Content management start-up GraphCMS gets ten million US dollars

An investor joins the board of the Berlin start-up. The money will be used to expand the team.

Berlin-based software startup GraphCMS has closed its Series A funding round of ten million US dollars. The main backer is OpenOcean, an early-stage VC from London. Also participating are existing investors including Peak from Amsterdam, Berlin-based VC Paua Ventures, and business angels Robin Vasan, Evan Weaver and Mirko Novakovic. In total, the startup has already raised $13.7 million so far.

The current investment in GraphCMS is the highest in OpenOcean's history so far. Ekaterina Almasque, General Partner of OpenOcean also gets a seat on the startup's board. GraphCMS offers a content management system that scales with any front-end framework and distributes content across multiple channels. "GraphCMS' pioneering approach combines the best of the GraphQL and content management system worlds to give its customers an edge over the competition and the opportunity to lead in the era of rapid digitization," says new investor Almasque. The money will be used to expand the team, among other things.