Contentful news

January 2018

18 Jan

News coverage: Don’t call Contentful’s content infrastructure a ‘CMS’

Source: The New Stack

December 2017

04 Dec

Contentful raises $28m from General Catalyst to fuel the adoption of its content infrastructure, and help digital teams ship content faster

General Catalyst leads Series C to fuel Contentful’s mission to help digital teams ship and iterate content faster, across all of their websites, apps, and devices

November 2017

14 Nov

Contentful Named One of Top 100 Startups by The Hundert Magazine

Contentful, the leading cloud-native content infrastructure company, has been named one of the top 100 best Berlin startups by the 2017 edition of The Hundert. The nomination list included 250 of Berlin’s most promising startups, and Contentful was selected by the jury to be part of the top 100 shortlist. The jury this year included Mike Butcher of TechCrunch, Pawel Chudzinski of Point Nine Capital, Sonali De Rycker of Accel, to name a few.

May 2017

09 May

Contentful Appoints Ed Medak as Vice President of Sales

Contentful is pleased to announce that Ed Medak is joining the team as the Vice President of Sales. Medak will be responsible for the leadership of the Contentful sales team, developing new business opportunities, and creating personalized solutions to serve the needs of enterprise customers.

March 2017

31 Mar

Contentful Status Page has Moved

In the aftermath of the the Amazon S3 disruption, our infrastructure team has considered and implemented a number of further changes designed to increase the resilience of our services. Among other precautionary measures, we are moving our Status Page, which is currently served from the same *.contentful.com domain as our main platform, to a standalone domain www.contentfulstatus.com

September 2016

20 Sep

Contentful is Named a Rising Star to First-Ever FORBES 2016 WORLD’S BEST 100 CLOUD COMPANIES List

Contentful, the API-driven content management developer platform, is named a Rising Star leading the Content Management System (CMS) category in the cloud sector, as part of the first-ever Forbes 2016 Cloud 100, the definitive list of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world. The Forbes 2016 Cloud 100: Rising Stars are recognized as the innovative and promising young companies in each of their respective categories. To view the list, please visit www.forbes.com/cloud100. The list wil...

May 2016

26 May

Contentful Secures $13M for API-Driven Content Management Platform

Contentful, the API-driven content management developer platform, today announced it has secured $13 million in Series B financing. Led by Benchmark Capital, with participation from Trinity Ventures as well as existing investors Balderton Capital and Point Nine Capital, the round puts the total amount raised to date at $16.8 million.

March 2016

30 Mar

Two Headless CMS - Head to Head

10 Mar

Open Source is losing, SaaS is leading, APIs will win…

February 2016

10 Feb

Contentful appoints Anton Marinovich as Head of Sales

Contentful, the API-driven Content-as-a-service (CaaS) platform appoints Anton Marinovich as its Head of Sales. Marinovich joins Contentful with more than 10 years of experience in sales and client services. He was most recently a Director at Aon in London, but has had sales leadership roles in Silicon Valley with companies like Meltwater and Equilar.

04 Feb

The Content API Gold Rush

Source: Symfony Finland

03 Feb

Facebook never wanted to host your app: The real reasons it shut down Parse

Source: VentureBeat

December 2015

23 Dec

Alles aus einer Hand

Source: Gruenderszene

November 2015

11 Nov

Contentful appoints Peter Sunna as Head of Product

Contentful, the API-centric content management system (CMS) appoints Peter Sunna as Head of Product. Having more than 10 years of experience in the industry, Sunna will set and refine the direction of the product as part of the product roadmap, with the immediate aim of developing new enterprise features and having a leaner onboarding experience.

October 2015

09 Oct

The Brave New World of Static Sites

August 2015

28 Aug

Contentful erhält 1,3 Mio. € Fördermittel aus dem Pro FIT-Programm der IBB

Contentful, der Berliner Anbieter eines API-basierten Content Management Systems, hat eine umfassende Förderung im Rahmen des Pro FIT-Programms der Investitionsbank Berlin erhalten. Die Fördersumme von insgesamt 1,32 Mio Euro setzt sich aus 390.000 Euro Zuschüssen und 930.000 Euro zinsbegünstigtem Darlehen zusammen, mit denen innovative Produktentwicklungen und deren Markteinführung finanziert werden.

December 2014

11 Dec

Contentful and Ooyala ease video publishing workflows for web and mobile apps across all screens; Playboy first to utilize combined offering

With video consumption on tablets and mobile phones growing exponentially, media companies need a way to deliver optimized videos to these devices, while capitalizing on the opportunity for ad revenue and other forms of monetization. Contentful, the cross-platform content management system (CMS) provider, today announced an integration with Ooyala’s platform for premium video publishing, analytics and monetization. This means that Ooyala customers can now easily tap into Contentful’s content ...

September 2014

03 Sep

Contentful veröffentlicht Entwickler-Tools und verändert, wie mobile Inhalte verwaltet werden

Contentful, die API-basierte Content-Management-Plattform, veröffentlicht heute SDKs für Android und iOS, um die Verwaltung von mobilen Inhalten einfacher und schneller zu machen. Entwickler können Contentful jetzt in nur wenigen Stunden in ihre Mobil-Apps einbauen und Redakteure Inhalte in den Apps veröffentlichen lassen. Da Contentful einen modularen Ansatz für Inhalte wählt und Inhalt komplett von der Präsentationsebene trennt, können Inhalte mit einmaligem Verwaltungsaufwand auf sämtlich...

Contentful Introduces Mobile Content Development Tools that Change the Way Content is managed.

Contentful, the API-driven content management platform, is releasing softwaredevelopment kits (SDKs) for both Android and iOS today to make managing mobile content simpler and faster. Developers can plug Contentful into their mobile app within a few hours and their editors can start publishing content into the app. Contentful’s modular approach to content completely separates content from the presentation layer, content is managed just once and updated across any platform or device. “We see...

May 2014

13 May

Contentful Introduces API-First Content Management Platform

Contentful, an API-first content management platform, is available to the public today. Contentful makes it easy to create and manage content in the cloud - and publish it everywhere: web, smartphones, tablets, signage, and whatever might come next. Contentful provides a web-based authoring interface that lets non-technical editors work with content after configuring a content model. Designers independently craft the interface for end-users, while the powerful APIs give developers a simple...

June 2013

26 Jun

Content Management Platform Contentful Launches Beta After Closing Funding from Balderton Capital and Point Nine Capital

Contentful, a new content management platform for web and mobile applications, is launching its beta program today after securing seed funding from Balderton Capital and Point Nine Capital as well as assembling an expert Advisory Board. With its API-first approach to content management, Contentful is the first cloud-based service to allow content to be distributed across any device, application, or platform, with one single input. Until now, content management systems have been developed...

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Contentful, the global leader in headless content management, powers digital experiences for 28% of the Fortune 500 and thousands of leading global brands. It enables enterprises to deliver omnichannel digital experiences with greater speed and scale than with a traditional CMS. Contentful unifies content in a single hub, structures it for use in any digital channel, and integrates seamlessly with other tools through open APIs. Companies such as Spotify, Urban Outfitters, Jack in the Box, The British Museum, Xoom, Lenovo, Brandless and many others rely on Contentful’s content platform. For more information, visit https://www.contentful.com/.