Refine
Refine helps organizations build better web applications, in less time, with fewer resources. It provides an AI-powered internal application builder and open-source React framework for building enterprise-grade internal tools, admin panels, dashboards, and B2B applications.
Founding Story
Shortly after its initial release in September 2021, Refine gained attraction of the open-source community and became increasingly popular among web application frameworks. With the aim of sustaining the growth and expanding the user base, the project was backed by prominent VCs and angel investors in May 2022.
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Leadership
Founders
Civan Özseyhan
Serial entrepreneur & Open-source enthusiast with 15+ years experience in building enterprise software. Co-founder & CEO at Refine.
Ömer Faruk Aplak
Co-founder & CTO at Refine. Started professional software career in high school and dropped out of university in first year. Passionate about developing open-source, building communities, and helping other developers.
Eren Erkalkan
Worked as Head of Product, founder and CEO in the fields of e-commerce and online dating for almost 15 years. Co-founder & Chief Product Officer at Refine.
Executive Team
Civan Özseyhan
Co-Founder / CEO
Serial entrepreneur & Open-source enthusiast with 15+ years experience in building enterprise software
Ömer Faruk Aplak
Co-Founder / CTO
Software developer who started professional career in high school, passionate about open-source and community building
Business Model
Revenue Model
Open-core business model with free open-source framework (Refine Core under MIT License) and commercial AI-powered product (Refine) for enterprise organizations. Developing cloud-based products and enterprise solutions with priority support, training, and consulting.
Pricing Tiers
Open-source Refine Core framework with MIT License
AI-powered Refine product with priority support, training, and consulting for large enterprise organizations
Target Markets
- Enterprise developers
- Software development teams
- React developers
- Larger organizations
- Companies building internal tools
- B2B SaaS companies
- Admin panels
- Dashboards
- Internal tools
- B2B applications
- CRM platforms
- CMS platforms
- Over 5,000 companies using Refine
- 20,000 monthly active developers
- More than 10,000 projects built in production
History & Milestones
Announced split into two products: Refine (AI-powered internal application builder) and Refine Core (open-source framework)
Released Refine v5 with React 19 support, TanStack Query v5, and clean consistent hook APIs
Closed $2.8M seed round with participation from Senovo, 500 Emerging Europe, Palmdrive Capital, 8vdx, STONKS, and angel investors
Released Refine v4 with 100% backward compatibility, enterprise-grade routing, and reduced bundle size
Accepted into Y Combinator accelerator program
1 AI Tool by Refine
Refine AI
8moWeb-based AI development workspace for internal tools, built on the Refine framework.
