# Jared McDaniel (slim)

> Jared McDaniel is co-founder of Help Scout. Help Scout API + MCP on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder, Help Scout.

Jared McDaniel co-founded Help Scout, the customer support software company, in 2011 with Nick Francis and Denny Swindle.

## What Jared builds

- [Help Scout API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/help-scout.md), graded C, 56.1/100, in Customer support & helpdesk. Help Scout's Inbox API 2.0 (conversations, threads, replies, notes, customers, mailboxes, tags, users, workflows, reports and webhooks) and its official hosted MCP server at https://mcp.helpscout.net/mcp, GA since July 2026. Co-founder, Help Scout, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Denny Swindle](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/denny-swindle/), Co-founder, Help Scout
- [Nick Francis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/nick-francis/), Co-founder, Help Scout

## Backed by

- [Techstars](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/techstars/)
- [Zelkova Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zelkova-ventures/)
- [Dharmesh Shah](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dharmesh-shah/)
- [David Cancel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/david-cancel/)
- [Dave Balter](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/dave-balter/)

## Questions

### Who is Jared McDaniel?

Jared McDaniel co-founded Help Scout, the customer support software company, in 2011 with Nick Francis and Denny Swindle.

### What does Help Scout make?

Anchor Terminal lists Help Scout API + MCP from Help Scout.

### Who has invested in Help Scout?

The sources our research read name Techstars, Zelkova Ventures, Dharmesh Shah, David Cancel and Dave Balter.

### How are Jared's tools graded?

Help Scout API + MCP is graded C, 56.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.helpscout.com/about/
- https://www.helpscout.com/

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.