Who invested in Zeplin

3 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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.

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Y Combinator: S15

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$1.3Mraised across 3 rounds since 2015, from 3 sources

$120KSeed$1.2MVenture

Latest round: VentureJul 2016
Biggest round: $1.2MVenture · Nov 2015
Investors: 7

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The funding story

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

2016

$120KSeed$1.2MVenture?Venture

First round: Seed, $120K
Biggest round: $1.2M
Usual gap between rounds: 7 months

The rounds

Jul 2016
VentureAmount undisclosed4 new2 returning
Source recorded
Nov 2015
Venture$1.2M2 new
- Elad Gil
- Mike Maples Jr.
From a historical funding record
Jul 2015
Seed$120K1 new
- Y Combinator
From a historical funding record

Founders and team

From Zeplin's own website: 1 founder, 5 on the team.

Pelin KenezCEO & Co-founder, Zeplin

Adam WarnerPrincipal UX Designer ⋅ Amazon
Amanda MooneyUX Designer ⋅ Cargas
Caroline MaxwellPrincipal Designer ⋅ Starbucks
Erica OlsonLead UX ⋅ Little Caesars
Kelsey KimuraUI/UX Designer ⋅ WestJet

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.

Seed2015Venture2015Venture2016

Four Cities CapitalMike Maples Jr.

Everyone who backed them

Y CombinatorAccelerator2rounds

Elad GilVC firm2rounds

CitibankGrowth equity1round

FloodgateVC firm1round

Graph VenturesVC firm1round

Four Cities CapitalVC firm1round

Mike Maples Jr.VC firm1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Zeplin 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.