# ZipRecruiter funding: rounds and investors

> ZipRecruiter has raised $769M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include IVP, Industry Ventures and Wellington Management. Every round with its source.

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

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# 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.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$769M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources

**$63M** Series A **$156M** Series B **$550M** Debt

- **Latest round:** Debt, $550M Jan 2022
- **Step-up i:** 3.5×
- **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.

2016 2018 2020 2022

**$63M** Series A

**$156M** Series B

**$550M** Debt

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

## The rounds

- **Jan 2022** Debt **$550M** *2 returning* [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) [Industry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industry-ventures) Source recorded
- **Oct 2018** Series B **$156M** *2 new* [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) Reported by FinSMEs
- **Aug 2014** Series A **$63M** *3 new* [Industry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industry-ventures) [IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp-institutional-venture-partners) [Basepoint Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basepoint-ventures) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $63M sold, first sale Aug 2014

## Founders and team

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

- **Ian Siegel** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Joe Edmonds** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Eric Liaw* *Ward Poulos* *Willis 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 A** 2014 **Series B** 2018 **Debt** 2022 [IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) [Industry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industry-ventures) [Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) [IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp-institutional-venture-partners) [Basepoint Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/basepoint-ventures)

## Everyone who backed them

[IVP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp) VC firm **2** rounds

[Industry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industry-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Wellington Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wellington-management) VC firm **1** round

[IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivp-institutional-venture-partners) Growth equity **1** round

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

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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.

[Landmark Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/landmark-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Rsquared Communication](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rsquared-communication) VC firm Per its own site

[eQuest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/equest) Investment firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about ZipRecruiter

### Who invested in ZipRecruiter?

ZipRecruiter's investors include IVP, Industry Ventures, Wellington Management, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) and Basepoint Ventures.

### How much has ZipRecruiter raised?

ZipRecruiter has raised $769M across 3 rounds since 2014.

### When did ZipRecruiter last raise?

ZipRecruiter's most recent round was a Debt of $550M in Jan 2022.

### What was ZipRecruiter's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $550M in Jan 2022, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed ZipRecruiter first?

ZipRecruiter's first round on record, in Aug 2014, was backed by Industry Ventures, IVP (Institutional Venture Partners) and Basepoint Ventures.

### What stage is ZipRecruiter at?

ZipRecruiter's latest named round is a Debt, in Jan 2022.

### Where is ZipRecruiter based?

ZipRecruiter is based in the United States.

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