# Kaizen funding: rounds and investors

> Kaizen has raised across 1 round since 2025. Investors include Y Combinator. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/kaizen (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Kaizen*

One round we have observed, with the one investor named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**Undisclosed** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Venture Jun 2025
- **Investors:** 1

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Jun 2025** Venture **Amount undisclosed** [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Kaizen's own website: 1 founder, 7 on the team.

**Kristi Hoyle** Founder & Chair

- **Amanda Easter** Head of PR
- **Kole Ogunjobi** Head of SEO & Organic Performance
- **John Sellwood** Client Strategy Director
- **Marina Plummer** Strategy & Innovation Lead
- **Matthew Morrissey** Organic Search Director
- **Pete Campbell** Commercial Director
- **Rachel McLeay** PR Operations Lead

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Kaizen as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Slojo Investments LLC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slojo-investments-llc) Family office Per its own site

## Quick answers about Kaizen

### Who invested in Kaizen?

Kaizen's investors include Y Combinator.

### How much has Kaizen raised?

Kaizen has raised 1 round since 2025, none with a disclosed amount.

### When did Kaizen last raise?

Kaizen's most recent round was a Venture in Jun 2025.

### Who backed Kaizen first?

Kaizen's first round on record, in Jun 2025, was backed by Y Combinator.

### What stage is Kaizen at?

Kaizen's latest named round is a Venture, in Jun 2025.

### Where is Kaizen based?

Kaizen is based in the United States.

## Companies like Kaizen

In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months.

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