Grammarly Valued at $13 Billion With $200 Million Round

<p><strong>SAN FRANCISCO<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;grammarly&period;com&sol;about">Grammarly<&sol;a>&comma; a company powering effective communication for over 30&comma;000 teams and 30 million people daily&comma; has raised over &dollar;200 million in funding at a &dollar;13 billion valuation from new investors Baillie Gifford and funds and accounts managed by BlackRock&comma; among others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With this latest funding round&comma; Grammarly plans to accelerate product innovation and team growth to transform how individuals and organizations around the world communicate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Grammarly can be used via a free browser extension and offers premium upgrades as well as business accounts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Grammarly’s latest funding round underscores the importance of our mission and the broad need for effective communication&comma;” said Brad Hoover&comma; CEO of Grammarly&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;By enabling clear and confident communication&comma; Grammarly’s platform helps people excel both personally and professionally&period; It drives real impact for our users and the ecosystems in which they operate&comma; including businesses&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Looking to assist people wherever they write&comma; Grammarly doesn’t limit users to one software suite or operating system to receive communication feedback&period; Its platform accelerates effective communication across more than 500&comma;000 applications and websites&comma; from email clients to enterprise software to word processors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;grammarly&period;com&sol;blog&sol;introducing-grammarly-for-mac-windows">new desktop product<&sol;a>&comma; the launch of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;developer&period;grammarly&period;com&sol;">Grammarly for Developers<&sol;a>&comma; and strategic partnerships like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;grammarly&period;com&sol;blog&sol;grammarly-for-samsung-keyboard&sol;">Grammarly for Samsung Keyboard<&sol;a>&comma; Grammarly is poised to bring its real-time communications suggestions to more people across more applications&period; The company will also continue to advance its best-in-class <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;grammarly&period;com&sol;blog&sol;engineering&sol;grammarly-nlp-building-future-communication&sol;">NLP and ML technology<&sol;a> to deliver personalized communication feedback to users around the globe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re delighted to partner with the team at Grammarly to democratize effective communication&period; As the world has digitized&comma; people communicate more than they ever have—yet it has never been so difficult&comma;” said Peter Singlehurst&comma; Head of Private Companies at Baillie Gifford&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Grammarly is one of the few businesses in the world focused on solving this problem&period; What attracted us is the company’s vision and the team’s ability to drive the product forward to help more people in more situations communicate better&period; Grammarly’s long-term and ambitious approach also aligns with our approach to investing&period; We look forward to many years of partnership with Grammarly&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Grammarly says it is profitable and has been cash-flow positive since soon after inception&period; The company has nearly tripled its number of employees since 2019 and—with its newly announced <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;grammarly&period;com&sol;blog&sol;remote-first-hybrid-work-model&sol;">remote-first hybrid working model<&sol;a>—is <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;grammarly&period;com&sol;jobs&sol;openings">hiring across every department<&sol;a> in the United States&comma; Canada&comma; and Ukraine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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