# Sam Seely (slim)

> Sam Seely is co-founder and CEO. Knock on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and CEO.

Sam 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.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-seely-669128a

## What Sam builds

- [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.

## Works with

- [Chris Bell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-bell/), Co-founder and CTO

## Backed by

- [Craft Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/craft-ventures/)
- [Afore Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/afore-capital/)
- [Expa](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/expa/)
- [Exponent Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/exponent-capital/)
- [Preface Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/preface-ventures/)
- [Tokyo Black](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tokyo-black/)
- [Worklife Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/worklife-ventures/)
- [Adam Gross (CEO Vimeo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/adam-gross-ceo-vimeo/)
- [Guillermo Rauch (CEO Vercel)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/guillermo-rauch-ceo-vercel/)
- [John Kodumal (CTO LaunchDarkly)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/john-kodumal-cto-launchdarkly/)
- [Michael Grinich (CEO WorkOS)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/michael-grinich-ceo-workos/)
- [Scott Belsky (CPO Adobe)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/scott-belsky-cpo-adobe/)
- [Thomas Paul Mann (CEO Raycast)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thomas-paul-mann-ceo-raycast/)

## Questions

### Who is Sam Seely?

Sam 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.

### What does Knock make?

Anchor Terminal lists Knock from Knock.

### Who has invested in Knock?

The 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).

### How are Sam's tools graded?

Knock is graded B, 66.7 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-seely-669128a/details/experience/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-seely-669128a
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbell88/details/experience/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbell88
- https://knock.app/
- https://knock.app
- https://docs.knock.app
- https://knock.app/pricing
- https://knock.app/contact-sales
- https://knock.app/about

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.