Ask HN: Why are there over a dozen recent no code Excel spreadsheet startups?

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3 years ago

I recently noticed this mostly from reading TechCrunch and talking to a friend. Once I noticed 2 or 3 and actively started searching them out, I noticed a lot more.

To give you an idea, here are all I've found. I'm sure there are other ones out there. I've also seen many on IndieHackers, but these are all the ones that have raised VC capital:

Rows.com

Clay.com

Spreadsheet.com

GetGrist.com

Nobodb.com

Retool.com

Equals.app

Coefficient.io

ActionDesk.io

Parabola.io

Rowy.io

They all seem to have been formed in the past 3 years, have raised funding in the $10 million range and all seem to do the same exact same things in slightly different ways. Basically import in data from various Databases and other sources like Twitter and Instagram and do excel operations on the data as well as some other additional functionalities they've added and generate charts. I'm not even sure if this is solving a real problem. Does anyone here have experience with this space or know more details about it or have used any of these SaaS products?

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