Why we turned down the term sheet
Most software companies of our size have already sold twice. We'd rather keep the slower road: own our decisions, keep the team small, and build something still standing in twenty years.
Building calm tools for a world that never slows down
And rethinking the defaults with software that stays out of the way
kestrel
Kestrel: the task app that keeps 2.4 million people and teams focused on finishing, not filing.
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willow
The written-first workspace that gives teams room to think, decide, and close the laptop.
Learn moreAsync- and remote-first work for over fifteen years
Norvik has been distributed since the first line of code shipped in 2009. No offices, no core hours — just proof that writing things down beats meeting about them, year after year.
2009year founded
94%teammate retention rate
58%of the crew has been here 4+ years
$0outside capital raised
We're independent, profitable, and built to stay
We own the company outright, with no plans to sell or be absorbed. That means we can answer to the people who use Kestrel and Willow — and to each other — for a very long time.
Growing slower than we could
A few things we've learned about compounding a durable product in a loud market — with hundreds of thousands of paying customers and no investors on the cap table.