Calendly

calendly.com

Scheduling and meeting-productivity software founded by Tope Awotona, now expanding into AI meeting tools.

  • Productivity software / SaaS
  • active
  • Founded 2013
  • Researched Sep 2026
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Age13 yearsDomain registered 2013
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Based inUnited StatesAlso Kyiv, Ukraine
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Employees201-500424 employees reported as of April 2022 (Forbes, via Wikipedia)
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Funding$351M raisedSeed $550K · Growth (primary + secondary) $350M
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PlatformsWeb, iPhone
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FoundersTope AwotonaFounder & CEO

The story

Calendly was founded in 2013 in Atlanta by Tope Awotona, who built it with personal savings and a small business loan after struggling to schedule sales calls. It stayed lean for years, then raised $350 million from OpenView and Iconiq in 2021 at a $3 billion valuation and went fully remote the same year. It remains active under Awotona as CEO and in 2026 expanded into AI meeting notetaking and scheduling assistance.

Timeline

  1. Founded2013

    Calendly founded in Atlanta

    Tope Awotona founded Calendly using savings and a loan

  2. Funding2013

    Seed funding raised

    $550,000 from OpenView, Atlanta Ventures, IncWell, Greenspring

  3. Milestone2014

    Premium version launched

    Company added a paid premium tier for individuals

  4. FundingJan 2021

    $350M growth round

    OpenView and Iconiq invest at $3B valuation

  5. MilestoneJul 2021

    Closed Atlanta headquarters

    Company shifted to an all-remote workforce

  6. New platformAug 2026

    AI notetaker and Callie launched

    Added meeting notetaker and AI assistant Callie

Founders

  • Tope Awotona

    Founder & CEO

    Former EMC/Dell EMC salesperson; funded Calendly with savings and a small-business loan

6 sourcesEvery fact above links back to these.
  1. Calendly - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
  2. How Atlanta's Calendly turned a scheduling nightmare into a $3B startuptechcrunch.com
  3. Calendly throws its hat into meeting note-taker circustechcrunch.com
  4. Calendly homepage (organization schema, about link)calendly.com
  5. Calendly: Meeting Scheduling - App Storeapps.apple.com
  6. calendly.com RDAP/WHOIS domain registration recordcalendly.com
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