# Zilliz funding: rounds and investors

> Zilliz has raised $70M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include Yunqi Partners, Hill House Capital and 5Y Capital. Every round with its source.

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

China · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Zilliz*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$70M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources

**$10M** Round **$60M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $60M Aug 2022
- **Step-up i:** 6×
- **Investors:** 5

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.

2019 2020 2021 2022

**$10M** Round

**$60M** Series B

- **First round:** Round, $10M
- **Biggest round:** $60M
- **Between rounds:** 4.2 years

## The rounds

- **Aug 2022** Series B **$60M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Hill House Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hill-house-capital) [5Y Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5y-capital) [Yunqi Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yunqi-partners) Source recorded
- **Jun 2018** Round **$10M** *3 new* [Yunqi Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yunqi-partners) [Eminence Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eminence-ventures) Morningside Venture Capital/ Green Pine Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From Zilliz's own website: 3 founders, 1 on the team.

**Dr. Pratyush Kumar** Co-Founder

**Jeffrey Wang** Co-Founder

**Nathan Morris** Co-Founder

- **Jagath Kumar** Head of Performance Engineering

## 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** 2018 **Series B** 2022 [Yunqi Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yunqi-partners) [Hill House Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hill-house-capital) [5Y Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5y-capital) [Eminence Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eminence-ventures) Morningside Venture Capital/ Green Pine

## Everyone who backed them

[Yunqi Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yunqi-partners) VC firm **2** rounds

[Hill House Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hill-house-capital) Family office **1** round

[5Y Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/5y-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Eminence Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eminence-ventures) VC firm **1** round

Morningside Venture Capital/ Green Pine no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Zilliz 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.

[Prosperity7 Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prosperity7-ventures) Corporate VC Per its own site

[AI Grant](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ai-grant) Accelerator Per its own site

[Cell Rising Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cell-rising-capital) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Zilliz

### Who invested in Zilliz?

Zilliz's investors include Yunqi Partners, Hill House Capital, 5Y Capital, Eminence Ventures and Morningside Venture Capital/ Green Pine.

### How much has Zilliz raised?

Zilliz has raised $70M across 2 rounds since 2018.

### When did Zilliz last raise?

Zilliz's most recent round was a Series B of $60M in Aug 2022.

### What was Zilliz's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $60M in Aug 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Zilliz first?

Zilliz's first round on record, in Jun 2018, was backed by Yunqi Partners, Eminence Ventures and Morningside Venture Capital/ Green Pine.

### What stage is Zilliz at?

Zilliz's latest named round is a Series B, in Aug 2022.

### Where is Zilliz based?

Zilliz is based in China.

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