# Zestful funding: rounds and investors > Zestful has raised $6.1M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Matchstick Ventures, Shrug Capital and Thrive Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/zestful (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Zestful* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 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. HR Tech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$6.1M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources **$1.1M** Round **$5.0M** Seed - **Latest round:** Seed, $5.0M Sept 2019 - **Led by:** Thrive Capital - **Step-up i:** 4.5× - **Investors:** 8 (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. 2020 **$1.1M** Round **$5.0M** Seed - **First round:** Round, $1.1M - **Biggest round:** $5.0M - **Between rounds:** 7 months [**Zestful** Enterprise 1 / 16 Their pitch deck **Zestful's pitch deck, 16 slides** Each slide read for what it argues, against the decks that raised at the same stage.](https://millionrounds.com/decks/zestful) ## The rounds - **Sept 2019** Seed **$5.0M** *4 new* *2 returning* [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Matchstick Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matchstick-ventures) [Shrug Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shrug-capital) Third Kind Capital Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $6.5M sold, first sale Jul 2019 - **Jan 2019** Round **$1.1M** *4 new* [Matchstick Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matchstick-ventures) [Shrug Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shrug-capital) [Bessemer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer) [Day One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/day-one-srl) Reported by Crunchbase News SEC filing: $550K sold, first sale Nov 2018 ## Founders and team From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team. - **Jeffrey Peterson** Promoter i - **Mathew Vogels** Executive Officer, Director, Promoter i On the board, as filed i *Josh Miller* ## 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. **Round** 2019 **Seed** 2019 [Matchstick Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matchstick-ventures) [Shrug Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shrug-capital) [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) L [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) [Bessemer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer) [Day One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/day-one-srl) Third Kind Capital ## Everyone who backed them [Matchstick Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matchstick-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds [Shrug Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shrug-capital) VC firm **2** rounds [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital-2) Family office **1** round, led 1 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **1** round [BoxGroup](https://millionrounds.com/fund/boxgroup) VC firm **1** round [Bessemer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bessemer) VC firm **1** round [Day One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/day-one-srl) Venture studio **1** round Third Kind Capital 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=zestful). ## Quick answers about Zestful ### Who invested in Zestful? Zestful's investors include Matchstick Ventures, Shrug Capital, Thrive Capital, Y Combinator and BoxGroup, and 3 more on record. Thrive Capital led its latest round. ### How much has Zestful raised? Zestful has raised $6.1M across 2 rounds since 2019. ### When did Zestful last raise? Zestful's most recent round was a Seed of $5.0M in Sept 2019, led by Thrive Capital. ### What was Zestful's biggest round? Its most recent round, $5.0M in Sept 2019, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Zestful first? Zestful's first round on record, in Jan 2019, was backed by Matchstick Ventures, Shrug Capital and Bessemer and 1 others. ### What stage is Zestful at? Zestful's latest named round is a Seed, in Sept 2019. ### Where is Zestful based? Zestful is based in the United States. ### Who led Zestful's rounds? Thrive Capital led the Seed in 2019. ## Companies like Zestful In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**VIVA Finance** $370M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/viva-finance)[**Origin** $121M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/origin)[**Angle Health** $1.2B · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/angle-health)[**Thatch** $151M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/thatch)[**Intermezzo** $10M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/intermezzo)[**BrightPlan** $14M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/brightplan) ## 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