Zendesk Ventures

Profile and portfolio

Parent ZendeskHQ San Francisco, United StatesFounded 2024

Zendesk Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Zendesk, a technology company. It was founded in 2024 and is based in San Francisco, United States. It invests at the Series A stage. Sectors it names: artificial intelligence, enterprise software.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Series A to Series A

Data behind this graphic

Data behind this graphic
Item	Value
Stage range	Series A to Series A
Sectors	Artificial intelligence, Enterprise software
Geography	Global
Offices	San Francisco, United States, London, United Kingdom

Sources: S1 Zendesk: Zendesk launches venture fund to fuel AI startups (2024-06-20).

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Offices: San Francisco, United States
London, United Kingdom

Investment regionsS1

Global

LeadersS1

Ben BarclaySVP of Strategy, Corporate Development and TransformationFind on LinkedIn Firm page

Zendesk Ventures on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Zendesk	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Technology and software	Single source	S1
Founded	2024	Single source	S1
Headquarters	San Francisco, United States	Single source	S1
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Stages	Series A (inferred from announced rounds)	Estimate	S1

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Stages	Series A. Inferred from announced rounds; the firm does not state a range.	S1
Beyond capital	Access to CX and AI experts, partnership opportunities and featuring on Zendesk marketplace and platforms	S1

Recent rounds

Date	Company	Round	Amount	Source
2024-06-20	PolyAI	Not stated	Not stated	S1
2024-06-20	unitQ	Not stated	Not stated	S1

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 4 companies.S1

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

3 companies on the Zendesk Ventures portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
NVentures	1	PolyAI
Twilio Ventures	1	PolyAI
N47	1	Observe.AI
HubSpot Ventures	1	Zuper

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the Zendesk Ventures list

4 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S1 Read the firm's list.

Observe.AI
PolyAI
unitQ
Zuper

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website www.zendesk.com/mc/ventures/

Sources

S1Zendesk: Zendesk launches venture fund to fuel AI startups (2024-06-20)Parent company

Disclaimer and corrections

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