# Raycast: Information technology & services, London, United Kingdom

> Raycast: Raycast is a London-based productivity software company founded in 2020 by former Facebook engineers Thomas Paul Mann and Petr Nikolaev.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/raycast (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Raycast

Raycast is a London-based productivity software company founded in 2020 by former Facebook engineers Thomas Paul Mann and Petr Nikolaev.

Funding reported Last round: Series A

Information technology & services London, United Kingdom

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2020 6 years old
- **Team:** 45 11 to 50 people
- **Funding reported:** 30.1M as listed, currency not stated
- **Last round:** Series A Nov 2021

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Raycast has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## About Raycast

Raycast is a London-based productivity software company founded in 2020 by former Facebook engineers Thomas Paul Mann and Petr Nikolaev.

The company focuses on enhancing productivity for developers and knowledge workers by minimizing time lost to context-switching between various applications and tools. With a remote-first team of approximately 39 employees, Raycast has successfully raised around $47.8 million in funding, including a €27 million Series B round in 2024. The main product, Raycast, is an application launcher and command center designed for macOS, with plans for Windows and iOS support. It offers a keyboard-driven interface for quick access to applications, files, and commands. Key features include AI-powered capabilities for text generation and task automation, clipboard history management, and a library of over 2,000 extensions for integration with popular tools like Jira, GitHub, and Slack. Raycast aims to redefine productivity by providing a unified platform that helps users achieve a state of focus and efficiency.

## What company datasets say Raycast raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **30.1M** in the source's currency

Rounds **3**

Last round **Series A**

Last round size **30M**

Last round date **Nov 2021**

Investors listed **12**

Y Combinator **W20**

## Founders and team

From Raycast's own website: 7 on the team.

- **Adam Wathan** Designer & Iconograph
- **Andreas Storm** Designer & Iconograph
- **Florian Kiem** Design Engineer
- **Isabel Sá** Designer
- **Mariana Castilho** Designer
- **Reece Atkinson** Design Engineer
- **Wojtek Witkowski** Design Engineer

## On a portfolio page

Investors who name them

- [Festina](https://millionrounds.com/fund/festina)

Each firm lists Raycast on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

project management private extension store task management information technology & services productivity window management clipboard history raycast ai presets services voice dictation quicklinks information cloud sync raycast ai models raycast for teams time tracking

Built with from their website

YouTube Google Workspace ServiceNow Knowledge Management Viewport Meta webpack OpenAI Apple Business Manager Google Meet Priority Hints React

+8 more

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- **Sector:** Information technology & services
- **Industry code:** NAICS 51321, SIC 7375
- **Revenue:** 1M a year, as listed
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/raycast)

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