# Zeel funding: rounds and investors

> Zeel has raised $3.2M across 4 rounds since 2012. Investors include Lightbank, Corigin Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Zeel*

4 rounds we have observed, with the 20 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Healthcare

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$3.2M** raised across 4 rounds since 2012, from 4 sources

**$1.5M** Seed **$1.7M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture Jan 2023
- **Biggest round:** $1.7M Venture · Oct 2014
- **Investors:** 20

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

**$1.5M** Seed

**?** Seed

**$1.7M** Venture

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Seed, $1.5M
- **Biggest round:** $1.7M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 21 months

## The rounds

- **Jan 2023** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* *1 returning* [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Lightbank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightbank) Source recorded
- **Oct 2014** Venture **$1.7M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Fabrice Grinda](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabrice-grinda) [Jose Marin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jose-marin) [Corigin Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corigin-ventures) From a historical funding record
- **Jan 2013** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Corigin Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corigin-ventures) From a historical funding record
- **Jan 2012** Seed **$1.5M** *14 new* [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [Lightbank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightbank) [Esther Dyson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/esther-dyson) [Matt Ocko](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matt-ocko) [Burch Creative Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burch-creative-capital) [Tim Kendall](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-kendall) [Plough Penny Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plough-penny-partners) [Sean Black](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sean-black) [Patrick Spain](https://millionrounds.com/fund/patrick-spain) [Jonathan Gordon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jonathan-gordon) [Ken Cron](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ken-cron) [Ken Fox](https://millionrounds.com/fund/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.

**Seed** 2012 **Seed** 2013 **Venture** 2014 **Venture** 2023 [Lightbank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightbank) [Corigin Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corigin-ventures) [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) [FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) [Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Fabrice Grinda](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabrice-grinda) [Esther Dyson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/esther-dyson) [Jose Marin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jose-marin) [Matt Ocko](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matt-ocko)

## Everyone who backed them

[Lightbank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightbank) VC firm **2** rounds

[Corigin Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/corigin-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[FJ Labs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs) VC firm **1** round

[Partech Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/partech) VC firm **1** round

[Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Fabrice Grinda](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fabrice-grinda) Angel **1** round

[Esther Dyson](https://millionrounds.com/fund/esther-dyson) VC firm **1** round

[Jose Marin](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jose-marin) VC firm **1** round

[Matt Ocko](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matt-ocko) VC firm **1** round

[Burch Creative Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/burch-creative-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Tim Kendall](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tim-kendall) Angel **1** round

[Plough Penny Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plough-penny-partners) Family office **1** round

[Sean Black](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sean-black) Angel **1** round

[Patrick Spain](https://millionrounds.com/fund/patrick-spain) Angel **1** round

[Jonathan Gordon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jonathan-gordon) Angel **1** round

[Ken Cron](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ken-cron) VC firm **1** round

[Ken Fox](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ken-fox) Angel **1** round

Judson B. Traphagen no record of our own yet **1** round

Kaleil Isaza Tuzman no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=zeel).

## 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.

[Alpaca VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alpaca-vc) VC firm Per its own site

[Brad Keywell](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brad-keywell) Angel Per its own site

[Grit Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/grit-capital-partners) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Zeel

### Who invested in Zeel?

Zeel's investors include Lightbank, Corigin Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, FJ Labs and Partech Ventures, and 15 more on record.

### 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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