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Linear sells issue tracking and project management software to software product teams, competing directly with Atlassian's Jira on speed, design quality, and an end-to-end workflow from customer feedback through roadmap to execution.
Raised $134M across disclosed rounds.[25][20]
Series C closed June 2025, led by Accel.[21][25][26]
post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.
Named investors include Accel, Sequoia Capital, 01Advisors, Index Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Designer Fund, Indie.vc, TK Ventures.[21][22][23][24][25]
Karri Saarinen, Co-Founder & CEO[20][26][6][28][30][31]
Tuomas Artman, Co-Founder & CTO[20][26][6][28][30][31]
Jori Lallo, Co-Founder[20][26][6][28][30][31]
Cristina Cordova, Chief Operating Officer[20][29]
Nan Yu, Head of Product[20][29]
Tom Moor, Head of Engineering[20][29]
Casey Bertenthal, Head of Sales[20][29]
Jori Lallo
Linear sells issue tracking and project management software to software product teams, competing directly with Atlassian's Jira on speed, design quality, and an end-to-end workflow from customer feedback through roadmap to execution.
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Atlassian Jira · atlassian.com · Direct product and buyer overlap (issue tracking, project management, software teams); named competitor in enrichment data; TechCrunch Series C headline reads 'Atlassian rival Linear'; Linear operates a head-on switch campaign.[20][23][16][25]
Asana · asana.com · Named competitor in enrichment data; appears across multiple 'Linear alternatives' lists; buyer overlap at the product/project management layer.[20][14][15][16][25]
ClickUp · clickup.com · Named competitor in enrichment data; consistently listed across G2, Agiled, and monday.com alternatives pages.[20][14][15][16]
Shortcut (formerly Clubhouse) · shortcut.com · Appears on multiple independent Linear alternatives lists (G2, Agiled, goodday.work) as a direct buyer-overlap alternative aimed at the same software team persona.[14][15][25]
GitHub Issues / GitHub Projects · github.com · Appears on multiple alternatives lists; workflow adjacency is direct — Linear's AI coding tool integrations (GitHub Copilot deeplink, March 2026) suggest Linear is actively contesting the GitHub-native workflow.[14][15][16]
Basecamp · basecamp.com · Named competitor in enrichment data; appears on alternatives lists; shares the opinionated-tool-against-bloated-enterprise-software positioning angle.[20][15]
The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[21]
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May 2026
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May 2026 · techcrunch.com
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May 2026 · builtin.com
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