# Zest Tea funding: rounds and investors

> Zest Tea has raised $1.1M across 2 rounds since 2015. Investors include Lord Baltimore Fund and Momentum Fund. Every round with its source.

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

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# Who invested in *Zest Tea*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 2 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.

Foodtech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$1.1M** raised across 2 rounds since 2015, from 2 sources

**$60K** Debt **$1.0M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $1.0M Jan 2019
- **Step-up i:** 16.7×
- **Investors:** 2

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.

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

**$60K** Debt

**$1.0M** Round

- **First round:** Debt, $60K
- **Biggest round:** $1.0M
- **Between rounds:** 3.8 years

## The rounds

- **Jan 2019** Round **$1.0M** *2 new* Lord Baltimore Fund Momentum Fund Reported by FinSMEs
- **Mar 2015** Debt **$60K** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $60K sold, first sale Feb 2015

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 1 on the team.

- **James Fayal** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i

## 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.

**Debt** 2015 **Round** 2019 Lord Baltimore Fund Momentum Fund

## Everyone who backed them

Lord Baltimore Fund no record of our own yet **1** round

Momentum Fund no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Zest Tea as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Empire Angels](https://millionrounds.com/fund/empire-angels) Angel network Per its own site

## Quick answers about Zest Tea

### Who invested in Zest Tea?

Zest Tea's investors include Lord Baltimore Fund and Momentum Fund.

### How much has Zest Tea raised?

Zest Tea has raised $1.1M across 2 rounds since 2015.

### When did Zest Tea last raise?

Zest Tea's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $1.0M in Jan 2019.

### What was Zest Tea's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $1.0M in Jan 2019, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Zest Tea first?

Zest Tea's first round on record, in Jan 2019, was backed by Lord Baltimore Fund and Momentum Fund.

### What stage is Zest Tea at?

Zest Tea's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jan 2019.

### Where is Zest Tea based?

Zest Tea is based in the United States.

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