Acquisition
Nov 2022Vimcal acquired Weve Calendar in summer 2022 and used it to help launch the iOS app and Outlook integration.
SourceThe world's fastest calendar, beautifully designed for remote teams.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Vimcal is a New York-based, YC S18 productivity startup building a fast, AI-assisted calendar and scheduling platform for founders, executives, VCs, executive assistants, and teams. Its core motion is subscription SaaS, with an EA-specific product and enterprise/security-oriented tiers.
Primary product
Vimcal, a fast calendar and scheduling platform (plus Vimcal EA for executive assistants)
Founded
2018
Headquarters
New York City, New York, United States
Team size
11-50 employees
Work style
Flexible
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Calendar and scheduling software
Offices
New York City, New York, United States (HQ)
San Diego, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States
Business model
SaaS subscription
free trial
team subscriptions
enterprise contracts
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$6.5M
Latest round
Seed · Nov 2023
Latest amount
$4.5M
People & investors
Leadership
Co-Founder & CEO
Johnny Wu
Head of Marketing
Director of Engineering
Founders
Co-Founder & CTO
Work & culture
Public sources describe a product-obsessed, high-velocity team that values warmth, clear thinking, over-communication, and obsessive attention to detail. Engineering culture emphasizes small-team ownership, deep work, low-meeting cadence, rapid bug fixes, and direct feedback from users.
Work style
Flexible
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
One public YC job posting listed an AI Product Engineer (Full-Stack) role at $150K-$200K, New York or US remote. Publicly visible postings also required US citizenship or valid US work authorization, but broader company-wide compensation and visa policy were not public.
Product & market
Pricing
Freemium subscription with paid individual and team plans; Vimcal EA and enterprise pricing available by plan/contact sales.
Differentiators
- —Very fast, keyboard-driven calendar UX
- —Natural-language scheduling and AI assistance
- —EA-specific delegated scheduling workflow
- —Unified Google Calendar and Outlook support
- —Time-zone automation and multi-calendar coordination
- —Enterprise security/compliance focus (SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001)
Technology
Ruby on Rails
React
TypeScript
Claude/LLM integrations
Google Calendar
Microsoft Outlook
Zoom
Google Meet
Microsoft Teams
Customers
Kleiner Perkins
Zapier
Dropbox
Menlo Ventures
Clay
a16z
Amazon
Google
McKinsey
Netflix
Nike
Visa
Competitors
Calendly
Google Calendar
Microsoft Outlook
Amie
Magical
x.ai
Woven
duckbill
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Approximately $1.6M-$2.3M annual revenue / ARR, based on third-party estimates (public sources conflict).
Estimated monthly visits
39.3K
Traffic estimate as of Jan 2026
Signals & risks
Other
Mar 2023John Li later recounted that Vimcal launched with only about 1.5 months of runway left and that the company had prepared legal documents to shut down before later funding and traction extended its life.
SourceLatest news
TechCrunch · Nov 2023
TechCrunch reported Vimcal’s $4.5M seed round led by Altos Ventures, raising its total funding to about $6.9M and highlighting its move into team and enterprise scheduling, AI features, and EA-focused products.
PR Newswire · Nov 2023
The company’s own announcement said the round was led by Altos Ventures and described Vimcal as moving from calendar software toward a broader meetings platform.
AlleyWatch · Nov 2023
AlleyWatch covered the seed round and John Li’s comments on Vimcal’s team/enterprise expansion, its business model, and its customer focus on busy founders, executives, and EAs.
TechCrunch · Nov 2022
TechCrunch covered Vimcal’s iOS launch, Outlook integration, pricing, the acquisition of Weve Calendar, and the company’s positioning around speed and simpler scheduling.
PR Newswire · Nov 2022
The press release announced the iOS app and Outlook integration and noted the Weve Calendar acquisition as part of the mobile launch effort.
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