Founder of a listed tool
Knut Sveidqvist
Founder and CTO; Mermaid.js creator, named behind the Mermaid Chart MCP listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Knut builds
Mermaid Chart MCP F · Diagramming
Hosted MCP server for Mermaid diagrams from mermaid.ai.
Founder and CTO; Mermaid.js creator, researched 27 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Andrew Firestone CEO; joined after company formation
Backed by
Microsoft Streamlined Ventures Sequoia Capital Open Core Ventures
Questions
Who is Knut Sveidqvist?
Knut Sveidqvist created Mermaid, the open-source tool that draws diagrams from text, and is founder and CTO of Mermaid Chart, the company built around it with Open Core Ventures. He wrote Mermaid while working at a Swedish telecom company and maintained it in evenings and weekends before the company raised a $7.5 million seed round.
What does Mermaid Chart make?
Anchor Terminal lists Mermaid Chart MCP from Mermaid Chart. Hosted MCP server for Mermaid diagrams from mermaid.ai.
Who has invested in Mermaid Chart?
The sources our research read name Microsoft, Streamlined Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Open Core Ventures.
How are Knut's tools graded?
Mermaid Chart MCP is graded F, 31.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (10)
- https://mermaid.ai/open-source/ecosystem/mermaid-chart.html
- https://opencoreventures.com/blog/mermaid-chart-from-open-source-project-to-raising-a-7-5m-seed-round
- https://se.linkedin.com/in/knut-sveidqvist
- https://x.com/knutsveidqvist
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/arfirestone
- https://mermaid.ai/
- https://mermaid.ai
- https://mermaid.ai/contact-us
- https://mermaid-25331.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
- https://mermaid.ai/community/
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