Granola
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Granola is a London-based AI meeting-notes platform founded in 2023 by CEO Chris Pedregal (former Google PM who founded Socratic, acquired by Google in 2018) and Head of Design Sam Stephenson (formerly Ideaflow), expanding from individual meeting notes into broader enterprise AI 19. The $125M Series C announced March 25, 2026 was led by Danny Rimer at Index Ventures at a $1.5B valuation, making Granola a unicorn less than three years after launch; Kleiner Perkins (Mamoon Hamid), Lightspeed, Spark Capital, and NFDG (Nat Friedman / Daniel Gross) also participated 1345. Granola previously raised a $43M Series B led by NFDG in May 2025 at a $250M valuation 2.
Funding History
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead | Co-investors |
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| 2026-03-25 | Series C | $125M (at $1.5B val) | Index Ventures (Danny Rimer) | Kleiner Perkins (Mamoon Hamid), Lightspeed, Spark Capital, NFDG (Nat Friedman/Daniel Gross) 1345 |
| 2025-05-14 | Series B | $43M | NFDG (Nat Friedman/Daniel Gross) | — 2 |
| 2024-10-23 | Series A | $20M | Spark Capital (Nabeel Hyatt) | Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Lightspeed, Betaworks, Firstminute Capital 67 |
| 2023-05-08 | Seed | $4.25M | Lightspeed (Michael Mignano) | Betaworks, Firstminute Capital, Mike Krieger, Soleio Cuervo, and other angels 78 |
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TechCrunch, “Granola Series C,” March 25, 2026, accessed March 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/25/granola-series-c↩↩↩
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TechCrunch, “AI notetaking app Granola raises $43M at $250M valuation,” May 14, 2025, accessed March 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/ai-note-taking-app-granola-raises-43m-at-250m-valuation-launches-collaborative-features/↩↩
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Granola, “Granola raises $125M to put your company’s context to work,” March 25, 2026, accessed April 2026. https://www.granola.ai/blog/series-c↩↩
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Index Ventures, “Index Ventures Leads Granola’s $125M Series C,” March 25, 2026, accessed April 2026. https://www.indexventures.com/perspectives/granola-investing-in-what-makes-us-human/↩↩
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Bloomberg, “AI Notetaker Granola Hits $1.5 Billion Value in $125 Million Funding,” March 25, 2026, accessed April 2026. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-25/ai-notetaker-granola-hits-1-5-billion-value-in-125-million-funding↩↩
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Granola blog, “Granola raises $20M to build the AI notepad that makes you smarter,” October 23, 2024, accessed May 2026. https://www.granola.ai/blog/series-a — $20M Series A led by Spark Capital, with AI Grant, Lightspeed, Betaworks, Firstminute Capital, and others participating. ↩
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TechCrunch, “VCs love using the AI meeting notepad Granola, so they gave it $20M,” October 23, 2024, accessed May 2026. https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/23/vcs-love-using-the-ai-meeting-notepad-granola-so-they-gave-it-20m/ — Confirms $20M Series A led by Spark (Nabeel Hyatt) and identifies prior $4.25M seed round; names Mike Krieger as a seed-round angel. ↩↩
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Tracxn, “Granola - Funding Rounds & List of Investors,” accessed May 2026. https://tracxn.com/d/companies/granola/__20Jmr-YEndDiNQ5Kx3GcTFiYnHr6bnFCf_X_nMg5ay8/funding-and-investors — Seed round date: May 8, 2023; led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Betaworks. ↩
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BusinessCloud, “Granola, founded in 2023, becomes latest UK unicorn,” March 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://businesscloud.co.uk/news/granola-founded-in-2023-becomes-latest-uk-unicorn/ — Confirms founders Chris Pedregal (CEO, former Google PM and Socratic founder) and Sam Stephenson (Head of Design, former Ideaflow); London-headquartered; founded 2023. ↩