Evernote

Founder/s: Stepan Pachikov
Key people: Stepan Pachikov (Founder), Jeff Shotts (CFO), Dave Engberg (CTO), Jess Anders (Lead Android Engineer), Chris O’Neill (CEO) and Brian Caldwell (Director, Partnerships)
Employees: 251 – 500

Evernote builds apps and products that are defining the way individuals and teams work today. As one workspace that lives across people’s phone, tablet and computer, Evernote is the place people write free from distraction, collect information, find what they need and present their ideas to the world. Whatever peole are working toward, Evernote’s job is to make sure they get there.

Evernote is an independent, privately held company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Founded in 2007, Evernote products reach more than 100 million users worldwide. With nearly 400 employees and growing, they are always looking for talented individuals to join their global team.

History

Founded by Stepan Pachikov, the Evernote web service launched into open beta on June 24, 2008 and reached 11 million users in July 2011. In October 2010, under former CEO Phil Libin, the company raised a US$20 million funding round led by DoCoMo Capital with participation from Morgenthaler Ventures and Sequoia Capital. Since then, the company raised an additional $50 million in funding led by Sequoia Capital and Morgenthaler Ventures, and another $70 million in funding led by Meritech Capital and CBC Capital. On November 30, 2012, Evernote raised another $85 million in funding led by AGC Equity Partners/m8 Capital and Valiant Capital Partners. On November 9, 2014, Evernote raised an additional $20 million in funding from Nikkei.

Linda Kozlowski was named the Chief Operating Officer of Evernote in June 2015. Kozlowski has been with Evernote for more than two years and held the title of Vice President of worldwide operations within the company.

Libin stepped down as CEO in July 2015 and was replaced by former Google Glass executive Chris O’Neill. In October 2015, the Evernote Corp. announced that the company is laying off 18% of its workforce and will be closing 3 out of 10 global offices.

Yinxiang Biji Business

On May 7, 2013, TechCrunch reported that Evernote launched Yinxiang Biji Business into the Chinese market at the Global Mobile Internet Conference.