Web Application Development Platform Refine Receives $1 Million Investment

Refine serves as a react-based web application development startup. 500 Istanbul organized a seed investment tour worth 1 million dollars with the participation of Emre Baran (Cermos) and Burak Emre Kabakçı (Rakam/Liveramp). Refine was founded by Civan Özseyhan, Ömer Faruk Aplak and Eren Erkalkan. With the services it provides, it facilitates the production of in-house software such as reporting screens and admin panels. In this way, the company can save up to 70% on developers' time.

Refine was published as an open library in September of 2021. After a not so long period of time after its publication, Refine has managed to become one of the most popular tools in this field. At the same time, this project has managed to attract the admiration of fronted developers all over the world, especially in regions such as America, India and Europe. Refine project has already reached the number of 2300 stars and a monthly total of over 10 thousand downloads.

Refine plans to grow in open source without slowing down after this fund it has collected. And it likewise aims to expand its user base. In addition to all these, Refine is considering adding cloud and backend solutions to its ecosystem. However, it plans to introduce a new SAAS service as an important project this year.

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Refine Advances Towards Its Goals With The Fund It Received

Enis Hulli, co-founder of 500 Istanbul, caught users on the front page of Refine startup. He said that they entered the market at a different point than their competitors, and this received a strong response. He added that there is still a long way to go in terms of expanding both horizontally and vertically and creating value. Hulli stated that the most difficult thing is to catch the first adaptation.

The founding team had worked together on different projects and company structures for more than 10 years. Since 2018, the team has entered the open source field with the Pankod brand and signed many successful projects with a front-end focus.