Raycast in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Raycast.
Raycast is made by Raycast Technologies Ltd., a venture-backed company registered in England and Wales that its two founders started at Y Combinator in 2020. It earns money from Pro, Teams and Enterprise subscriptions on top of a free plan, and also makes the Glaze app builder.
Founded
2020
Based in
London
Chief executive
Thomas Paul Mann
Team
39 people
Latest round
Series B, $30 million
Ownership
Privately held
Unofficial. Put together by ToolGPA from Raycast’s own pages, news reports and our own grades, read Oct 18, 2026. Not made, paid for or approved by Raycast. toolgpa.com
Part 01 · Company
The company
Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it
2020
The year Raycast was founded, in London
In a sentence
Raycast is made by Raycast Technologies Ltd., a venture-backed company registered in England and Wales that its two founders started at Y Combinator in 2020. It earns money from Pro, Teams and Enterprise subscriptions on top of a free plan, and also makes the Glaze app builder.
In a paragraph
Raycast was founded in 2020 and is based in London, with a fully remote team based in Europe. Thomas Paul Mann is its CEO & Co-Founder; Petr Nikolaev is a co-founder. A fully remote team of 39 people.
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Fact sheet
Company
Raycast
Founded
2020
Based in
London, with a fully remote team based in Europe
Team
A fully remote team of 39 people
Website
raycast.com
Products we list
Raycast
Ownership: Privately held
Privately held and venture-backed: its own funding announcements and careers page name Accel, Coatue and Atomico among its investors, and its pages name no parent company.
Leadership
TP
Thomas Paul Mann
CEO & Co-Founder
PN
Petr Nikolaev
CTO & Co-Founder
Affiliate program
30% commission on all payments from users an affiliate brings to Raycast Pro, who get 10% off. Run through Rewardful; paid via Wise once commissions pass £50, after 30 days pending, as announced in July 2024.
Referral program
Pro users get a limited number of promo codes through the Share Raycast command; a new user who signs up with one gets a free month of Pro, and so does the referrer.
Part 02 · Funding
The money
Every announced round, who put money in, and what it was last valued at
Raised a $30 million Series B led by Atomico in September 2024, according to its own announcement and TechCrunch, which named Accel, Coatue, Y Combinator, Atlassian's venture arm and World Innovation Lab as taking part. Earlier: a $15 million Series A led by Accel and Coatue in November 2021, and a $2.7 million seed round led by Accel in October 2020.
Announced rounds, oldest first. Bar heights are to scale.
Every announced round
Sep 25, 2024Series B$30 millionLed by Atomico. With Accel, Coatue, Y Combinator, World Innovation Lab, Thomas Dohmke, Tobi Lütke, Guillermo Rauch. techcrunch.com
Nov 30, 2021Series A$15 millionLed by Accel, Coatue. With Koen Bok, Karri Saarinen, David Cramer. raycast.com
Oct 29, 2020Seed$2.7 millionLed by Accel. With Y Combinator, Chapter One, Charlie Cheever, Calvin French-Owen, Manik Gupta, Zach Holman. raycast.com
Investors named
Accel
Coatue
Atomico
Y Combinator
Calvin French-Owen
Chapter One
Charlie Cheever
David Cramer
Guillermo Rauch
Karri Saarinen
Koen Bok
Manik Gupta
Thomas Dohmke
Tobi Lütke
World Innovation Lab
Zach Holman
Filled: led at least one round. As each announcement names them.
What they make
Raycast, as ToolGPA grades it: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.
Raycast
Keyboard launcher with extensions, clipboard history and AI
#1 of 94 desktop utilitiesFrom $96 / year, billed annuallyFree plan
2.8GPA
Our pick for most people, on a Mac or a Windows PC. Raycast is a search bar for your Mac or PC that does far more than search.
CValue
BFree
AFeatures
CEase
BPlatforms
What reviewers praise: Commenters describe assigning hotkeys that jump straight to a chosen app or window, and relying on its built-in window management. Reviewers and commenters name its extensions, including those the community publishes, as one of its strengths.
Raycast’s grade as a badge for its own site, free: it updates itself and links to the review. Code at toolgpa.com/badges.
Part 04 · News
News and contacts
What they have announced lately, and every official channel
This media kit is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Raycast’s pages, news reports, investors’ announcements and public filings said on the dates shown, with our own grades. It is not made, paid for or approved by Raycast, and Raycast’s names and logos are trademarks of their owner. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. ToolGPA uses affiliate links and may earn a commission from them, and it works with sponsors; no one can pay for a grade. Product pictures are Raycast’s own, from its website and app-store listings.
