The company behind Granola
Granola
Granola is made by Granola, Inc., a venture-backed company based in London with an office in San Francisco. It earns money from subscriptions to the Business and Enterprise plans of its AI meeting notepad, which also has a free plan.
granola.aiRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
Granola at a glance
- Chief executive
- Chris Pedregal
- Founded
- 2023
- Based in
- London, with an office in San Francisco
- Raised in total
- $192 million
- Last valuation
- $1.5 billion
- Reported Mar 25, 2026
- Latest round
- Series C, $125 million
- Mar 25, 2026
- Ownership
- Privately held
Granola's CEO and founders
The people Granola names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.
Granola funding
Raised a $125 million Series C at a $1.5 billion valuation in March 2026, led by Index Ventures with Kleiner Perkins taking part, according to its own announcement. Earlier: a $43 million Series B led by NFDG in May 2025 and a $20 million Series A led by Spark Capital in October 2024. The Next Web put the total at $192 million. granola.aigranola.aigranola.aithenextweb.com
| When | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2026 | Series C | $125 million | Led by Index Ventures. With Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed, Spark Capital, NFDG. granola.ai |
| May 14, 2025 | Series B | $43 million | Led by NFDG. With Lightspeed, Spark Capital, Guillermo Rauch, Amjad Masad, Tobi Lutke, Karri Saarinen, Lenny Rachitsky, Des Traynor, Karim Atiyeh, Zach Lloyd, Charlie Songhurst, Noah Weiss, Romain Huet, Nilan Peiris, Laura Modiano. granola.ai |
| Oct 23, 2024 | Series A | $20 million | Led by Spark Capital. With AI Grant, Lightspeed, Betaworks, Firstminute Capital. granola.ai |
| May 2023 | Seed | $4.25 million | With Lightspeed, Betaworks. thenextweb.com |
Every investor named
- Spark Capital · led a round
- NFDG · led a round
- Index Ventures · led a round
- Lightspeed
- Betaworks
- AI Grant
- Amjad Masad
- Charlie Songhurst
- Des Traynor
- Firstminute Capital
- Guillermo Rauch
- Karim Atiyeh
- Karri Saarinen
- Kleiner Perkins
- Laura Modiano
- Lenny Rachitsky
- Nilan Peiris
- Noah Weiss
- Romain Huet
- Tobi Lutke
- Zach Lloyd
Granola valuation
$1.5 billion
Mar 25, 2026
Announced by Granola itself with its $125 million Series C in March 2026; The Next Web reported a $250 million valuation at the Series B in May 2025. granola.ai
A private company’s valuation is set when it raises money and is rarely updated in public. It is not a share price.
Company details
- Ownership
- Privately held and venture-backed: its own funding announcements name Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed, Spark and NFDG as investors, and its pages name no parent company. granola.ai
- Founded
- 2023 thenextweb.com
- Based in
- London, with an office in San Francisco granola.ai
- Hiring
- 21 open roles: 9 in engineering, 7 in sales and customer success, 2 in operations, and 1 each in design, marketing and tech operations, in London and San Francisco granola.ai
- Affiliate program
- $20 for every referred user who completes a valid meeting, and the referred user gets the first month of a paid plan free. Run through Dub; applications are reviewed. partners.dub.co
Granola on social media and the web
- X (Twitter)twitter.com/meetgranola
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/meetgranola
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@meetgranola
- Blog · granola.ai
- Changelog · granola.ai
- Status page · status.granola.ai
- Careers · granola.ai
Only accounts Granola links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
How to contact Granola
The ways Granola publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.
Granola news and launches
- Sep 2, 2026More languages are here!
- Jul 28, 2026Granola for Apple Watch
- Jul 1, 2026Granola for Android is here!
- May 20, 2026New: Briefs prepare you for your next meeting as you join
Media kit
The Granola 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 Granola.
Questions about Granola the company
Who is the CEO of Granola?
Chris Pedregal is Granola's co-founder and CEO, according to granola.ai, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Who founded Granola?
Chris Pedregal and Sam Stephenson are named as founders of Granola, which was founded in 2023.
How much funding has Granola raised?
Granola's maker has raised $192 million in total. Raised a $125 million Series C at a $1.5 billion valuation in March 2026, led by Index Ventures with Kleiner Perkins taking part, according to its own announcement. Earlier: a $43 million Series B led by NFDG in May 2025 and a $20 million Series A led by Spark Capital in October 2024. The Next Web put the total at $192 million.
Who are Granola's investors?
The announcements name Spark Capital, NFDG, Index Ventures, Lightspeed, Betaworks, AI Grant, Amjad Masad, Charlie Songhurst, Des Traynor, Firstminute Capital, Guillermo Rauch and Karim Atiyeh, and 9 more. Spark Capital, NFDG and Index Ventures led rounds.
When did Granola last raise money?
The most recent round announced was in Mar 25, 2026: Series C, $125 million, led by Index Ventures.
What is Granola's valuation?
$1.5 billion, as of Mar 25, 2026. Announced by Granola itself with its $125 million Series C in March 2026; The Next Web reported a $250 million valuation at the Series B in May 2025.
Who owns Granola?
Privately held and venture-backed: its own funding announcements name Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed, Spark and NFDG as investors, and its pages name no parent company.
Where is Granola based?
Granola gives its base as London, with an office in San Francisco.
Is Granola hiring?
21 open roles: 9 in engineering, 7 in sales and customer success, 2 in operations, and 1 each in design, marketing and tech operations, in London and San Francisco.
Is Granola on social media?
Granola links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn and YouTube. The links are on this page, taken from Granola's own site.
Does Granola have an affiliate program?
$20 for every referred user who completes a valid meeting, and the referred user gets the first month of a paid plan free. Run through Dub; applications are reviewed.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from Granola’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.