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Zeal: Funding, Investors & Team (Aug 2026)

Zeal is the modern payroll platform that is purpose-built for staffing, gig-work, and HR service companies to handle payroll for modern work. Forget antiquated providers, manual data entry, and bad worker experiences. Automate payroll, taxes, and compliance with our end-to-end, customizable payroll platform.

www.zeal.com LinkedIn San Francisco, United States 11-50 employees
Software B2B B2C
Total raised
$29.5M
Rounds
2
Latest
Series B
Oct 2024

Zeal has raised $29.5M across 2 funding rounds on record, the most recent a Series B of $15.0M announced in Oct 2024.

That round is above the $3.5M median round size for Software companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Zeal Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$29.5M
across 2 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
2
Latest funding round
Series B
$15.0M in Oct 2024
Employees
11-50
reported band
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States

Latest funding round on record: Oct 2024.

Zeal Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series B
$15.0M
Undisclosed round
$14.5M

Zeal raised $14.5M in an undisclosed round announced in Dec 2023.

10 months later, a Series B of $15.0M was announced in Oct 2024.

Zeal Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Kirti Shenoy
Founder
Locked
Rishi Kumar
CEO

Contact details for the Zeal team: 1 of 2 have an email address on file.

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Zeal Funding Compared to Other Software Startups

Segment
Companies
Median round
950
$3.5M
29,722
$7.5M
4,289
$30M

Zeal's latest round of $15.0M is above the median round in Software. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Zeal Funding FAQs

What does Zeal do?

Zeal is the modern payroll platform that is purpose-built for staffing, gig-work, and HR service companies to handle payroll for modern work. Forget antiquated providers, manual data entry, and bad worker experiences. Automate payroll, taxes, and compliance with our end-to-end, customizable payroll platform.

How much funding has Zeal raised?

Zeal has raised $29.5M across 2 rounds on record. The most recent is a Series B of $15.0M announced in Oct 2024.

When did Zeal last raise funding?

Zeal's most recent funding round on record is a Series B of $15.0M, announced in Oct 2024.

Who founded Zeal?

FundedIQ lists Kirti Shenoy (Founder) at Zeal.

Who is the CEO of Zeal?

Rishi Kumar is listed as CEO at Zeal.

Where is Zeal headquartered?

Zeal is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

How many employees does Zeal have?

Zeal is in the 11-50 employee band.

How does Zeal's funding compare to other Software startups?

Zeal's latest round of $15.0M is above the $3.5M median round size for Software companies on FundedIQ across 950 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Zeal Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Zeal is left off this page rather than filled in.

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