2021 ends on a high note for the Nocode universe, which closed the year having raised $4.7 billion, half of which was raised in the last 3 months of the year. This means that 93 funds were raised by Nocode players, with Airtable breaking all records with a total amount raised of 1 billion dollars. 

Some figures: 

Webflow : more than 480k websites created in 2021 

Bubble.io : 49,1% more users in one year 

• The note-taking app has grown from 1 millionusers in September 2019, to 4 million in April 2020 (source Wikipedia). And that's not all, as it passed 20 millionusers in October 2021 (source Forbes) = X5 users in 1 year 
• Bubble, a visual programming tool for creating web and mobile applications, raised its second round of funding in July for $100m. 
• In December, Airtable saw its valuation double (to $11.7m) thanks to a total of $1bn raised in two rounds this year. 

Record $2.4 billion raised in last quarter 

The biggest lifts in 2021 

T1 2021

• Calendly, appointment scheduling software, with a $350 million round of financing - Squarespace, website creation platform, with a $300 million round of financing - Airtable, the application that wants to democratize the database for everyone, with a $270 million round of financing 

T2 2021

• Figma, collaborative GUI tool, with $200m 
• Ada, chatbot tool, with $130M 
• Bryter, automation platform, with $66M 

T3 2021

• Postman takes the cake with a $250 million Series D funding round and a recent valuation of $5.6 billion.  
• Bubble is a visual programming tool to create web and mobile applications for entrepreneurs. This American startup, co-founded by a Frenchman, has made its second

Nocode Baroscope: 4.7 billion raised in 2021 worldwide 

1 fundraising in July 2021. The last round of $6.25 million was in 2019.  

- Tulip interfaces, a tool to help frontline industries move their operations to the cloud, raised $100 million in Series C funding in August. 

T3 2021

- Airtable Valuation to Double to $11.7 Billion in New Funding, $735M Raised. - Formstack raises $425M for a no-code platform that helps businesses automate their customer and internal workflows. 

- ClickUp: the digital workplace raises $400 million and arrives in France.

Among the 93 Nocode players who raised funds in 2021, here are the names to remember: in January, the appointment scheduling software Calendly raised $350M in March, Squarespace, a website creation platform, raised $300M in June, the collaborative GUI tool FIGMA raised $200M.

In May, it was the turn of Ada, a chatbot tool, with $130M raised .

Bubble, a visual programming tool for creating web and mobile applications, raised its second round of funding in July for $100m. 

Postman in turn raised $250 million (Series D) in August and reached a valuation of $5.6 billion.

Nocode Baroscope: 4.7 billion raised in 2021 worldwide.

In the same month, Tulip interfaces, a tool to help frontline industries move their operations to the cloud, raised $100m in Series C.

In October, ClickUp, a new generation digital workplace, raised 400 million dollars and arrived in France.

In December, Airtable saw its valuation double (to $11.7m) thanks to a total of $1bn raised in two rounds this year. 

The United States takes over and quadruples its Nocode investments 

In our first baroscope of the year, we recalled that the amount invested in the United States, the pioneer of investments in this new technology, was 114 million dollars in 2014, 529 million in 2019... and 4 billion in 2021. The movement is now spreading and French, German, British and Canadian investors are getting into the game.

Seed series and series A are on the rise

Automation, data and visual programming tools stand out 

Baroscope produced in partnership with Eldorado, a startup financing platform.