Founder of a listed tool

Nick Francis

Co-founder, Help Scout, named behind the Help Scout API + MCP listing on Anchor Terminal.

Co-founder, Help Scout

Nick Francis co-founded Help Scout, the customer support software company, in 2011 with Jared McDaniel and Denny Swindle. The three were building websites and apps for clients when one app's growth flooded their shared inbox, which led them to build Help Scout. He is co-founder and chairman of the board.

What Nick builds

Help Scout API + MCP C · 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 26 October 2026 · the people behind it

Works with

Denny Swindle Co-founder, Help Scout
Jared McDaniel Co-founder, Help Scout

Backed by

Techstars Zelkova Ventures Dharmesh Shah David Cancel Dave Balter

Questions

Who is Nick Francis?

What does Help Scout make?

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

Who has invested in Help Scout?

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

How are Nick'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.

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