Who invested in ZipRecruiter

3 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.

E-commerce

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$769Mraised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources

$63MSeries A$156MSeries B$550MDebt

Latest round: Debt, $550MJan 2022
Step-upi: 3.5×
Investors: 5

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2016201820202022

$63MSeries A$156MSeries B$550MDebt

First round: Series A, $63M
Biggest round: $550M
Usual gap between rounds: 4.1 years

The rounds

Jan 2022
Debt$550M2 returning
- IVP
- Industry Ventures
Source recorded
Oct 2018
Series B$156M2 new
- Wellington Management
- IVP
Reported by FinSMEs
Aug 2014
Series A$63M3 new
From a historical funding recordSEC filing: $63M sold, first sale Aug 2014

Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

Ian SiegelExecutive Officer, Directori
Joe EdmondsExecutive Officer, Directori

On the board, as filediEric LiawWard PoulosWillis Redd

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.

Series A2014Series B2018Debt2022

IVP

Industry Ventures

Wellington ManagementIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

Basepoint Ventures

Everyone who backed them

IVPVC firm2rounds

Industry VenturesVC firm2rounds

Wellington ManagementVC firm1round

IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Growth equity1round

Basepoint VenturesVC firm1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list ZipRecruiter 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.