# ZenBusiness funding: rounds and investors > ZenBusiness has raised $22M across 3 rounds since 2018. Investors include Founders Fund, Greycroft and Alumni Ventures. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/zenbusiness (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *ZenBusiness* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 12 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. AI Valuation: $1.7B, Mar 2026 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$22M** raised across 3 rounds since 2018, from 3 sources **$4.5M** Seed **$15M** Series A **$2.5M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture, $2.5M Sept 2022 - **Biggest round:** $15M Series A · Sept 2019 - **Investors:** 12 (1 led) 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. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 **$4.5M** Seed **$15M** Series A **$2.5M** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $4.5M - **Biggest round:** $15M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.9 years ## The rounds - **Sept 2022** Venture **$2.5M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Cathay Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cathay-innovation) Source recorded SEC filing: $2.5M sold, first sale Sept 2022 - **Sept 2019** Series A **$15M** *5 new* [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) Lead [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) [Recruit Strategic Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-strategic-partners) [Interlock Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interlock-partners) Rosecliff Venture Partners Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $15M sold, first sale Jun 2019 - **Feb 2018** Seed **$4.5M** *4 new* [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Slow](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow) [Rise of the Rest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rise-of-the-rest) [Lerer Hippeau/ Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau-greycroft) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $2.1M sold, first sale Feb 2018 ## Founders and team From ZenBusiness's own website and the SEC filings it signed: 1 founder, 3 on the team. **Ross Buhrdorf** CEO & Co-Founder *Named on its 2022 Form D* - **Sameer Gulati** President and CPO - **Alex Victoria** CTO - **Khadijeh (Shanaz) Hemmati** Executive Officer i On the board, as filed i *Denis Barrier* *Jenne Britell* *Matt Streisfeld* *Paul Bricault* ## 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** 2018 **Series A** 2019 **Venture** 2022 [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) L [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) [Cathay Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cathay-innovation) [Recruit Strategic Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-strategic-partners) [Slow](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow) [Rise of the Rest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rise-of-the-rest) [Interlock Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interlock-partners) ## Everyone who backed them [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) VC firm **2** rounds [Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greycroft) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) VC firm **1** round [Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) VC firm **1** round [Cathay Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cathay-innovation) VC firm **1** round [Recruit Strategic Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-strategic-partners) Investment firm **1** round [Slow](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow) VC firm **1** round [Rise of the Rest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rise-of-the-rest) VC firm **1** round [Interlock Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/interlock-partners) VC firm **1** round [Lerer Hippeau/ Greycroft](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau-greycroft) VC firm **1** round Rosecliff Venture Partners 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=zenbusiness). ## Also claim to have backed them These 13 firms list ZenBusiness 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. [GreatPoint Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greatpoint-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Breyer Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breyer-capital) Private equity Per its own site [Cleveland Avenue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleveland-avenue) VC firm Per its own site [ATX Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atx-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Rosecliff Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rosecliff) VC firm Per its own site [Geekdom Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/geekdom-fund) VC firm Per its own site [Gutbrain Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gutbrain-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [PTB Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ptb-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Flucas Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flucas-ventures) Angel network Per its own site [Gammite ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gammite-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Lubbock Angel Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lubbock-angel-network) Angel network Per its own site [Omega Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/omega-venture-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Winston-Salem Partners Roundtable (WSPR) Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/winston-salem-partners-roundtable-wspr-fund) Angel network Per its own site ## Quick answers about ZenBusiness ### Who invested in ZenBusiness? ZenBusiness's investors include Founders Fund, Greycroft, Alumni Ventures, Slow Ventures and Lerer Hippeau, and 7 more on record. ### How much has ZenBusiness raised? ZenBusiness has raised $22M across 3 rounds since 2018. ### When did ZenBusiness last raise? ZenBusiness's most recent round was a Venture of $2.5M in Sept 2022. ### What was ZenBusiness's biggest round? ZenBusiness's largest round on record is $15M (Series A), in Sept 2019, led by Greycroft. ### Who backed ZenBusiness first? ZenBusiness's first round on record, in Feb 2018, was backed by Founders Fund, Slow and Rise of the Rest and 1 others. ### What stage is ZenBusiness at? ZenBusiness's latest named round is a Venture, in Sept 2022. ### Where is ZenBusiness based? ZenBusiness is based in the United States. ### Who led ZenBusiness's rounds? Greycroft led the Series A in 2019. ## Companies like ZenBusiness In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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