Our journey

From a side project to 40,000 customers

  1. 2019

    Started in a garage

    Maya and Dev build the first version of Kite to manage their own freelance work.

  2. 2020

    First 1,000 customers

    Word of mouth does the rest. We hire our first support person, Nia.

  3. 2022

    Seed round & team of 12

    We raise $4M from operators we admire and open a small office in Lisbon.

  4. 2024

    Kite for Teams

    Shared workspaces launch. Teams now make up 60% of revenue.

  5. 2026

    40,000 customers

    Profitable, remote-first and still answering every support email ourselves.