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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software as a service |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder | Sébastien Simoni |
| Headquarters | , France |
| Products | No-code mobile app builder |
| Website | goodbarber |
GoodBarber is a French software as a service company based in Ajaccio, Corsica, that develops a no-code development platform used to build mobile applications for iOS and Android, as well as progressive web apps.[1][2]
History
[edit]GoodBarber's origins date back to WebzineMaker, an online publishing service founded in Ajaccio in 2001 by Sébastien Simoni, which allowed users to create hosted websites and webzines without technical skills.[3] The company, later renamed WMaker, claimed more than 45,000 users in 2006.[3] In 2009, Simoni co-founded CampusPlex, a coworking space for technology companies in Ajaccio.[4][2]
GoodBarber was launched in 2011 by merging WMaker with DuoApps, a Corsican mobile application developer founded in 2009.[2][4]
The company launched a German-language version of its platform in 2014.[5] In 2015, it acquired Mougli, a London-based online booking startup that had won the Lisbon Challenge startup competition.[6] By 2016, about 12,000 applications had been built on the platform, according to Wired Italia.[7]
In 2019, GoodBarber was included in the FT 1000, the Financial Times ranking of Europe's fastest-growing companies.[8] In 2020, the company reported an annual revenue of about €4 million, with some forty employees based mainly in Ajaccio and offices in Portugal and New York.[1] As of 2023, it generated 80% of its revenue outside France and was present in 152 countries.[2]
Product
[edit]GoodBarber's platform allows users without programming skills to build native iOS and Android applications and progressive web apps from a graphical interface, with an integrated content management system, push notifications and analytics.[7] It is sold on a subscription basis; a reseller program allows web agencies to produce white-label applications for their own clients.[1][5] Initially aimed at content publishers such as news media, bloggers and radio stations, the platform was later extended toward small merchants and e-commerce.[5][1]
In 2023, Simoni estimated the worldwide app-builder market at about 200 companies generating some US$100 million in total revenue.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Ortoli, Paul (18 February 2020). "GoodBarber, champion mondial des applications sans code". La Tribune (in French). Archived from the original on 1 December 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Corse : comment la start-up GoodBarber s'est imposée sur le marché international". France 3 Corse ViaStella (in French). 17 June 2023.
- ^ a b Bouteiller, Jérôme (20 September 2006). "Sebastien Simoni : « Nous souhaitons faire connaitre WebzineMaker au plus grand nombre »". Clubic (in French).
- ^ a b Varza, Roxanne (12 August 2010). "Corsican Startups are Napoleon Dynamite". TechCrunch.
- ^ a b c Schmerer, Kai (24 June 2014). "App-Developer GoodBarber betritt den deutschen Markt". ZDNet.de (in German). Archived from the original on 25 October 2021.
- ^ Portais, Etienne (1 April 2015). "GoodBarber annonce le rachat de Mougli, une startup londonienne". Maddyness (in French).
- ^ a b Parlangeli, Diletta (2 March 2016). "GoodBarber, il WordPress delle app mobili". Wired Italia (in Italian).
- ^ "The FT 1000: third annual list of Europe's fastest-growing companies". Financial Times. 1 March 2019.