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* 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.
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.
Overview
Location
United States, California, Palo Alto
Employees
11-50
Phone
+1 650-691-5140
Total raised
$3.8M
Founded date
2012
Investors 3
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| a16z | a16z.com | |
| Accel Partners | accel.com |
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 17
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| Apr 24, 2016 | 5 сервисов для создания продуктов без знания кода Bubble Pixate Tilda Publishing PencilCase Stencyl | Отдел новостей 24 апреля 2016, 11:36 5 сервисов для создания продуктов без знания кода Оставить комментарий |
| Mar 25, 2016 | 5 Prototyping Tools for Web and Mobile Apps | What bridges your bright idea and the actual product is prototyping. Not a single great product was created from the first attempt. What may sound great in words may also look quite terrible on paper (or in design), especially when it comes... |
| Dec 16, 2015 | Build native iOS and Android protoypes with Pixate Studio | Designing mobile apps is always going to be difficult, but there are ways to make life easier -- and building a prototype of your interface is a good place to start. Pixate Studio is a capable prototyping platform which allows designers to ... |
| Jul 25, 2015 | M&A roundup - week ending 7/25/15 | Dropbox bought Clementine; FanDuel purchased Kotikan; Google acquired Pixate; eBay bought Twice Event management platform Events.com purchased online registration provider EventsOnline. No financial terms of the acquistion were disclosed. E... |
| Jul 21, 2015 | Google buys visual prototyping platform Pixate | Pixate will remain as a standalone product, though the team will working on design at Google In order to continue developing new design and prototyping tools, something that has been an onoing effort for the company, Google has acquired Pix... |
| Jul 21, 2015 | Google acquires Pixate, a Y Combinator-backed mobile app prototyping tool | Native mobile application prototyping service Pixate has been acquired by Google. The team will be working with Google’s design group, according to a blog post. As a result of this deal, Pixate will be making its Studio product free and is ... |
| Jul 21, 2015 | Google Acquires Mobile App Prototyping Tool Pixate | Google has acquired mobile app prototyping tool Pixate today, both companies have confirmed. Pixate had raised $3.8M from Accel Partners in 2013. It had popped out of the Y-Combinator oven previously (YC S12). Here’s what the Pixate CEO Pau... |
| Oct 14, 2014 | Pixate Launches Its App Prototyping Service For Designers | Pixate, an Accel-funded Y Combinator alum, is opening the doors to its visual prototyping service today after a long private and public beta phase. When the company graduated from Y Combinator last January, it still focused mostly on allowi... |
| Jul 2, 2013 | Pixate (YC S12) raises $3.8M Series A from Accel to bring dynamic UIs with the power of CSS to iOS, Android and Mac | Pixate has closed a $3.8 million Series A round from venture capital firm Accel Partners. The Palo Alto-based plans to expand its engineering and support teams in order to build Android and Mac versions of its platform, which allows develop... |
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FAQ about Pixate, Inc.
When was Pixate, Inc. founded?
Pixate, Inc. was founded in 2012.
How much funding has Pixate, Inc. raised?
Pixate, Inc. has raised $3.8M in total across 1 funding round.
Who has invested in Pixate, Inc.?
Parsers VC lists 3 investors of Pixate, Inc., among them a16z and Accel Partners.
What has the press written about Pixate, Inc.?
Parsers VC has collected 17 articles mentioning Pixate, Inc., among them “5 сервисов для создания продуктов без знания кода Bubble Pixate Tilda Publishing PencilCase Stencyl” (Apr 24, 2016) and “5 Prototyping Tools for Web and Mobile Apps” (Mar 25, 2016).
Is Pixate, Inc. still active?
Yes, Pixate, Inc. is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 5, 2016.