Sitehttps://www.strikingly.com

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Strikingly lets you build a gorgeous, mobile optimized website in minutes. For your business, organization, or personal branding, a good-looking site is necessary for your online legitimacy in the Mobile Age. With no code or design at all, you can set up a professional website in under 30 minutes, and it'll look great on your phone, tablet, and computer. Check it out at http://www.strikingly.com/. We're hiring! Please see: http://www.strikingly.com/s/careers . Our mission is to give everyone the power to turn their creative ideas into reality and build brands around them. See why: http://www.strikingly.com/s/manifesto

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