QUEUING UP.

• Author: Bollinger, Luke
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It might be nice if everyone knew how to write code, but that isn't going to happen. Paul Berg knows that, so he teamed with Nate Frechette in 2014 to start a company that allows users to create applications for mobile devices without ever writing a line of code. Raleigh-based Queue Software has raised nearly $11 million, including $4.75 million from 25 individual investors in September. The company, which had 16 employees in early November, is adding four more to help develop the platform.

The goal of Dropsource, the brand name for the company, is to create a product for people who are not necessarily proficient in mobile development. Berg, who majored in information management and technology at Syracuse University, includes himself in that group. Most app design platforms either require some knowledge of writing code or are too simplistic to create highly functional apps, he says.

Berg and Frechette started the business after graduating from college. Dropsource initially targeted college students needing to create original apps for class projects or startups. The focus has since switched to selling to businesses that want to expand their mobile offerings with more complex apps.

Ben Saren, who had worked at Boston-based payments software provider Cayan as senior vice president of marketing, became CEO last year. Berg and Frechette are chief product officer and chief technology officer...