# LinearBytes

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/linearbytes

- Industry: Internet
- Headquarters: Dover, US
- Website: www.hashnode.com
- Total disclosed funding: $8.8M
- Latest round: Series A (Aug 18, 2021)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Based in Delaware, US, and founded in 2016, LinearBytes Inc., trading as Hashnode, operates as a blogging platform that allows software developers to share knowledge and connect to the global software development community. The company was co-founded by Sandeep Panda, and Syed Fazle Rahman and is backed by investors led by Salesforce Ventures in a USD 6.7 million Series A funding round in August 2021.

Hashnode blogging platform enables software developers to share their knowledge by creating content and aims to promote engineering and tech blogs to reach the global developer community through iOS and Android-compatible mobile app. Hashnode features include unlimited blog customization, detailed analytics for all blogs, embeds support and code highlighting, bulk imports of content from other blogging platforms, including Medium and WordPress, and integrations with other developer tools and resources, including GitHub, Google Analytics, Hotjar, Fathom Analytics and Plausible.

Hashnode plans to continue to further develop its platform for software development, engineering, and technology content and grow its user base. The company is currently working on a pricing strategy, and preparing to launch "Team Publications", and an "Enthusiast Plan". It also plans to hire more engineers, designers, and product managers.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Aug 18, 2021, $6.7M — Accel, Sierra Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Surge
- Seed, Dec 15, 2020, $2.1M — Surge

## Investors

- Surge (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/surge) — Seed, Series A
- Accel (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/accel) — Series A
- Sierra Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sierra-ventures) — Series A
- Salesforce Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/salesforce-ventures) — Series A