The company behind ONCE Campfire
37signals
37signals is the software company behind Basecamp, HEY, Fizzy and the ONCE line of self-hosted products, which includes Campfire. Campfire itself is free and open source; the company sells subscriptions to Basecamp and HEY.
Read on Oct 6, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
ONCE Campfire at a glance
- Chief executive
- Jason Fried
- Founded
- 1999
- Based in
- Fully remote, with no physical headquarters
- Ownership
- Privately held
ONCE Campfire's CEO and founders
The people 37signals names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there.
ONCE Campfire funding
37signals describes itself as self-funded and says it has no investors. In July 2006 it announced on its own blog a minority investment from Bezos Expeditions, Jeff Bezos's personal investment company, without stating an amount. 37signals.com37signals.comsignalvnoise.com
Company details
- Ownership
- Privately held, with no parent company. Its site says it has no investors, no board of directors and no eyes on an exit. 37signals.com
- Founded
- 1999 37signals.com
- Based in
- Fully remote, with no physical headquarters 37signals.com
ONCE Campfire on social media and the web
Only accounts 37signals links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
ONCE Campfire news and launches
- Oct 5, 2026Hot Cell v1.0: Securing Active Storage in the age of AI
- Sep 28, 2026Lexxy 1.0 is here
- Aug 3, 20261.4.8
- Jul 30, 20261.4.7
Questions about ONCE Campfire the company
Who is the CEO of ONCE Campfire?
Jason Fried is 37signals's co-founder & CEO, according to basecamp.com, as read on Oct 6, 2026.
Who founded ONCE Campfire?
Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson are named as founders of 37signals, which was founded in 1999.
How much funding has ONCE Campfire raised?
37signals describes itself as self-funded and says it has no investors. In July 2006 it announced on its own blog a minority investment from Bezos Expeditions, Jeff Bezos's personal investment company, without stating an amount.
What is ONCE Campfire's valuation?
No valuation was found in 37signals's announcements or in news reports, as read on Oct 6, 2026. Private companies usually do not publish one.
Who owns ONCE Campfire?
Privately held, with no parent company. Its site says it has no investors, no board of directors and no eyes on an exit.
Where is ONCE Campfire based?
37signals gives its base as Fully remote, with no physical headquarters.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 6, 2026. Facts come from 37signals’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.