The company behind Close
Close
Close is made by Elastic Inc, which trades as Close and grew out of ElasticSales, an outsourced sales team its founders ran after Y Combinator. It earns money from subscriptions to the CRM and describes itself as bootstrapped, profitable and customer-funded.
Read on Oct 7, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
Close at a glance
- Chief executive
- Steli Efti
- Founded
- 2013
- Based in
- Austin, Texas, with a 100% remote team
- Team
- 120 people
- Ownership
- Privately held
Close's CEO and founders
The people Close names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there.
Close funding
Bootstrapped: its job postings say it is bootstrapped and profitable, and its About page calls it profitable and customer-funded. The same page says its founders went through Y Combinator before starting it. jobs.ashbyhq.comclose.com
Company details
- Ownership
- Privately held and run by its founders: its About page calls it profitable and customer-funded, and its job postings call it bootstrapped. Its pages name no parent company. close.com
- Founded
- 2013 close.com
- Based in
- Austin, Texas, with a 100% remote team close.com
- Team
- 120 employees, according to its About page close.com
- Hiring
- 6 open roles, all remote and limited to the USA: 5 in engineering and 1 in data jobs.ashbyhq.com
- Partner program
- One partner program for agencies, consultants, affiliates, technology companies and investors: 30% commission on a referred customer's first-year subscription revenue, tracked by referral link. It says lifetime earnings are available. close.com
Close on social media and the web
- Blog · close.com
- Changelog · close.com
- Status page · status.close.com
- Careers · close.com
Only accounts Close links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
Close news and launches
- Oct 6, 2026New Schedule Meeting skill for Voice Agents
- Oct 6, 2026Template Creation from Email/SMS
- Sep 22, 2026Ask Chloe a question from the command palette
- Sep 21, 2026Improved navigation
Questions about Close the company
Who is the CEO of Close?
Steli Efti is Close's CEO & Co-Founder, according to close.com, as read on Oct 7, 2026.
Who founded Close?
Steli Efti, Anthony Nemitz and Tom Steinacher are named as founders of Close, which was founded in 2013.
How much funding has Close raised?
Bootstrapped: its job postings say it is bootstrapped and profitable, and its About page calls it profitable and customer-funded. The same page says its founders went through Y Combinator before starting it.
What is Close's valuation?
No valuation was found in Close's announcements or in news reports, as read on Oct 7, 2026. Private companies usually do not publish one.
Who owns Close?
Privately held and run by its founders: its About page calls it profitable and customer-funded, and its job postings call it bootstrapped. Its pages name no parent company.
Where is Close based?
Close gives its base as Austin, Texas, with a 100% remote team.
How many people work at Close?
120 employees, according to its About page.
Is Close hiring?
6 open roles, all remote and limited to the USA: 5 in engineering and 1 in data.
Is Close on social media?
Close links to its own accounts on YouTube. The links are on this page, taken from Close's own site.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 7, 2026. Facts come from Close’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.