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[20][29]

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]

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]

ClickUp · clickup.com · Named competitor in enrichment data; consistently listed across G2, Agiled, and monday.com alternatives pages.[20][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]

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]

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[21]

Ask for one referenceable production customer.

Not a recommendation. The first thing this ledger cannot answer.

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