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Notion — Startup ProfileThe connected workspace where better, faster work happensHQ: San Francisco, CA, United States | Founded: 2013 | Employees: 1,000-1,100 | Stage: Late Stage Private (Series C+ / Pre-IPO) | Website: https://www.notion.comAboutNotion Labs, Inc. is the San Francisco-based company behind Notion, the connected workspace that combines documents, wikis, databases, and project management into a single block-based canvas. Founded in 2013 by Ivan Zhao (CEO), Simon Last, and Akshay Kothari (first hired in 2018 as COO), Notion was rebuilt in Kyoto after early struggles and launched to broad adoption in 2018. The platform serves 100M+ users globally across startups, enterprises, and consumers who use it as a flexible operating system for knowledge, tasks, and collaboration, with native apps for web, desktop, and mobile and offline-capable architecture.Notion monetizes via freemium-to-enterprise subscriptions (Free, Plus, Business at $10/user/month billed annually, and Enterprise) and has expanded beyond core docs/databasKey Metrics

Latest Valuation: $11B (Jan 2026 tender offer)

Total Funding (Primary): $343M

ARR: $600M (Dec 2025)

Users: 100M+ registered users

Profitability: Cash-flow positive (2025)

Headcount: 1,000-1,100

Funding Rounds

Round: $2M (2013-09-01) — First Round Capital

Round: $1.35M (2015-07-15) — First Round Capital

Round: $3M (2017-08-10) — Elad Gil, Lerer Hippeau

Round: $10M (2019-07-30) — Sequoia Capital

Round: $8.5M (2019-07-30) — Sequoia Capital, First Round Capital

Key People

Ivan Zhao

Simon Last

Akshay Kothari

Eunyoung Choi

Key Competitors

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Confluence (Atlassian) —

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Timeline Highlights

2026-01-15: Tender offer at $11B and $600M ARR milestone

2022-06-15: Acquires Cron to build Notion Calendar

2021-10-07: Series C: $275M at $10B led by Coatue and Sequoia

2020-04-02: Series B: $50M at $2B led by Index Ventures

2018-09-01: Akshay Kothari joins as COO; Notion 1.0 relaunched after Kyoto rebuild