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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Sketch.\n\nEmanuel Sá co-founded Sketch with Pieter Omvlee and worked on its design from the start. The diamond that became the Sketch icon was first made for an earlier image app the two were building, and he designed a range of colour options for it. With Omvlee he announced Sketch's $20 million Series A in March 2019.\n\n- X: https://x.com/emanuelsa\n\n## What Emanuel builds\n\n- [Sketch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sketch.md), graded D, 53.6/100, in Design workspaces \u0026 canvases. Mac design application from Sketch B.V. with a built-in local MCP server. Connected AI clients read open documents, layers, symbols and libraries, take screenshots, and run scripts against the Sketch JavaScript API to edit designs. Co-founder, Sketch, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Pieter Omvlee](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/pieter-omvlee/), Co-founder, Sketch\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Benchmark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/benchmark/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Emanuel Sá?\n\nEmanuel Sá co-founded Sketch with Pieter Omvlee and worked on its design from the start. The diamond that became the Sketch icon was first made for an earlier image app the two were building, and he designed a range of colour options for it. With Omvlee he announced Sketch's $20 million Series A in March 2019.\n\n### What does Sketch B.V. make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Sketch from Sketch B.V.. Mac design application from Sketch B.V. with a built-in local MCP server. Connected AI clients read open documents, layers, symbols and libraries, take screenshots, and run scripts against the Sketch JavaScript API to edit designs.\n\n### Who has invested in Sketch B.V.?\n\nThe sources our research read name Benchmark.\n\n### How are Emanuel's tools graded?\n\nSketch is graded D, 53.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.sketch.com/\n- https://www.sketch.com/support/contact/\n- https://www.sketch.com/about-us/\n- https://www.sketch.com/blog/sketch-raises-20m-in-series-a-funding-from-benchmark/\n- https://www.sketch.com/blog/a-decade-in-design-with-emanuel-sa/\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketch_(software)\n\nThese 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. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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