What does Zelkova Ventures invest in?
Zelkova Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (89% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Apps, Consumer and FinTech.

United States · Investor
Last cheque observed Apr 2025. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.
QuietNew fund $12M, Jun 2023VC firm
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59 rounds on record
Mostly Seed and Series A: 89% of its rounds
16 exits from the portfolio
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Every round we can evidence, newest first59 appearances
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Companies it backed that were later bought or listed16 in all
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
The investors most often in the same rounds as Zelkova Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.
The latest companies Zelkova Ventures put money into.
Zelkova Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (89% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Apps, Consumer and FinTech.
59 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Apr 2025.
Its most recent investments on record: Respondology (Series A, Apr 2025), RealBlocks (Seed, Jan 2019) and YayPay (Undisclosed round, Sept 2017).
The median round it joins is $5.3M. It says it writes cheques of $200K to $1.0M.
Rarely, if at all: none of its 59 investments on record names it as the lead.
Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (97%).
No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Apr 2025.
Most often David Cohen (14 rounds together), 500 Global (12 rounds together) and David Tisch (8 rounds together).
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