Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Redwood City, California, United StatesFounded 2015
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is a philanthropic organization structured as a limited liability company (LLC), founded by Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan in 2015. It combines grant-making, impact investing via CZI Ventures, policy advocacy, and technology development to advance science (eradicating disease), education, and community needs, with venture investments across life sciences, education, and climate.
33% of their portfolio is in Education. Average disclosed round size is $84.4M (across 39 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
29
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series C
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
VW
Vivian Wu
Managing Partner, Ventures
JM
John McNamara
Managing Director, Investments
DL
David Lee
Chief Investment Officer
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
45 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Somite | Series A | $47M | May 2025 |
 Citizen Health | Seed | $14.5M | Nov 2024 |
 Eruditus | Series F | $150M | Oct 2024 |
 Yoto | Unknown | $22M | Jan 2024 |
| Yoto | Growth | $22M | Oct 2023 |
 Sound Agriculture | Series D | $75M | Dec 2022 |
 Apollo Agriculture | Growth | — | Mar 2022 |
 Apollo | Series B | $40M | Mar 2022 |
 Handshake | Series F | $200M | Jan 2022 |
 Apollo | Series C | $40M | Jan 2022 |
| Apollo Agriculture | Series B | $40M | Jan 2022 |
 Andela | Series E | $200M | Sep 2021 |
 Seqera | Seed | — | Sep 2021 |
 Panorama Education | Series C | $60M | Sep 2021 |
 Lovevery | Series C | $100M | Jun 2021 |
 OpenClassrooms | Series C | $80M | Apr 2021 |
| Eruditus | Series E | — | Jan 2021 |
| Lovevery | Series C | $100M | Jan 2021 |
| Handshake | Series D | $80M | Oct 2020 |
| Eruditus | Series D | $113M | Sep 2020 |
| Apollo Agriculture | Series A | — | May 2020 |
| Eruditus | Series D | $113M | Jan 2020 |
 indieDwell | Series A | $5.5M | Aug 2019 |
| Andela | Series D | $100M | Jan 2019 |
| Lovevery | Series B | $20M | Jan 2019 |
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Top Co-Investors
Spark Capital7 shared
Reach Capital7 shared
British International Investment7 shared
Leaps by Bayer7 shared
GV6 shared
Omidyar Network5 shared
Leeds Illuminate5 shared
Prosus Ventures5 shared
Flourish Ventures5 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners4 shared
GGV Capital4 shared
India Quotient4 shared
Accel4 shared
Anthemis Exponential Ventures4 shared
Breyer Capital4 shared
Yara Growth Ventures4 shared
Kleiner Perkins3 shared
EQT Ventures3 shared
True Ventures3 shared
General Atlantic3 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026