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Linear

Linear is made by Linear, a privately held company whose team works remotely across North America and Europe. It sells its issue tracking and project planning product on paid plans, and said in August 2026 that it had passed $100 million in annual recurring revenue with more than 40,000 paying companies.

linear.appRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.

Linear at a glance

Chief executive
Karri Saarinen
Founded
2019
Based in
Fully remote, with the team distributed across North America and Europe
Last valuation
$2.5 billion
Reported August 2026
Latest round
Series C, $82 million
Jun 10, 2025
Ownership
Privately held

Linear's CEO and founders

The people Linear names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.

Linear funding

Announced $13 million in a Series A led by Sequoia Capital in December 2020 and $35 million in a Series B led by Accel in September 2023, both on its own blog. TechCrunch reported an $82 million Series C led by Accel in June 2025. In August 2026 Linear said it ran a $99 million tender offer for staff instead of raising more capital. linear.applinear.apptechcrunch.comlinear.app

WhenRoundAmountInvestors
Jun 10, 2025Series C$82 millionLed by Accel. With 01 Advisors, Sequoia Capital, Seven Seven Six, Designer Fund. techcrunch.com
Sep 14, 2023Series B$35 millionLed by Accel. With Sequoia Capital, 01 Advisors. linear.app
Dec 8, 2020Series A$13 millionLed by Sequoia Capital. linear.app

Every investor named

  • Accel · led 2 rounds
  • Sequoia Capital · led a round
  • 01 Advisors
  • Designer Fund
  • Seven Seven Six

Linear valuation

$2.5 billion

August 2026

Linear announced on 26 August 2026 that a $99 million tender offer let current and former staff sell vested equity at a $2.5 billion valuation, against $1.25 billion at its Series C. linear.app

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. Its own funding posts name Sequoia Capital, Accel and 01Advisors as investors, and in August 2026 it said it was cashflow positive with more cash in the bank than it has raised. linear.app
Founded
2019 linear.app
Based in
Fully remote, with the team distributed across North America and Europe linear.app
Hiring
29 open roles on its job board, read Oct 18, 2026 jobs.ashbyhq.com

Jobs at Linear

Linear has 29 open roles, most in Product (14), GTM (13) and Operations (2). Pick one to read it and apply on Linear’s own site.

See all 29 jobs at LinearCareers page

Read from Linear’s job board on Ashby on Oct 18, 2026 and checked every day. Applications go to Linear, not to us.

Linear on social media and the web

Only accounts Linear links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.

How to contact Linear

The ways Linear publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.

Linear news and launches

Media kit

The Linear 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 Linear.

Download the media kitRead it here

Questions about Linear the company

Who is the CEO of Linear?

Karri Saarinen is Linear's co-founder, CEO, according to linear.app, as read on Oct 18, 2026.

Who founded Linear?

Karri Saarinen, Jori Lallo and Tuomas Artman are named as founders of Linear, which was founded in 2019.

How much funding has Linear raised?

Announced $13 million in a Series A led by Sequoia Capital in December 2020 and $35 million in a Series B led by Accel in September 2023, both on its own blog. TechCrunch reported an $82 million Series C led by Accel in June 2025. In August 2026 Linear said it ran a $99 million tender offer for staff instead of raising more capital.

Who are Linear's investors?

The announcements name Accel, Sequoia Capital, 01 Advisors, Designer Fund and Seven Seven Six. Accel and Sequoia Capital led rounds.

When did Linear last raise money?

The most recent round announced was in Jun 10, 2025: Series C, $82 million, led by Accel.

What is Linear's valuation?

$2.5 billion, as of August 2026. Linear announced on 26 August 2026 that a $99 million tender offer let current and former staff sell vested equity at a $2.5 billion valuation, against $1.25 billion at its Series C.

Who owns Linear?

Privately held. Its own funding posts name Sequoia Capital, Accel and 01Advisors as investors, and in August 2026 it said it was cashflow positive with more cash in the bank than it has raised.

Where is Linear based?

Linear gives its base as Fully remote, with the team distributed across North America and Europe.

Is Linear hiring?

Yes. Linear’s job board listed 29 open roles on Oct 18, 2026, most in Product (14), GTM (13) and Operations (2). You apply on its own site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Linear

Is Linear on social media?

Linear links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), YouTube and GitHub. The links are on this page, taken from Linear's own site.

Where this comes from

Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from Linear’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.

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