About Zillionize
Zillionize is a venture capital firm founded in 2011. It is primarily based out of Palo Alto, United States. As of Aug 2024, Zillionize has invested in 159 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Thera Overall, Zillionize portfolio has seen 15 unicorns, 1 IPO and 34 acquisitions including key companies like Flutterwave, Eight Sleep and Go1. A lot of funds co-invest with Zillionize, with names like Y Combinator sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Zillionize has team of 7 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Unicorns
Zillionize's List of Top Investments
Zillionize has a portfolio of 159 companies, including 15 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Multiply Labs and PlateJoy.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, Israel and 19 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 28 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Zillionize:
1. Flutterwave
Provider of payment solutions for online and physical business transactions. It offers tools for accepting payments, payouts, transfers, and creating online stores. The company provides application programming interfaces for developers to integrate payment functionalities. It also facilitates tuition payments and event ticket purchases.
Key facts about Flutterwave
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series E
- Total Funding till date: $489M
- Employee Count: 875 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Glynn Capital, Alrai Capital and 73 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series E, Jul 07, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Eight Sleep
Provider of AI-based internet-first brand of mattress and smart mattress covers. It provides an AI-based internet-first brand of thermoregulated mattress, carbon air pillow, and smart mattress cover that is controlled via smartphone. It allows the user to set the temperature of the mattress independently and monitor the body vitals such as breathing and heart-rate variability. This control allows the user to fall asleep faster and improves the quality of sleep. The app can be connected with other smart devices to monitor sleep activity.
Key facts about Eight Sleep
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $323M
- Employee Count: 234 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: SoftBank Group, StartX and 87 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Mar 04, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Go1
Cloud-based LMS platform for multi-industry. The product allows employers to manage the training portal and works on an aggregation model that enables users to add courses from the marketplace, create a new course with the company materials, or upload existing content. The platform provides solutions for government, enterprises, and content creators.
Key facts about Go1
- Founded Year: 1998
- Location: Brisbane (Australia)
- Annual Revenue: $10M - $50M as on Jun 30, 2021
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $430M
- Employee Count: 615 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Blue Cloud Ventures, Tiger Global Management and 33 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, May 09, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Rippling
Cloud-based suite solution for HR management. It offers automated onboarding and offboarding solution for the organizations. The product is an employee management software solution with features such as payroll administration, employee benefits management, headcount planning, feedback surveys, shift scheduling, learning management and more. It also offer products such as workflow studio, reporting analytics, policies management and more. It is a tool available on the subscription based pricing model.
Key facts about Rippling
5. Glean
Cloud-based platform for enterprise search. It provides software to conduct searches through enterprise apps and content. It also offers a purpose-based search for processes like hiring and assigning tasks. It has integrations with Figma, Slack, Box, Gitlab, Google, Asana etc.
Key facts about Glean
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series F
- Total Funding till date: $765M
- Employee Count: 1,648 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Adams Street Partners, Sapphire Ventures and 52 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Jun 10, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Zillionize's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Zillionize has invested in 159 companies over the last 15 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Thera and most recent follow-on round was in Bluesmart.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2021 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2017 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
Zillionize's Investments by Stage
Zillionize has made 86 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.54M, 11 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $6.38M and 2 investments in Angel stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 86 |
Series A | 11 |
Angel | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Zillionize's Investments by Sector
Zillionize has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, High Tech, Retail and Enterprise Infrastructure. Notably, it has invested in 152 Tech companies, 108 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 101 Software companies and at least 68 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 46 |
Consumer | 35 |
High Tech | 21 |
Retail | 15 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 11 |
Others | 116 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Zillionize's Investments by Geography
Zillionize has made most investments in United States (83), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 3 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 83 |
United Kingdom | 3 |
Germany | 2 |
Israel | 2 |
Austria | 1 |
Others | 9 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Zillionize's recent investments
Zillionize has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Zillionize:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 22, 2024 | United States | Seed | 7137 | [+8] | |
Mar 20, 2023 | United States | Seed | 4560 | [+12] | |
Dec 21, 2022 | United States | Seed | 7538 | [+6] | |
Jun 21, 2022 | United States | Seed | 3173 | [+23] | |
May 27, 2022 | United States | Seed | 5349 | [+8] |
Unicorns in Zillionize's Portfolio
Zillionize has 15 unicorns in its portfolio - Eight Sleep, Alpaca Securities, Deepgram and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Eight Sleep. It became a unicorn in 2026, 10 years after Zillionize first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Zillionize's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
81 | Provider of AI-based internet-first brand of mattress and smart mattress covers | 2014 | New York City | Series D | qwwn{jx | ||
54 | Internet-first stock broker | 2015 | San Mateo | Series D | okpoces | ||
70 | Provider of AI-based speech transcription software | 2015 | San Francisco | Series C | {wrgjzd | ||
79 | Cloud-based platform for enterprise search | 2019 | Palo Alto | Series F | yavhyzn | ||
65 | Provider of unified identity platform securing classic and AI infrastructure | 2015 | Oakland | Series C | kfmmooh |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Zillionize's Portfolio
1 of Zillionize's portfolio company became public - Wakie.Here are Zillionize's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
- | Feb 24, 2016 | Seed | 8998 |
Acquired companies in Zillionize's Portfolio
34 companies from Zillionize's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Sensely in Jun 2024 by Mediktor for $*****.Here are Zillionize's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 04, 2024 | Mar 14, 2014 | Seed | 3267 | |
Jul 06, 2023 | Mar 15, 2015 | Seed | 9326 | |
May 09, 2023 | - | - | 4763 | |
Apr 27, 2023 | - | - | 7622 | |
Feb 09, 2023 | Feb 12, 2021 | Seed | 5226 |
Team profile of Zillionize
Zillionize has a team of 7 members including 3 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 3 Principals located in United States and Australia. Zillionize's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Zillionize:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Palo Alto | - | ||
Partner | United States | - | ||
Partner | Newcastle | - | ||
Venture Partner | Palo Alto | |||
Principal | - | - | ||
Principal | - | - | ||
Principal | - | - |
Co-investors of Zillionize
Over the past 15 years, 569 investors have co-invested in Zillionize's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Zillionize: Y Combinator, 500 Global and 112 others have invested in rounds before Zillionize. There are 44 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Zillionize and 8 companies where 500 Global has invested before Zillionize.
- Top Co-investors of Zillionize: 147 investors entered a company along with Zillionize. These include investors like Y Combinator (18 companies).
- Invested after Zillionize: A total of 308 investors have invested in Zillionize's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Y Combinator (20 companies), FundersClub (6 companies) and Paul Buchheit (5 companies).
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