# Chris Bell (slim)

> Chris Bell is co-founder and CTO. Knock on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and CTO.

Chris Bell is co-founder and CTO of Knock and leads its engineering, including the APIs, infrastructure and developer tools customers use to build and run messaging.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbell88

## What Chris builds

- [Knock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/knock.md), graded B, 66.7/100, in Notifications. Notification workflow API. Co-founder and CTO, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Sam Seely](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sam-seely/), Co-founder and CEO

## Backed by

- [Craft Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/craft-ventures/)
- [Afore Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/afore-capital/)
- [Expa](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/expa/)
- [Exponent Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/exponent-capital/)
- [Preface Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/preface-ventures/)
- [Tokyo Black](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tokyo-black/)
- [Worklife Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/worklife-ventures/)
- [Adam Gross (CEO Vimeo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/adam-gross-ceo-vimeo/)
- [Guillermo Rauch (CEO Vercel)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/guillermo-rauch-ceo-vercel/)
- [John Kodumal (CTO LaunchDarkly)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/john-kodumal-cto-launchdarkly/)
- [Michael Grinich (CEO WorkOS)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/michael-grinich-ceo-workos/)
- [Scott Belsky (CPO Adobe)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/scott-belsky-cpo-adobe/)
- [Thomas Paul Mann (CEO Raycast)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thomas-paul-mann-ceo-raycast/)

## Questions

### Who is Chris Bell?

Chris Bell is co-founder and CTO of Knock and leads its engineering, including the APIs, infrastructure and developer tools customers use to build and run messaging.

### What does Knock make?

Anchor Terminal lists Knock from Knock.

### Who has invested in Knock?

The sources our research read name Craft Ventures, Afore Capital, Expa, Exponent Capital, Preface Ventures, Tokyo Black, Worklife Ventures, Adam Gross (CEO Vimeo), Guillermo Rauch (CEO Vercel), John Kodumal (CTO LaunchDarkly), Michael Grinich (CEO WorkOS), Scott Belsky (CPO Adobe) and Thomas Paul Mann (CEO Raycast).

### How are Chris's tools graded?

Knock is graded B, 66.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-seely-669128a/details/experience/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-seely-669128a
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbell88/details/experience/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbell88
- https://knock.app/
- https://knock.app
- https://docs.knock.app
- https://knock.app/pricing
- https://knock.app/contact-sales
- https://knock.app/about

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.