Linear

A better way to build products.

About

Founded

2019

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Industry

Product Management Software

Company Description

At Linear, we are on a mission to bring magic back to software. To empower product teams to do their best work, we are building an issue tracking and project management tool that combines UI elegance with world-class performance.

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Funding

Total Raised

$52.2 million

Valuation

$400 million

Significant Investors

Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, Dylan Field, Accel, 01Advisors

Company Traction

Hundreds of startup product teams are customers of Linear, including Ramp, Cash App, Vercel, Retool, Loom, Descript, and Watershed.

In 2021, the Linear team shipped 39 changelog updates, 58 new features, and 740 fixes and improvements. Some highlights include integrations with Front, Intercom, and Zendesk; roadmap timeline, SOC 2 compliance, and split inbox.

In 2021, the Linear team documented 4,387 issues and completed 2,489. That’s an average of 7.17 issues completed per day.

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Leadership Team

Karri Saarinen: Co-Founder & CEO of Linear. Former Principal Designer at Airbnb.

Jori Lallo: Co-Founder of Linear. Former Software Engineer at Coinbase.

Tuomas Artman: Co-Founder of Linear. Former Senior Staff Engineer at Uber.

Nan Yu: Head of Product at Linear. Former VP of Product at Mode. ‍

Cristina Cordova: COO at Linear. Former Partner at First Round Capital.

Press

Twitter (May 23, 2023): Cristina Cordova, former Partner at First Round Capital, joins Linear as Chief Operating Officer

Linear Blog (December 17, 2021): Linear – 2021 Wrapped‍

VentureBeat (December 8, 2020): Linear raises $13 million to streamline software development projects