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A GraphQL-based headless content management system for digital creators and digital products

Berlin, GermanyFounded 2017Other B2B Software
Valuation $100–500M Latest valuation · 2023
Headcount <100 Current team size
Total funding $10–50M Disclosed equity funding
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About Hygraph

Hygraph, formerly known as GraphCMS, was established in 2017 by Michael Lukaszczyk and Daniel Winter. The company was founded in Giessen, Germany, with the vision of creating a more powerful and flexible content management system. Both founders possess strong technical backgrounds; Michael, serving as the CEO, has a history in full-stack development and has been an advocate for GraphQL since its inception. Daniel, the CPO, also comes from a development background, and their combined expertise has been instrumental in shaping the company's product-led growth strategy. A significant milestone in the company's journey was the rebranding from GraphCMS to Hygraph in 2022, a move intended to reflect the platform's expanded capabilities beyond a traditional headless CMS. This was followed by a substantial $30 million Series B funding round in the same year, led by One Peak, with participation from existing investors OpenOcean and Peak, bringing the company's total funding to $43.7 million. This capital infusion is aimed at scaling the team and accelerating product development to meet growing enterprise demand.

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Hygraph operates as a federated content platform, providing a headless content management system (CMS) built around a GraphQL API. This architecture decouples the content backend from the frontend presentation layer, giving development teams the freedom to build and distribute content to any digital channel or device, such as websites, mobile apps, or IoT devices. The platform's core business is providing a centralized content hub that can integrate with various third-party services and internal data sources. This 'content federation' capability allows organizations to unify their content from disparate systems into a single, queryable API, streamlining content operations and eliminating data silos. The business model is primarily subscription-based (SaaS), offering tiered plans that cater to a wide range of clients, from individual developers and small businesses to large enterprises like Dr. Oetker, Shure, and Samsung. Revenue is generated through these recurring subscriptions, with pricing likely based on factors such as the number of users, API calls, and included features. The platform's key selling point is its ability to manage structured content at scale, enabling global companies to maintain a consistent brand experience across diverse markets and product lines while empowering individual teams to work with their preferred technologies.

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At a glance

Status
Operational
Founded
2017
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Employees
67
Open positions
None listed
Dealroom signal
63.4/100
Industry
Media, Enterprise Software
Sector
Other B2B Software, start2 group, German Accelerator
Business model
SaaS
Client focus
b2b

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Funding history

7 recorded events

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
SERIES BEquity / VC Mar 2023 $30M $120M Peak · One Peak Partners · OpenOcean VC · Boris Lokschin
SERIES AEquity / VC Jul 2021 $10M $40M Robin Vasan · Peak · Evan Weaver · OpenOcean VC
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Financials

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2024
2023
2022
2021
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Growth signals

Hygraph website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Hygraph is 130K monthly website visits, down 7.1% over the last three months. Hygraph's team declined 5.6% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits130K 3-month web change-7.1% 1-year team growth-5.6%
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Investors

16 investors on the cap table

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Seed4 investors entered at this stage

  • Richmond View Ventures
  • SquareOne
  • Mirko Novakovic
  • Peak

Series A5 investors entered at this stage

  • Robin Vasan
  • Evan Weaver
  • OpenOcean VC
  • One Peak Partners
  • Boris Lokschin

Other known investors7 additional known investors

  • David Zwagemaker
  • Dirk Rudolf
  • German Accelerator
  • Mango Capital
  • New Forge
  • Robin Vasan.
  • Stefan Bary
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Global footprint

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Workforce by country
18 countries with
team presence
🇩🇪 Germany60.3%
🇳🇱 Netherlands5.2%
🇪🇸 Spain5.2%
🇺🇸 United States5.2%
🇬🇷 Greece1.7%
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