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== History ==
A predecessor to the company was founded in 2014 when [[Denmark|Danish]] entrepreneur Mathias Biilmann noticed the emergence of [[Git]]-centered [[workflow]]s with modern [[Build automation|build tools]] and static sites generators, a shift he described as "a massive change happening in the web development space", while running MakerLoop, a [[content management]] startup based in San Francisco. In 2015, Biilmann invited [[Christian Bach (entrepreneur)|Christian Bach]], his childhood friend who was working as an executive at a creative services agency in Denmark, to join him as co-founder in his new venture.<ref name="Finley 2018" />.
Beyond the initial focus on hosting for static websites, and attracting many developers with a free basic offer, the company expanded to a broader offering including serverless functions and test and deployment service<ref name="silangle2020">{{cite news | url = https://siliconangle.com/2020/03/04/attracting-800k-web-developers-netlify-wins-53m-funding/ | work = Silicon Angle | first=Maria | last = Deutscher | title = After attracting 800K web developers, Netlify wins $53M in funding |date=2020-03-04 }}</ref>.
=== Financing ===
On August 16, 2016, Netlify raised $2.1 million from the founders of [[GitHub]], [[Heroku]], and [[Rackspace Cloud]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/17/netlify-a-sevice-for-quickly-rolling-out-static-websites-raises-2-1m/|title=Netlify, a service for quickly rolling out static websites, raises $2.1M|last=Lynley|first=Matthew| date = August 17, 2017|work=[[TechCrunch]]|access-date=October 9, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
On August 9, 2017, the company announced that it had raised $12 million in [[Series A round|series A funding]] from [[Andreessen Horowitz]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/netlify-raises-12-million-from-andreessen-horowitz-2017-8|title=A hot startup is using $12 million from Andreessen Horowitz to pursue a 'holy grail' of web technology|last=Weinberger|first=Matt|date=August 9, 2017|work=[[Business Insider]]|access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/08/09/netlify-raises-12-million-to-advance-web-development/|title=Netlify raises $12 million to advance web development|last=Hanley Frank|first=Blair|date=August 9, 2017|work=[[VentureBeat]]|access-date=October 5, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.computerworld.dk/art/240805/dansk-it-firma-har-landet-en-investering-fra-et-af-verdens-stoerste-ventureselskaber-de-forlanger-pengene-100-gange-igen|title=Dansk it-firma har landet en investering fra et af verdens største ventureselskaber: "De forlanger pengene 100 gange igen"|last=Wittorff|first=Jacob Ø.|date=August 25, 2017|work=[[Computerworld]]|access-date=October 10, 2018|language=da|trans-title=Danish IT company lands investment from one of the world's largest venture companies: They expect a 100-times return}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://a16z.com/2017/08/09/netlify/|title=Netlify|last=Levine|first=Peter|date=August 9, 2017|work=[[Andreessen Horowitz]]|access-date=October 5, 2018|language=en-us}}</ref>
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On October 9, 2018, the company issued a press release announcing that it had completed a [[series B round]] led by [[Kleiner Perkins]]—with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, [[Slack (software)|Slack]] and [[Flickr]] co-founder [[Stewart Butterfield]], [[Yelp]] CEO and co-founder [[Jeremy Stoppelman]], among others—securing $30 million.<ref name="vb" /><ref name="Deutscher 2018" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/09/netlify-just-got-30-million-to-change-the-way-developers-build-websites/|title=Netlify just got $30 million to change the way developers build websites|last=Miller|first=Ron|date=October 9, 2018|work=[[TechCrunch]]|access-date=October 9, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>
On March 4, 2020, Netlify secured $53 million in a [[series C round]] led by [[EQT Ventures]], the venture capital branch of Swedish investment company [[EQT Partners|EQT]], with contributions by existing investors Adreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, and newcomer [[Tom Preston-Werner|Preston-Werner Ventures]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.techcrunch.com/2020/03/04/netfily-nabs-53m-series-c-as-micro-services-approach-to-web-development-grows/|title=Netlify nabs $53M Series C as microservices approach to web development grows|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-12}}</ref><ref
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