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Qwilr<\/a>, an Australian startup\u00a0that helps companies turn boring PDFs and other static sales documents into attractive\u00a0websites, has grabbed\u00a0$1.5 million to develop its product and expand its global reach.<\/p>\n Sydney-based\u00a0Qwilr raised $500,000 from\u00a0Sydney Seed Fund and Macdoch Ventures in 2015<\/a>, but its new financing is provided by Germany\u2019s Point Nine<\/a>, a VC firm that specializes in Saas businesses. The deal represents Point Nine\u2019s first investment in Australia \u2014 the firm\u2019s portfolio includes\u00a0Zendesk (2014 IPO<\/a>) and Barcelona\u2019s Typeform, which has raised over $20 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n Qwilr co-founder Mark Tanner said in a statement that the startup would use this funding to bolster its product team with new hires, and also increase its numbers in engineering and marketing. The company has made hires in the U.S., its largest market for customers, with a view to opening a business development office in North America. That\u2019s usually a key move for Australian tech startups wanting to widen\u00a0their sales.<\/p>\n Beyond prettifying documents and making them easily readable on mobile or desktop, Qwilr also provides analytics to help customers learn more about who is reading their documents, and how they interact with them. The firm offers a limited free usage tier, but more sophisticated\u00a0paid customer plans<\/a>\u00a0start from $39 per month.<\/p>\n The company said its service has been used by more than 40,000 business from 80 countries, home hunting portal Zillow and real estate firm Colliers are two public customers.\u00a0Qwilr, which integrates with third-party services like Slack and Zapier, claims it has helped bring in over $250 million in quotes for those customers.<\/p>\n Point Nine co-founder and managing partner\u00a0Christoph Janz told TechCrunch that, while his firm is location-agnostic for deals, he\u2019s impressed with Australia\u2019s potential for startups.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0not a bad location to start, there are great engineers and talent, while the prices and competition for talent and expense level is not as crazy as, for example, San Francisco\u2019s\u00a0Bay Area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Janz said Point Nine isn\u2019t specifically making Australia a focus, but he expects that deal opportunities will\u00a0appear on its radar now that it has a local portfolio company and connections.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are just open to doing Saas deals anywhere in the world where we find the best startups,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/qwilr.jpg?w=680\")
Qwilr, an Australian startup\u00a0that helps companies turn boring PDFs and other static sales documents into attractive\u00a0websites, has grabbed\u00a0$1.5 million to develop its product and expand its global reach. Sydney-based\u00a0Qwilr raised $500,000 from\u00a0Sydney Seed Fund and Macdoch Ventures in 2015, but its new financing is provided by Germany’s Point Nine, a VC firm that specializes in… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/img><\/a>
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