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Who invested in Zeel?
Zeel's investors include Lightbank, Corigin Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, FJ Labs and Partech Ventures, and 15 more on record.
201220142016201820202022
$1.5MSeed?Seed$1.7MVenture?Venture
United States · Venture startup
Who invested in Zeel
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$3.2Mraised across 4 rounds since 2012, from 4 sources
$1.5MSeed$1.7MVenture
- Latest round
- VentureJan 2023
- Biggest round
- $1.7MVenture · Oct 2014
- Investors
- 20
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed, $1.5M Jan 2012
- Biggest round
- $1.7M Venture · Oct 2014
- Usual gap between rounds
- 21 months the median of 3
The rounds
- Jan 2023VentureAmount undisclosed3 new1 returning
Source recorded
- Oct 2014Venture$1.7M2 new1 returning
From a historical funding record
- Jan 2013
- Jan 2012Seed$1.5M14 new
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Lightbank- Esther Dyson
- Matt Ocko
Burch Creative Capital- Tim Kendall
Plough Penny Partners- Sean Black
- Patrick Spain
- Jonathan Gordon
- Ken Cron
- Ken Fox
- Judson B. Traphagen
- Kaleil Isaza Tuzman
Reported by techcrunch.com
Who was in which round
The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.
Seed2012Seed2013Venture2014Venture2023LightbankCorigin VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
FJ Labs
Partech Ventures
Slow Ventures
Fabrice GrindaEsther DysonJose MarinMatt Ocko
LightbankCorigin VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersFJ LabsPartech VenturesSlow VenturesFabrice GrindaEsther DysonJose MarinMatt OckoEveryone who backed them
Corigin VenturesVC firm2rounds
Esther DysonVC firm1round
Jose MarinVC firm1round
Matt OckoVC firm1round
Tim KendallAngel1round
Sean BlackAngel1round
Patrick SpainAngel1round
Jonathan GordonAngel1round
Ken CronVC firm1round
Ken FoxAngel1round
Judson B. Traphagenno record of our own yet1round
Kaleil Isaza Tuzmanno record of our own yet1round
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Also claim to have backed them
These 3 firms list Zeel as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.
Quick answers about Zeel
How much has Zeel raised?
Zeel has raised $3.2M across 4 rounds since 2012. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.
When did Zeel last raise?
Zeel's most recent round was a Venture in Jan 2023.
What was Zeel's biggest round?
Zeel's largest round on record is $1.7M (Venture), in Oct 2014.
Who backed Zeel first?
Zeel's first round on record, in Jan 2012, was backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lightbank and Esther Dyson and 11 others.
What stage is Zeel at?
Zeel's latest named round is a Venture, in Jan 2023.
Where is Zeel based?
Zeel is based in the United States.
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