What a year 2021 has been for us. A little over 12 months ago, Weld had just officially been registered as a business, our team comprised a grand total of two people, and the first lines of code were being written.

Fast forward to today and the picture has totally changed. Our team has grown, we raised our seed round, onboarded our first customers, arranged our first company off-sites, and made significant improvements to our product. Needless to say, we have a lot to celebrate.

Here are our top highlights for 2021.

1. Our team grew from 2 to 30 people

We grew a lot in 2021 – and much faster than many of us could have predicted. We welcomed 28 new joiners to help us build the next-gen data platform. From marketers to data analysts, engineers, designers, salespeople, and more, every area of the company grew.

Weld Team

And we’re not slowing down hiring anytime soon – so while you’re here, why not have a look at our careers page? There’s something for everyone.

2. And we hired people (from) all over the world! 🌎

When we started Weld, we knew we needed a global perspective when it comes to talent. That’s why we’re very remote-friendly and aim to hire the best people, irrespective of where they live.

Our first two hires were remote: one in Canada and one in Germany. Today, around 30% of our employees work remotely. We have Welders in Denmark, Canada, Germany, Spain, the UK, Ukraine, and Poland.

We’re also proud to have a diverse team. Today, Welders represent 13 different nationalities.

Weld Countries

3. We opened our first office in Copenhagen

For those who live in Copenhagen, you now get to work from our swanky new HQ. It’s located in the heart of the city—a stone’s throw away from the beautiful Frederiksholms canal.

4. We raised one of the biggest seed rounds in Denmark, ever

In November, we announced our $4.6m seed round, led by Frontline Ventures and Cherry Ventures. This made it one of the biggest seed rounds in Denmark’s history. The story made the news in Denmark and abroad.

This money has helped us grow the team and expand our offerings in 2021 and will continue to do so in 2022 – along with enabling our expansion to the US and UK.

Weld headlines

5. We got our first customers to test the product

As we mentioned earlier – Weld was nothing but an idea at the start of 2021. Over the course of the spring, we “launched” V1 of our product and onboarded our first customers to set up their integrations and reverse-ETL syncs.

6. And we added a ton of new features

During fall and winter 2021, our product improved substantially.

It went from supporting a dozen integrations to over 50. On top of that, Weld now supports bi-directional syncs, meaning you can move data from your apps to your data warehouse (ETL) and from your warehouse back to your apps (reverse-ETL). We’ve also added a data modelling function and a metrics store feature.

Features

7. Our customers synced over 20B rows of data

Speaking of moving data, our customers did that on the Weld platform. They did that a lot—over 20 billion rows of data were synced through Weld.

8. We went from 0 to 40 customers

In 2021, we had the pleasure of onboarding our first customer—and 39 more. We’re grateful for the support and trust, and even more excited that our product is helping these companies get their data in check and make full use of it.

9. And some of them said nice things about us

We filmed customer cases with Contractbook, Juni, and Son of a Tailor. Have a watch to see how Weld transformed the way these companies work with data in 2021!

10. We started our blog – and wrote (a lot) about data

At the beginning of 2021, the very thing you’re reading this on didn’t exist. We launched our blog in the summer, and since then we have written 27 articles—mostly sharing our thoughts, tools, and tips on data.

Some of our favourite posts include:

11. We also published 3 eBooks

Our writing didn’t stop with the blog. We also decided to spread our knowledge through other formats by publishing 3 eBooks, all centered on better data management and best practices. Have a look and drop your email to get a copy in your inbox:

New eBooks

12. Everyone got together at Team Camps in Spain and Denmark!

With our team spread out around the world, it’s important to meet in person a few times a year. We call these get-togethers “Team Camps.”

We organized our first two: one in the south of Spain in September, and another in Copenhagen in December. Many of us met in person for the first time, and we had an amazing time.

Team Camps

Here’s to 2022

Weld is only 1 year old, but it’s impressive (and humbling) to look back at how far we’ve come since January of 2021.

Thanks to our customers, partners, investors, team members, and friends for the continued support—we couldn’t have achieved all this without you.

The good news? There’s so much more to come in 2022—we can’t wait to share what we’ve got cooking.

Here’s to 2022! 🚀