Weebly

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Location San Francisco, CA
Founded 2006
Latest Stage Series C
Total Raised $35.7M
Website https://www.weebly.com
Acquired By Square (Block, Inc.)
Sector
website-builder e-commerce smb-tools

Investors

Ron Conway Seed (2007)
Mike Maples Jr. Seed (2007)
Steve Anderson Seed (2007)
Aydin Senkut Seed (2007)
Paul Buchheit Seed (2007)
Y Combinator Seed (2007)
Baseline Ventures Seed (2007)
Floodgate Seed (2007)
Sequoia Capital Series B (2011)
Sequoia Capital Series C (2014)

Founders

David Rusenko CEO & Co-Founder
Dan Veltri CPO & Co-Founder
Chris Fanini CTO & Co-Founder

About

Weebly is a website builder platform founded in 2006 by David Rusenko, Dan Veltri, and Chris Fanini while students at Penn State 1. The company participated in Y Combinator’s Winter 2007 batch and grew to over 20 million users before being acquired by Square (now Block, Inc.) for approximately $365 million in cash and stock in June 2018 23.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2007-01 YC W07 ~$20K Y Combinator — 19
2007-05-09 Seed $650K Baseline Ventures Floodgate (Mike Maples), Felicis (Aydin Senkut), Steve Anderson, Paul Buchheit 4
2011-03-01 Series B Undisclosed Sequoia Capital — 510
Apr 2014 Series C $35M Sequoia Capital, Tencent — 67
Jun 2018 Acquisition $365M Square — 38

Series C valued Weebly at $455 million 6.

What Investors Say

Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square (acquirer): “Square and Weebly share a passion for empowering and celebrating entrepreneurs.” He added: “Square began its journey with in-person solutions while Weebly began its journey online. Since then, we’ve both been building services to bridge these channels, and we can go even further and faster together” 8.

Alyssa Henry, Seller Lead at Square: “Omnichannel commerce is our top focus area in 2018” 8.

What Founders Say

David Rusenko, CEO & Co-Founder: “Entrepreneurship gives an opportunity to people who were never given one” 8.

Sources

  1. Y Combinator, “Weebly company profile,” accessed March 2026. https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/weebly↩↩

  2. Crunchbase News, “Square Acquires Website Builder Weebly,” April 2018. https://news.crunchbase.com/business/square-acquires-website-builder-weebly/↩

  3. TechCrunch, “Square is acquiring website builder Weebly for $365M,” April 26, 2018. https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/26/square-acquires-weebly/↩↩

  4. TechCrunch, “Weebly Launches Blog Platform, Closes $650K Investment,” May 9, 2007. https://techcrunch.com/2007/05/09/weebly-launches-blog-platform-bags-650k-investment/↩

  5. Crunchbase, “Series B - Weebly - 2011-03-01,” accessed March 2026. https://www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/weebly-series-b–bfdfc41e↩

  6. TechCrunch, “Website-Building Platform Weebly Raises $35M More,” April 22, 2014. https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/22/weebly-series-c/↩↩

  7. Global Venturing, “Square roots out Weebly in $365m deal,” April 27, 2018. https://globalventuring.com/blog/2018/04/27/square-roots-out-weebly-in-365m-deal/↩

  8. Square press release, “Square to Acquire Weebly,” April 26, 2018. https://squareup.com/us/en/press/square-to-acquire-weebly↩↩↩↩

  9. Y Combinator, “The Y Combinator Standard Deal” (historical context: YC’s 2007-era investment was approximately $20K for ~7% equity, prior to later increases to $150K and then $500K), accessed April 2026. https://www.ycombinator.com/deal↩

  10. TechCrunch, “(Founder Stories) Baseline Ventures, Steve Anderson: On Why He Invested In Heroku And Weebly,” October 25, 2011 (confirms Sequoia Capital led a subsequent Weebly round after the seed). https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/25/founder-stories-baseline-ventures-steve-anderson-on-why-he-invested-in-heroku-and-weebly/↩