Skåne based startup Squidler has secured € 500.000 (6 million SEK) in angel funding to transform website quality assurance through its fully autonomous testing platform. The investment, backed by entrepreneurs like Filip Lilja (Einride) and Johan Billgren (InRiver), will help accelerate product development and market expansion.
Squidler’s platform offers businesses effortless website testing by simply providing a URL. Using AI-powered smart agents, Squidler tests for functionality, accessibility, and usability, generating screen recordings of any issues found.
“Today, more and more online experiences are being created and generated with services and AI. Despite this, testing is still manual, either through exploratory point-and-click or by writing code that verifies code. Almost 30% of all IT budgets are spent on testing in some form. Squidler provides an exploratory testing baseline for everyone. Imagine having a person on your team who opens up your website, checks all the copy they see, reacts to bugs, crashes and usability issues, points out all the things that are not in line with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and more… This is Squidler.”
says CEO Mattias Ask
Mattias emphasized that the technology makes quality assurance scalable and accessible to all businesses, democratizing website testing.
The platform also ensures compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), helping businesses meet standards such as the European Accessibility Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
“I believe Squidler represents a significant opportunity to make a profound and positive impact on the software industry. It represents a pivotal shift from automated to truly autonomous testing. This level of autonomy and intelligence offers businesses unparalleled efficiency and coverage that I have never come across previously. The future of web testing is here, and Squidler is making quality assurance both scalable and smarter. It’s a win-win, offering substantial benefits for companies, their customers and the end users,”
says investor Johan Billgren
Squidler plans to use the funding to introduce a free plan, making the service accessible to even more organizations.
