Webflow is a software company whose browser based visual editor lets designers build and host websites without writing code. Brothers Vlad and Sergie Magdalin and Bryant Chou founded it, and it launched in August 2013 after going through Y Combinator.
What it is
The editor generates HTML, CSS and JavaScript as a designer works, and the company hosts the finished site. It also offers an AI site builder that creates and edits sites from written descriptions. Wikipedia reports that Webflow was used by about 1.2 percent of the top ten million websites in 2025.
History
A TechCrunch article from the 2013 launch describes how Vlad Magdalin wrote his senior thesis on the idea, shelved it to take a job at Intuit, and later bought the Webflow.com domain for 2,900 dollars. A demo posted to Hacker News gathered more than 33,000 signups before a product existed, which led the founders to apply to Y Combinator. They redesigned the early prototype so that designers without coding skills could use it.
Funding includes about 1.5 million dollars in March 2014, a 72 million dollar Series A in 2019 and a 140 million dollar round in January 2021 at a 2.1 billion dollar valuation, according to Wikipedia. It acquired the animation library GreenSock in October 2024. Linda Tong became chief executive in June 2024.
Why it matters to founders
Webflow is a standard example of a no code platform that began with a public demo and a waiting list. Teams who prefer WordPress for similar work can look at site builders such as NoTiesBuilder.
Related entries
See Vlad Magdalin, Webflow, WordPress and NoTiesBuilder.
Webflow is part of Tools and stack.
Sources
Wikipedia entry for Webflow and TechCrunch, 5 August 2013. Reviewed October 2026.
