Zendesk Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Zendesk, launched in June 2024 to invest in early to growth-stage private companies advancing customer experience (CX), employee experience (EX), and Generative AI. It provides capital, CX and AI expertise, and strategic partnership opportunities.
30% of their portfolio is in AI. They made 2 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is series-c (40% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $18.2M (across 8 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
8
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series C
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
TE
Terry Evans Jr.
Head of Zendesk Ventures
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
10 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 PolyAI | Series D | — | Dec 2025 |
 PolyAI | Series C | $50M | Dec 2025 |
| PolyAI | Series C | — | May 2024 |
 Rep AI | Series A | $8.2M | Jan 2024 |
 Great Question | Seed | $2.5M | Jul 2021 |
 Lessonly | Series C | $15M | Jan 2020 |
 Stella Connect | Series B | $11M | Mar 2019 |
| Stella Connect | Growth | $11M | Mar 2019 |
| Ggooddata.ai | Unknown | $24M | Nov 2018 |
 GoodData | Series C | $24M | Nov 2018 |
Top Co-Investors
Hedosophia3 shared
Sands Capital3 shared
NVentures3 shared
Khosla Ventures3 shared
Georgian Partners3 shared
British Business Bank2 shared
Citi Ventures2 shared
Squarepoint Capital2 shared
Point72 Private Investments2 shared
Harbert Growth Partners2 shared
Passion Capital2 shared
CIBC Innovation Banking2 shared
Redpoint Ventures1 shared
January Capital1 shared
FundersClub1 shared
Twenty Two Ventures1 shared
Silicon Road Ventures1 shared
Flashpoint1 shared
Andreessen Horowitz1 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026