ablefy
Ablefy sells software for entrepreneurs to create and sell online courses, apps and membership sites. The Berlin-based company has 129 employees and raised $38M in a Series A round in 2021.
The growth story
ablefy grew from 138 to 129 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $38M along the way, most recently a Series A in August 2021.
About
Ablefy provides tools for entrepreneurs to build and monetize digital content, including online courses, apps and membership sites. Its platform targets creators looking to package and sell their expertise or services online.
The company raised $38M in its Series A round in 2021, led by Avid Ventures, Partech and Target Global. It employs 129 people, with engineering making up its largest department at 38 staff.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Ablefy's largest function with 38 staff, suggesting a product-focused organization. The company has a median tenure of 2 years, indicating moderate turnover.
The ablefy org chart
Oezkan Akkilic (Founder, CEO) leads 50 mapped leaders with 3 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 41 (+32% YoY), Information Technology 15 (-17% YoY), Customer Success and Support 13 (+30% YoY), Sales 11 (-8% YoY), Business Development 7 (0% YoY), Operations 6 (+20% YoY).
Talent flow
Ablefy recruits heavily from IT services firms like SoftServe, EPAM and CyberCraft, as well as fintechs like PayPal and smava. Alumni frequently move to IT consultancies Avenga and Binariks, HR tech firm Personio, and interim staffing platform simplescaling.
Most common previous employers of ablefy staff: SoftServe (6), smava (4), CyberCraft (3), PayPal (3), EPAM (3), TemplateMonster.com (3). Former ablefy employees most often moved to Avenga (3), Binariks (3), Personio (3), NDA (2), PlentyONE (2), simplescaling - Interim Growth & Sales-Driven (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The ablefy mafia
Ablefy alumni have founded at least 8 companies, including KIOSK (50 staff), FM Growth (10 staff) and Lovelifepassport (9 staff). Several startups like UMA Hub and simplescaling remain small with 2 employees each.
9Maximilian Karpf, was VP Sales until 2021Alexander Westhuis, was Head of Account Development until 2020Burak Eres, was Senior Business Program Manager until 2022Oliver Hilger, was Director of Product Management until 2023
Tolga Önal, was Co-Founder & Managing Director until 2024
Philipp Käming, was Business Development until 2022
Farouk Sellami, was Senior Data Analyst until 2023Web traffic
Traffic mix: 36% direct, 48% search, 2% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at ablefy: JavaScript (33), Git (33), HTML (32), Communication (31), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (29), Project Management (28), Teamwork (27), Management (25).
Where the team actually sits
ablefy people are concentrated in Berlin, Germany (60), Lviv, Ukraine (13), Ukraine (11), Berlin Metropolitan Area (9).
Search footprint
ablefy attracts about 57 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $2K a month if bought through ads. It gained 34 ranking keywords and lost 27 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.20 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.10 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.80 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.30 / 5
Frequently asked
ablefy has 129 employees as of September 2026.
ablefy has raised $38M in total, most recently a Series A round in August 2021.
ablefy was founded in 2015 by Oezkan Akkilic.
Oezkan Akkilic (Founder, CEO) sits at the top of ablefy's reporting structure, with 3 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current ablefy staff are SoftServe (6 people), smava (4 people), CyberCraft (3 people).
Former ablefy employees most often move to Avenga (3), Binariks (3), Personio (3).
At least 8 companies have a founder who previously worked at ablefy, including KIOSK, FM Growth, Lovelifepassport.
ablefy attracts about 57 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $2K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among ablefy staff are JavaScript, Git, HTML, Communication, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
ablefy staff are concentrated in Berlin, Germany (60), Lviv, Ukraine (13), Ukraine (11).
ablefy has about 41 people in Engineering, up 32% over the past year, as of September 2026.
ablefy has about 15 people in Information Technology, down 17% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 118 current and 237 former ablefy profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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