The company behind Goodnotes
Goodnotes
Goodnotes is made by Goodnotes, a privately held company headquartered in London with offices in Hong Kong and Singapore. It earns money from paid plans for its note-taking apps, business subscriptions and a marketplace for digital stationery, and says it has over 25 million monthly active users.
goodnotes.comRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
Goodnotes at a glance
- Chief executive
- Steven Chan
- Founded
- 2011
- Based in
- Headquartered in London, remote-friendly, with offices in Hong Kong and Singapore
- Team
- 300 people
- Ownership
- Privately held
Goodnotes's CEO and founders
The people Goodnotes names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.
Goodnotes funding
Goodnotes says on its About page that it was bootstrapped and profitable from day one. TechCrunch reported in January 2024 that the company had taken a $6 million seed investment from Race Capital in 2020 and that founder Steven Chan said it had no plans to raise again. No month was given for the seed round. goodnotes.comtechcrunch.com
Company details
- Ownership
- Privately held. Its About page says Goodnotes began as a one-person project that was bootstrapped and profitable from day one, and TechCrunch reported a $6 million seed investment from Race Capital in 2020. goodnotes.com
- Founded
- 2011 goodnotes.com
- Based in
- Headquartered in London, remote-friendly, with offices in Hong Kong and Singapore goodnotes.com
- Team
- 300+ employees in 30+ countries, as its press page states goodnotes.com
- Hiring
- 4 open roles on its job board, read Oct 18, 2026 job-boards.greenhouse.io
Jobs at Goodnotes
Goodnotes has 4 open roles, most in Insights (2), Engineering (1) and Good Systems (1). Pick one to read it and apply on Goodnotes’ own site.
- Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Harness Quality and PerformanceApply
Engineering · London · posted Oct 6, 2026
- Senior Data Engineer (12-months Fixed-Term Contract – Renewable)Apply
Insights · Singapore · posted Oct 6, 2026
- Executive Director - AI ConsultancyApply
Good Systems · London · posted Oct 5, 2026
- Senior Data Scientist - Stealth AI (12-months Fixed-Term Contract – Renewable)Apply
Insights · London · posted Aug 20, 2026
Read from Goodnotes’ job board on Greenhouse on Oct 18, 2026 and checked every day. Applications go to Goodnotes, not to us.
Goodnotes on social media and the web
- X (Twitter)x.com/GoodnotesApp
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/goodnotes
- Instagraminstagram.com/goodnotes.app
- TikToktiktok.com/@goodnotes
- Facebookfacebook.com/goodnotesofficial
- Discorddiscord.gg/YrA3KrPtHw
Only accounts Goodnotes links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
How to contact Goodnotes
The ways Goodnotes publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.
Goodnotes news and launches
- Sep 23, 2025Goodnotes Becomes First to Bridge Digital Ink and Generative AI, Closing a Major Productivity Gap
- Jan 24, 2025Hello Kitty and Friends Join the Goodnotes Marketplace in Digital Stationery Collection
- Sep 3, 2024Goodnotes Tours 50 American Colleges to Introduce Students to AI-Enhanced Note-taking & Learning
- May 15, 2024Goodnotes launches new features for Apple Pencil Pro, including Palette and Dynamic Ink
Media kit
The Goodnotes media kit
Everything on this page as a designed PDF to keep or pass on: the facts, the people, the funding with a chart of every round, the products with their grades and pictures, the news and every official channel. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Goodnotes.
Questions about Goodnotes the company
Who is the CEO of Goodnotes?
Steven Chan is Goodnotes's founder & CEO, according to goodnotes.com, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Who founded Goodnotes?
Steven Chan is named as a founder of Goodnotes, which was founded in 2011.
How much funding has Goodnotes raised?
Goodnotes says on its About page that it was bootstrapped and profitable from day one. TechCrunch reported in January 2024 that the company had taken a $6 million seed investment from Race Capital in 2020 and that founder Steven Chan said it had no plans to raise again. No month was given for the seed round.
What is Goodnotes's valuation?
No valuation was found in Goodnotes's announcements or in news reports, as read on Oct 18, 2026. Private companies usually do not publish one.
Who owns Goodnotes?
Privately held. Its About page says Goodnotes began as a one-person project that was bootstrapped and profitable from day one, and TechCrunch reported a $6 million seed investment from Race Capital in 2020.
Where is Goodnotes based?
Goodnotes gives its base as Headquartered in London, remote-friendly, with offices in Hong Kong and Singapore.
How many people work at Goodnotes?
300+ employees in 30+ countries, as its press page states.
Is Goodnotes hiring?
Yes. Goodnotes’ job board listed 4 open roles on Oct 18, 2026, most in Insights (2), Engineering (1) and Good Systems (1). You apply on its own site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/goodnotes
Is Goodnotes on social media?
Goodnotes links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and Discord. The links are on this page, taken from Goodnotes's own site.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from Goodnotes’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.