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  "markdown": "Co-founder and CEO.\n\nSam Seely is co-founder and CEO of Knock, a customer engagement and notification platform founded in 2021, where he sets direction across product, operations and go-to-market. He previously worked with Chris Bell at Frame.io, where they built the notification system that led them to start Knock.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-seely-669128a\n\n## What Sam builds\n\n- [Knock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/knock.md), graded B, 66.7/100, in Notifications. Notification workflow API. Co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Chris Bell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-bell/), Co-founder and CTO\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Craft Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/craft-ventures/)\n- [Afore Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/afore-capital/)\n- [Expa](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/expa/)\n- [Exponent Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/exponent-capital/)\n- [Preface Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/preface-ventures/)\n- [Tokyo Black](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tokyo-black/)\n- [Worklife Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/worklife-ventures/)\n- [Adam Gross (CEO Vimeo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/adam-gross-ceo-vimeo/)\n- [Guillermo Rauch (CEO Vercel)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/guillermo-rauch-ceo-vercel/)\n- [John Kodumal (CTO LaunchDarkly)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/john-kodumal-cto-launchdarkly/)\n- [Michael Grinich (CEO WorkOS)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/michael-grinich-ceo-workos/)\n- [Scott Belsky (CPO Adobe)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/scott-belsky-cpo-adobe/)\n- [Thomas Paul Mann (CEO Raycast)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thomas-paul-mann-ceo-raycast/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Sam Seely?\n\nSam Seely is co-founder and CEO of Knock, a customer engagement and notification platform founded in 2021, where he sets direction across product, operations and go-to-market. He previously worked with Chris Bell at Frame.io, where they built the notification system that led them to start Knock.\n\n### What does Knock make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Knock from Knock. Notification workflow API.\n\n### Who has invested in Knock?\n\nThe 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).\n\n### How are Sam's tools graded?\n\nKnock is graded B, 66.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-seely-669128a/details/experience/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-seely-669128a\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbell88/details/experience/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbell88\n- https://knock.app/\n- https://knock.app\n- https://docs.knock.app\n- https://knock.app/pricing\n- https://knock.app/contact-sales\n- https://knock.app/about\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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