On November 22, 2019 Linear announced raising $4.2 million in seed funding from Sequoia Capital (lead investor), Tikhon Bernstam, Marc McCabe, Larry Gadea, Julia DeWahl, Jude Gomila, Jeff Chang, James Smith, Gustaf AlstromerGustaf Alstromer, and Index Ventures. At the time of receiving their seed funding Linear only had 4 employees.