Amplication, an Israeli developer of an open-source project that streamlines and automates backend development, raised $6.6m in Seed funding.

The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners and Vertex Ventures Israel, joined by Entrée Capital, Velocity Ventures, and angel investors that include the founders of Datorama (acquired by Salesforce), Epsagon (acquired by Cisco), and Bridgecrew (acquired by Palo Alto Networks).

The company intends to use the funds for the expansion of its open-source community, product development, and the introduction of an enterprise version of the platform. 

Company: Amplication

Raised: $6.6M

Round: Seed Round

Funding Month: February 2022

Lead Investors: Norwest Venture Partners and Vertex Ventures Israel

Additional Investors: Entrée Capital, Velocity Ventures, Epsagon, and Bridgecrew

Company Website: https://amplication.com/

Software Category: open‑source development tool

About the Company: Led by Yuval Hazaz, founder and CEO, Amplication is a developer of an open-source project that streamlines and automates backend development. The platform, which is already supported by a community of programmers in 160 countries, auto-generates fully functional, human-readable, and editable apps based on TypeScript and Node.js. This includes NestJS, Prisma, REST API, GraphQL API, a React admin UI, authentication, authorization, and testing.

Source: https://www.finsmes.com/2022/02/amplication-raises-6-6m-in-seed-funding.html