Pixate

Acquired

Mobile application prototyping. Now part of Google.

Palo Alto, United States · Founded 2012 · $3.8M raised

Employees
1–10
Founded
2012
Business Model
B2B
Website
pixate.com
Total Funding
$3.8M
Last Round
$3.8M Series AJul 2013
Rounds
1
Acquired by
GoogleJul 2015

Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.

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About

Pixate was acquired by Google, Inc. in July 2015. * Pixate was founded in May 2012 with the goal of enabling designers and developers to create beautiful, native mobile apps quickly and easily. Pixate's flagship product, the Pixate Engine for iOS, integrates a CSS-based styling engine, graphics rendering system, and a SVG-subset for supporting scalable vector graphics. The CSS-based stylings can be changed at run-time and can be downloaded and updated on-demand. The Pixate Engine for iOS version 1.0 is currently available for purchase or for trial download at pixate.com. Pixate was a Y-Combinator Summer 2012 participant and raised early funding through a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2012.

Summary

Pixate is a Design Tools company based in Palo Alto, United States, founded in 2012. It has raised $3.8M in total across 1 round, most recently a $3.8M Series A round in Jul 2013. Investors include Google and Accel.

Funding & Exit History

AcquisitionJul 2015

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Funding: Series A. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.

Investors

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