Zendesk Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Zendesk, focuses its investments on early to growth-stage private companies that are innovating in customer experience (CX), employee experience (EX), and Generative AI. The firm typically invests between $500,000 and $1,000,000 per deal, primarily targeting seed-stage companies while also considering Series A rounds.
50% of their portfolio is in AI. Average disclosed round size is $36.4M (across 4 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
4
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Series C
Last 12 Mo
1
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
4 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 PolyAI | Series D | $86M | Dec 2025 |
| PolyAI | Series C | $46M | May 2024 |
 Great Question | Seed | $2.5M | Jul 2021 |
 Stella Connect | Series B | $11M | Mar 2019 |
Top Co-Investors
Hedosophia2 shared
NVentures2 shared
Khosla Ventures2 shared
Georgian Partners2 shared
Point72 Ventures2 shared
Sands Capital2 shared
Passion Capital1 shared
Redpoint Ventures1 shared
British Business Bank1 shared
Citi Ventures1 shared
Squarepoint Capital1 shared
FundersClub1 shared
January Capital1 shared
Intercom1 shared
Harbert Growth Partners1 shared
Last updated: 16 April 2026