Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Redwood City, California, United StatesFounded 2015
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) operates as a "for-profit charity" making venture investments in innovations that embed societal impact within their business models, focusing on scalable and sustainable businesses and social entrepreneurs. These investments primarily target science (especially biomedical research), education, and justice and opportunity, with any profits reinvested into their philanthropic endeavors.
42% of their portfolio is in Education. Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deals in the last 12 months vs 2 prior). Average disclosed round size is $87.9M (across 23 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
24
Fund Size
$300M
Top Stage
Series C
Last 12 Mo
1
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
24 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Somite AI | Series A | $47M | May 2025 |
 Citizen Health | Seed | $14.5M | Nov 2024 |
 Eruditus | Series F | $150M | Oct 2024 |
 Sound Agriculture | Series D | $75M | Dec 2022 |
 Handshake | Series F | $200M | Jan 2022 |
 Andela | Series E | $200M | Sep 2021 |
 Panorama Education | Series C | $60M | Sep 2021 |
 Lovevery | Series C | $100M | Jun 2021 |
 OpenClassrooms | Series C | $80M | Apr 2021 |
| Handshake | Series D | $80M | Oct 2020 |
| Eruditus | Series D | $113M | Sep 2020 |
 indieDwell | Series A | $5.5M | Aug 2019 |
| Andela | Series D | $100M | Jan 2019 |
 Byju's | Growth | $540M | Dec 2018 |
| Handshake | Series C | $40M | Oct 2018 |
 Varsity Tutors | Series C | $50M | Jan 2018 |
| Andela | Series C | $40M | Oct 2017 |
 Sawyer | Seed | $6M | Aug 2017 |
 Brightwheel | Series A | $10M | Feb 2017 |
| Byju's | Unknown | $50M | Sep 2016 |
| Andela | Series B | $24M | Jun 2016 |
| RRaiseMe | Series B | $15M | — |
| Brightwheel | Series B | $21M | — |
 Equatic | Unknown | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
Spark Capital7 shared
Omidyar Network4 shared
GGV Capital4 shared
GV (Google Ventures)4 shared
Lightspeed Venture Partners4 shared
Reach Capital4 shared
Salesforce3 shared
CRE Venture Capital3 shared
EQT Ventures3 shared
True Ventures3 shared
Kleiner Perkins3 shared
General Atlantic3 shared
Emerson Collective3 shared
SoftBank Vision Fund2 shared
Leeds Illuminate2 shared
Learn Capital2 shared
KPCB Edge2 shared
Sequoia Capital India2 shared
Generation Investment Management2 shared
Last updated: 15 April 2026