Thomas Paul Mann

Raycast: 100,000+ active users, $30M raised from Accel

Co-founder and CEO of Raycast — the AI-powered launcher for Mac that replaces Spotlight with a full productivity platform. Built to 100,000+ active users with no prior VC experience. Raised $30M from Accel.

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Anton Osika@antonosika

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Karri Saarinen@karrisaarinen

Linear: $1.25B valuation, $82M Series C (Jun 2025), used by OpenAI and Vercel

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