When was Zed founded?

Zed was founded in 2020 and raised its 1st funding round 3 years after it was founded.

Where is Zed located?

Zed is headquartered in Boulder, United States.

Who is the current CEO of Zed?

Nathan Sobo of Zed. They have also founded 1 company.

Is Zed a funded company?

Zed is a funded company, having raised a total of $42M across 2 funding rounds to date. The company's 1st funding round was a $***** Series A round, raised on Mar 15, 2023.

How much is Zed worth?

The latest valuation of Zed is $***** as of Mar 15, 2023.

When was the latest funding round of Zed?

Zed's latest funding was a $***** Series B round on Nov 01, 2024, with participation from 1 investor. Its primary sector is Open Source. In United States, the Open Source sector has seen $2.77B in funding in 2026 to date.

Where does Zed rank among its competitors?

Zed ranks 3rd amongst 305 active competitors, of which 11 are funded. It stands 2nd in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Zed, which secured $32M in Nov, 2024.

Who are the top competitors of Zed?

Zed's top competitors include Netlify, Tiny and CKEditor. Among them, Zed secured the most recent funding round in November, 2024.

Zed - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Zed is a series B company based in Boulder (United States), founded in 2020 by Nathan Sobo and Max Brunsfeld. It operates as a Developer of a collaborative, high-performance code editor with AI integration. Zed has raised $42M in funding from Redpoint Ventures and Sequoia Capital, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 305 active competitors, including 11 funded and 3 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Netlify, Tiny and CKEditor.

Company Details

Developer of a collaborative, high-performance code editor with AI integration. The editor supports debugging across multiple programming languages. It offers native Git support for staging, committing, pulling, and pushing. The system also provides tools for remote development and multibuffer editing. Features include interactive programming, terminal and task running, and Vim bindings. It supports language server protocol, outline view, and text manipulation.

Website: zed.dev
Email ID: *****@zed.dev

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2020

Location

Boulder, United States

Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$42M in 2 rounds

Latest Funding Round

Series B, Nov 01, 2024, $*****

Post Money Valuation

$***** as on Mar 15, 2023

Investors

Redpoint Ventures & 10 more

Ranked

3^rd among 305 active competitors

Similar Companies

Netlify & 614 more

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Zed is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
ZED INDUSTRIES, INC CIN: 05357728 , United States, Active	Mar 09, 2021	-	-	-

Zed has raised a total funding of $42M over 2 rounds. Its first funding round was on Mar 15, 2023. Its latest funding round was a Series B round on Nov 01, 2024 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. Zed has 6 institutional investors and 5 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Zed:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Nov 01, 2024	6718708	Series B	2366521	6840039	1684235	7630160
Mar 15, 2023	7994459	Series A	9504137	7239291	Redpoint Ventures	Matchstick Ventures & 7 more

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The founders of Zed are Nathan Sobo and Max Brunsfeld. Nathan Sobo is the CEO of Zed.

Here are the details of Zed's key team members:

Nathan Sobo: Co-Founder & CEO of Zed. They serve on the board of 1 company.
Contact Info: 1 email address
Max Brunsfeld: Co-Founder of Zed. They serve on the board of 1 company.
Contact Info: 1 email address

Zed's Board of Directors

Zed's board has 8 active members. Nathan Sobo, Max Brunsfeld, Antonio Scandurra, Max C. Brunsfeld, Nathan A. Sobo, Edward Lee, Patrick Chase and Lee Edwards are independent board members.

Here is the list of Zed's board of directors:

Name	Type	Representing	Status	Duration
Nathan Sobo	Independent board member	-	Current	3y 5m
swmkoub	Independent board member	-	Current	4y 3m
jphnzqz	Independent board member	-	Current	9y 1m
zqbkjfi	Independent board member	-	Current	4y 4m
cantvhh	Independent board member	-	Current	3y 2m
fmvnwhs	Independent board member	-	Current	4y 9m
zpwboos	Independent board member	-	Current	7y 8m
ofinzrp	Independent board member	-	Current	6y 4m

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Top competitors of Zed include Netlify, Tiny and CKEditor. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Zed, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Netlify 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series D	Provider of a platform for web application development and deployment	$212M	Kleiner Perkins, Bloomberg Beta & 21 others	86/100
2nd	Tiny 2015, Palo Alto (United States), Series A	Provider of text editing solutions	$4M	BlueRun Ventures, Brayne	55/100
3rd	Zed 2020, Boulder (United States), Series B	Developer of a collaborative, high-performance code editor with AI integration	$42M	Sequoia Capital, Reform Ventures & 9 others	54/100
4th	CKEditor 2007, Warsaw (Poland), Unfunded	Collaborative text editing solutions provider	-	-	45/100
5th	Acode 2023, Bilaspur (India), Unfunded	Online code editor for Android devices	-	-	44/100
6th	anWriter 2016, Minsk (Belarus), Unfunded	Text editor for web programmers	-	-	42/100
7th	Kodezi Technologies 2019, Orlando (United States), Seed	Platform offering AI enabled text editor solution	$800K	RTP Global, Watertower Ventures	41/100
8th	Autocode 2016, San Francisco (United States), Seed	Provider of cloud-based code editor	$2M	BlueYard, Nordic Makers & 4 others	39/100
9th	Verbosus 2009, Bludenz (Austria), Unfunded	Text editing solutions provider	-	-	38/100
10th	xml-buddy.com 2010, Vienna (Austria), Unfunded	Code editing and validation solutions provider	-	-	35/100