# Zeplin funding: rounds and investors > Zeplin has raised $1.3M across 3 rounds since 2015. Investors include Y Combinator, Elad Gil and Citibank. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/zeplin (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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. Collaboration Tools Y Combinator: S15 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$1.3M** raised across 3 rounds since 2015, from 3 sources **$120K** Seed **$1.2M** Venture - **Latest round:** Venture Jul 2016 - **Biggest round:** $1.2M Venture · Nov 2015 - **Investors:** 7 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. 2016 **$120K** Seed **$1.2M** Venture **?** Venture - **First round:** Seed, $120K - **Biggest round:** $1.2M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 7 months ## The rounds - **Jul 2016** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* *2 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) [Elad Gil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil) [Graph Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/graph-ventures) [Four Cities Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/four-cities-capital) Source recorded - **Nov 2015** Venture **$1.2M** *2 new* [Elad Gil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil) [Mike Maples Jr.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mike-maples-jr) From a historical funding record - **Jul 2015** Seed **$120K** *1 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) From a historical funding record ## Founders and team From Zeplin's own website: 1 founder, 5 on the team. **Pelin Kenez** CEO & Co-founder, Zeplin - **Adam Warner** Principal UX Designer ⋅ Amazon - **Amanda Mooney** UX Designer ⋅ Cargas - **Caroline Maxwell** Principal Designer ⋅ Starbucks - **Erica Olson** Lead UX ⋅ Little Caesars - **Kelsey Kimura** UI/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. **Seed** 2015 **Venture** 2015 **Venture** 2016 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Elad Gil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil) [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) [Graph Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/graph-ventures) [Four Cities Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/four-cities-capital) [Mike Maples Jr.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mike-maples-jr) ## Everyone who backed them [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **2** rounds [Elad Gil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil) VC firm **2** rounds [Citibank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citi) Growth equity **1** round [Floodgate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/floodgate) VC firm **1** round [Graph Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/graph-ventures) VC firm **1** round [Four Cities Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/four-cities-capital) VC firm **1** round [Mike Maples Jr.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mike-maples-jr) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=zeplin). ## 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. [Catapult](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catapult-vc) VC firm Per its own site [Conduit](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conduit) Accelerator Per its own site ## Quick answers about Zeplin ### Who invested in Zeplin? Zeplin's investors include Y Combinator, Elad Gil, Citibank, Floodgate and Graph Ventures, and 2 more on record. ### How much has Zeplin raised? Zeplin has raised $1.3M across 3 rounds since 2015. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Zeplin last raise? Zeplin's most recent round was a Venture in Jul 2016. ### What was Zeplin's biggest round? Zeplin's largest round on record is $1.2M (Venture), in Nov 2015. ### Who backed Zeplin first? Zeplin's first round on record, in Jul 2015, was backed by Y Combinator. ### What stage is Zeplin at? Zeplin's latest named round is a Venture, in Jul 2016. ### Where is Zeplin based? Zeplin is based in the United States. ## Companies like Zeplin In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Town** $241M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/town)[**Scuba** $34M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/scuba)[**Balance Theory** $14M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/balance-theory)[**Fambot** $3.5M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fambot)[**Magma** $5.5M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/magma)[**Rocketlane** $84M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/rocketlane) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app