The company behind Grasshopper
GoTo
Grasshopper, a virtual phone service for small businesses in the US and Canada, belongs to GoTo, the Boston company formerly called LogMeIn that also sells GoTo Connect and LogMeIn Resolve. It earns money from monthly subscriptions. Grasshopper itself began in 2003 as GotVMail, founded by Siamak Taghaddos and David Hauser.
grasshopper.comRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
Grasshopper at a glance
- Chief executive
- Rich Veldran
- Founded
- 2003
- Based in
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Last valuation
- $4.3 billion
- Reported Aug 31, 2020
- Latest round
- Debt, $100 million
- Feb 5, 2024
- Ownership
- Privately held
Grasshopper's CEO and founders
The people GoTo names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.
Grasshopper funding
GoTo is owned by private equity rather than funded in rounds: Francisco Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital bought it, as LogMeIn, in 2020. In February 2024 GoTo said certain lenders invested $100 million when it closed a debt exchange, with no change to its equity ownership. sec.govgoto.com
| When | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2024 | Debt | $100 million | Not named. goto.com |
Grasshopper valuation
$4.3 billion
Aug 31, 2020
LogMeIn, now GoTo, announced this aggregate equity valuation when its sale to Francisco Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital closed. It values the whole company, not Grasshopper alone. sec.gov
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. Grasshopper's About page says it was acquired by GoTo. GoTo (then LogMeIn) has been privately held since affiliates of Francisco Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital, Elliott's private equity affiliate, completed their purchase of it in August 2020, per its SEC filing. sec.gov
- Founded
- 2003 sec.gov
- Based in
- Boston, Massachusetts goto.com
- Hiring
- 12 open roles across the whole of GoTo: 4 in marketing, 3 in engineering, 2 in customer care, and 1 each in product, corporate development and sales goto.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
- Affiliate program
- Pays as much as $150 per order, on 60-day payment terms, with quarterly promotions. Sign-up runs through impact.com. grasshopper.com
- Referral program
- A customer who refers someone gets a $40 account credit and the new customer a $15 credit, once the new customer has stayed for at least 2 months. There is no limit on the number of referrals. grasshopper.com
Grasshopper on social media and the web
- X (Twitter)x.com/grasshopper
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/showcase/grasshopper
- YouTubeyoutube.com/user/GetGrasshopper
- Instagraminstagram.com/getgrasshopper
- Facebookfacebook.com/grasshopper
Only accounts GoTo links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
How to contact GoTo
The ways GoTo publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.
Grasshopper news and launches
- Jun 9, 2026iOS Mobile app v7.5.7
- Jun 8, 2026Android Mobile app v7.6.0
- May 6, 2026New Grasshopper Features for Spring 2026
- Oct 20, 2025Grasshopper Fall Release: Business Calls on Your Terms
Media kit
The GoTo 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 GoTo.
Questions about Grasshopper the company
Who is the CEO of Grasshopper?
Rich Veldran is GoTo's chief Executive Officer, GoTo, according to goto.com, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Who founded Grasshopper?
Siamak Taghaddos and David Hauser are named as founders of GoTo, which was founded in 2003.
How much funding has Grasshopper raised?
GoTo is owned by private equity rather than funded in rounds: Francisco Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital bought it, as LogMeIn, in 2020. In February 2024 GoTo said certain lenders invested $100 million when it closed a debt exchange, with no change to its equity ownership.
When did Grasshopper last raise money?
The most recent round announced was in Feb 5, 2024: Debt, $100 million.
What is Grasshopper's valuation?
$4.3 billion, as of Aug 31, 2020. LogMeIn, now GoTo, announced this aggregate equity valuation when its sale to Francisco Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital closed. It values the whole company, not Grasshopper alone.
Who owns Grasshopper?
Grasshopper's About page says it was acquired by GoTo. GoTo (then LogMeIn) has been privately held since affiliates of Francisco Partners and Evergreen Coast Capital, Elliott's private equity affiliate, completed their purchase of it in August 2020, per its SEC filing.
Where is Grasshopper based?
GoTo gives its base as Boston, Massachusetts.
Is Grasshopper hiring?
12 open roles across the whole of GoTo: 4 in marketing, 3 in engineering, 2 in customer care, and 1 each in product, corporate development and sales.
Is Grasshopper on social media?
GoTo links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. The links are on this page, taken from GoTo's own site.
Does Grasshopper have an affiliate program?
Pays as much as $150 per order, on 60-day payment terms, with quarterly promotions. Sign-up runs through impact.com.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from GoTo’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.