Top 10 Note-taking Software startups

Updated: Jul 08, 2025
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These startups develop digital notebooks, knowledge management tools and idea organizers.
1
Notion
Country: USA | Funding: $343.2M
Notion is the all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases
2
Evernote
Country: USA | Funding: $290M
Evernote is a suite of software and services designed for notetaking and archiving. Evernote supports a number of operating system platforms (including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Android, iOS and WebOS), and also offers online synchronization and backup services. Acquired by Bending Spoons
3
Granola
Country: UK | Funding: $67.3M
Granola is an AI notepad that transcribes and summarizes meetings from your device, helping users stay organized without joining calls.
4
Craft
Country: Hungary | Funding: $20.2M
Craft offers a document creation platform that allows users to easily create and share documents.
5
Slite
Country: France | Funding: $15.4M
Slite is a writing tool for teams, bringing clarity to their work and helping them stay in tune anytime, any place.
6
GoodNotes
Country: China | Funding: $6M
GoodNotes creates beautiful handwritten digital notes.
7
Ginger Labs
Country: USA
Ginger Labs develops productivity software for iOS, Mac, Windows, Web and Android. Notability is a note-taking application used by millions of people around the world for capturing and reviewing information.
8
Shiny Frog
Country: Ireland
Shiny Frog is an app studio that specialises in the web design and development of high quality apps for Mac and iOS devices. The most popular is Bear - note taking app.
9
Simplenote
Country: USA
Simplenote develops lght, clean, and free note-taking app. Simplenote is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, Linux, and the web. Acquired by Automattic.
10
Fluid Touch
Country: Singapore
Fluid Touch is a small passionate team of developers, designers and marketers that has built stunning applications for Apple iPad. Fluid Touch was officially founded in 2009 and have been enjoying continued success on the App Store with its two products, Noteshelf and Daily Notes
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Fernando Lopez is a senior editor for SaaStartups. He joined the company after having previously spent over three years at ReadWriteWeb. Prior to his work as a reporter, Fernando worked in I.T. across a number of industries, including banking, retail and software. Fernando graduated from the University of Buenos Aires (Computer Science). He is more-than-averagely interested in photography and can often be found with a camera slung over his shoulder. He wrote a book about pitching startups to investors. You can contact Fernando at fernandolopez(at)saastartups(dot)com