# Torkel Ödegaard

> Torkel Ödegaard is co-founder of Grafana Labs. Grafana MCP Server on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Grafana Labs.

Torkel Ödegaard created Grafana, the open-source dashboarding tool he released in January 2014 after working on Graphite at Orbitz. He co-founded Grafana Labs with Raj Dutt and Anthony Woods and is listed on its team page as co-founder and CGO.

## What Torkel builds

- [Grafana MCP Server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/grafana-mcp-server.md), graded BB, 73.9/100, in Observability & incidents. Grafana Labs' open-source MCP server for Grafana. It runs locally or self-hosted and gives agents dashboards, datasource queries (Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, Pyroscope and others), alerting, incidents and OnCall on a self-managed Grafana or Grafana Cloud. Co-founder, Grafana Labs, researched 2026-10-26.

## Works with

- [Anthony Woods](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/anthony-woods/), Co-founder, Grafana Labs
- [Raj Dutt](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/raj-dutt/), Co-founder, Grafana Labs

## Backed by

- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lightspeed-venture-partners/)
- [Lead Edge Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/lead-edge-capital/)
- [GIC](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/gic/)
- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)
- [Coatue](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/coatue/)
- [J.P. Morgan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/j-p-morgan/)
- [K5 Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/k5-global/)
- [CapitalG](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/capitalg/)
- [Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ontario-teachers-pension-plan/)
- [Sapphire Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sapphire-ventures/)
- [Tiger Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiger-global/)

## Questions

### Who is Torkel Ödegaard?

Torkel Ödegaard created Grafana, the open-source dashboarding tool he released in January 2014 after working on Graphite at Orbitz. He co-founded Grafana Labs with Raj Dutt and Anthony Woods and is listed on its team page as co-founder and CGO.

### What does Grafana Labs make?

Anchor Terminal lists Grafana MCP Server from Grafana Labs. Grafana Labs' open-source MCP server for Grafana. It runs locally or self-hosted and gives agents dashboards, datasource queries (Prometheus, Loki, Tempo, Pyroscope and others), alerting, incidents and OnCall on a self-managed Grafana or Grafana Cloud.

### Who has invested in Grafana Labs?

The sources our research read name Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lead Edge Capital, GIC, Sequoia Capital, Coatue, J.P. Morgan, K5 Global, CapitalG, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Sapphire Ventures and Tiger Global.

### How are Torkel's tools graded?

Grafana MCP Server is graded BB, 73.9 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://bigtent.fm/s1/9
- https://grafana.com/
- https://grafana.com/contact/

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