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Who invested in ZeroCater?
ZeroCater's investors include Y Combinator, SV Angel, Romulus Capital, Alumni Ventures and Paul Buchheit, and 15 more on record.
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$1.5MVenture$4.1MSeries A$12MSeries B$15MSeries C
United States · Series C startup
Who invested in ZeroCater
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$33Mraised across 4 rounds since 2011, from 4 sources
$1.5MVenture$4.1MSeries A$12MSeries B$15MSeries C
- Latest round
- Series C, $15MFeb 2023
- Step-upi
- 1.3×
- Investors
- 20 (1 led)
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Venture, $1.5M Aug 2011
- Biggest round
- $15M Series C · Feb 2023
- Usual gap between rounds
- 4.8 years the median of 3
The rounds
- Feb 2023
- May 2018
- Aug 2016
- Aug 2011
Founders and team
From ZeroCater's own website: 3 on the team.
- Ali SabetiCEO
- Jim WaggonerChief Financial Officer
- Prabjot JaajChief Product and Technology Officer
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.
Venture2011Series A2016Series B2018Series C2023
Y Combinator
SV Angel
Romulus CapitalL
Alumni VenturesPaul Buchheit
Yuri Milner
Start FundKeith Rabois
Cleveland Avenue
Vaizra Investments
Y CombinatorSV AngelRomulus CapitalLAlumni VenturesPaul BuchheitYuri MilnerStart FundKeith RaboisCleveland AvenueVaizra InvestmentsEveryone who backed them
Paul BuchheitAngel1round
Keith RaboisVC firm1round
Justin KanVC firm1round
Emmett ShearAngel1round
Gabor CselleAngel1round
Stewart AlsopVC firm1round
Starling VenturesVC firm1round
Alexander GoldsteinAngel1round
Cleveland Avenue/ Romulusno record of our own yet1round
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Also claim to have backed them
These 3 firms list ZeroCater 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 ZeroCater
How much has ZeroCater raised?
ZeroCater has raised $33M across 4 rounds since 2011.
When did ZeroCater last raise?
ZeroCater's most recent round was a Series C of $15M in Feb 2023.
What was ZeroCater's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $15M in Feb 2023, is also its largest on record.
Who backed ZeroCater first?
ZeroCater's first round on record, in Aug 2011, was backed by Y Combinator, SV Angel and Paul Buchheit and 12 others.
What stage is ZeroCater at?
ZeroCater's latest named round is a Series C, in Feb 2023.
Where is ZeroCater based?
ZeroCater is based in the United States.
Who led ZeroCater's rounds?
Romulus Capital led the Series A in 2016.
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