Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » Columbus Venture Capital http://pulse2.com Sat, 26 May 2012 21:27:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 South African Web Site Creation Company, Synthasite Raises $5 Million http://pulse2.com/2007/11/21/south-african-web-site-creation-company-synthasite-raises-5-million/ http://pulse2.com/2007/11/21/south-african-web-site-creation-company-synthasite-raises-5-million/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:06:28 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/2007/11/21/south-african-web-site-creation-company-synthasite-raises-5-million/ Continue reading →]]> Synthasite LogoSwitzerland-based Columbus Venture Capital has taken $5 million and invested it into a South Africa-based web creation company called SynthaSite. SynthaSite works very similarly to Weebly.

The idea behind SynthaSite is to allow users to build websites in minutes without a programming background and includes free hosting and a free domain name.

SynthaSite uses AJAX to utilize dragging+dropping capabilities. There is a two-pane view on SynthaSite, one side that displays the workspace and the other to support the tools needed for building a website.

SynthaSite will soon introduce an API that will give a chance for developers to create mash-ups and widgets. The company plans to move to Silicon Valley, Calif. eventually. This is SynthaSite’s first round of funding aside from seed investors.

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