Rows, formerly dashdash, raises $16M to build and populate web apps using only spreadsheet skills
Spreadsheet software led by products like Microsoft’s Excel, Google’s Sheets and Apple’s Numbers continues to be one of the most-used categories of business apps, with Excel alone clocking up more than a billion users just on its Android version. Now, a startup called Rows that’s built on that ubiquity, with a low-code platform that lets people populate and analyze web apps using just spreadsheet interfaces, is announcing funding and launching a freemium open beta of its expanded service.
The Berlin-based startup which rebranded from dashdash at the end of last year closed a Series B round of $16 million, money that it is using to continue investing in its platform as well as in sales and marketing. The platform’s move into an open beta comes with some 50 new integrations with other platforms like LinkedIn, Instagram and more, as well as 200 new features (using known