Scrintal
Stockholm, SE · 3 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
Scrintal is a visual canvas tool that lets users organize and connect ideas block by block, combining thinking, writing, and sharing in one workspace. It targets knowledge workers and creative thinkers as a productivity and note-taking application.
Also known as Scrintal Labs AB
Founders & leadership
Investors · 2
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Scrintal, operated by Scrintal Labs AB, provides a visual note-taking and research application built around an infinite canvas. Users collect PDFs, images, videos, notes and documents as blocks on the canvas, nest and rearrange them, and connect them using arrows and bi-directional links. Blocks can be converted into documents with a single click, so that exploratory brainstorming and structured writing happen in the same workspace.
The product includes real-time collaboration for teams and invited colleagues, an AI assistant intended to handle repetitive tasks, and a library of templates designed around study and research techniques. Import of Markdown files and archives, data export, and desktop applications for macOS (including an Intel build) and Windows are offered alongside the web product. In 2025 the company announced Gobu, a separate AI research assistant for reading and understanding articles such as academic papers, essays, news items and reports.
Business model
Software-as-a-service productivity application, offered directly to individual users and teams with a published pricing page and a free sign-up entry point; desktop clients are distributed for macOS and Windows.
Traction
The website states that more than 10,000 learners and researchers use the product; published testimonials include users reporting one to two years of continuous use and team adoption for collaborative brainstorming.
Latest developments
The company released Gobu, an AI research assistant for deeply reading articles, academic papers, essays, news and reports, promoted with a free trial across the site.
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Market position
Positions itself in the visual thinking and personal knowledge management category, explicitly comparing itself with whiteboard/canvas tools (Miro, Mural, Milanote) and note-taking and networked-thought tools (Notion, Obsidian, Evernote, Roam Research, Logseq).
Combines a limitless visual canvas with structured documents and bi-directional links in one tool, allowing users to move from scattered blocks to organised written output without switching applications.
Technology
Web and desktop application centred on an infinite canvas with block-based content (PDFs, images, videos, notes, documents), nesting, arrows and bi-directional linking, document generation from blocks, real-time multi-user collaboration, Markdown import and data export, plus an integrated AI assistant and the Gobu AI research assistant for article comprehension.
Go-to-market
Self-serve online sign-up from the website with a free entry tier, supported by content marketing (visual note-taking and note-taking strategy guides, comparison pages against tools such as Miro, Notion, Obsidian, Evernote, Roam Research, Milanote, Mural and Logseq), templates, user testimonials and an email list.
Students, learners, researchers and knowledge workers, as well as small teams that brainstorm and work through creative or strategy processes together.
Geography
Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden (St. Eriksgatan 63A, 112 34 Stockholm), serving users online.
History
A user testimonial refers to following the product's development from its inception in 2021; the website is operated by Scrintal Labs AB and carries a 2025 copyright notice.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsScrintal announced the release of Gobu, an AI research assistant positioned to help users understand articles including academic papers, essays, news and reports, offered with a free trial.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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primary sources listed
- Scrintalscrintal.com · web
1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Scrintal do?
- Scrintal is a visual note-taking and research tool combining an infinite canvas, linked blocks and documents.
- Who are Scrintal's investors?
- Scrintal's investors include Icebreaker, Spintop Ventures.
- Where is Scrintal headquartered?
- Scrintal is headquartered in Stockholm, SE.