Jigx, a Seattle-area cellular software program growth firm based in 2020, simply landed new funding from former Nike COO Erik Sprunk, who has joined the board of administrators.
The startup has raised $9 million so far from buyers together with Seattle-area enterprise capital agency Fuse.
Jigx goals to assist corporations velocity up growth and save prices when constructing their cellular apps for iOS and Android.
The 26-person firm is led by co-founder Adriaan Van Wyk, the previous CEO and founding father of course of software developer K2 Software program, which was acquired by Nintex in 2020. He began Jigx with Grant Dickinson, a former colleague at K2 who beforehand spent a decade at Microsoft.
“It permits answer corporations to construct a brand new technology of productiveness apps for his or her clients enabling business-to-business, business-to-customer (not shopper) and business-to-employee options,” Van Wyck mentioned of Jigx’s product.
Jigx clients embody Motul, which makes high-performance lubricants for the motorsports trade and makes use of apps for its community of resellers, and aeromedical firm Life Flight Australia, which makes use of apps for to assist helicopter pilots plan and function missions.
Sprunk, who retired from Nike in 2020 after 27 years on the retail big, additionally sits on the boards of Normal Mills and Windfall, and is a enterprise accomplice at Fuse.