
Whimsical is an all-in-one workspace designed for calm and focused work, enabling teams to ideate, plan, build, and communicate without switching applications. It offers integrated tools including Projects for tasks and communication, Boards for diagrams and whiteboards, Docs for collaborative planning, and Posts for team updates. The platform aims to reduce clutter and distractions, allowing teams to work more productively and with less chaos. Whimsical is trusted by millions of users and is adopted by fast-growing companies. They offer a subscription-based model with Free, Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans, catering to teams of all sizes. The company also emphasizes a strong company culture focused on craftsmanship, long-term vision, joyful building, partnership, remote-first operations, and sustainability, contributing 1% of revenue to climate initiatives.

Whimsical is an all-in-one workspace designed for calm and focused work, enabling teams to ideate, plan, build, and communicate without switching applications. It offers integrated tools including Projects for tasks and communication, Boards for diagrams and whiteboards, Docs for collaborative planning, and Posts for team updates. The platform aims to reduce clutter and distractions, allowing teams to work more productively and with less chaos. Whimsical is trusted by millions of users and is adopted by fast-growing companies. They offer a subscription-based model with Free, Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans, catering to teams of all sizes. The company also emphasizes a strong company culture focused on craftsmanship, long-term vision, joyful building, partnership, remote-first operations, and sustainability, contributing 1% of revenue to climate initiatives.
Product: Visual collaboration workspace (Boards for diagrams/whiteboarding; Docs for lightweight documentation)
Funding: $30M Series A (Nov 2021) led by Accel
Founders: Kaspars Dancis and Steve Schoeffel
Employees: ~39
Team collaboration, visual thinking, documentation, and lightweight product planning
2017
Collaboration software / Productivity
$30.0 million
First institutional round; participation from Basis Set Ventures and angel investors
“Accel led the Series A with participation from Basis Set Ventures and multiple angel investors”