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Zest AI

Financial Software · Burbank, CA · Founded 2009 · Privately Held (backing)

Developer of an online financial platform designed to improve credit underwriting. Zest AI is based in Burbank, CA and was founded in 2009. It was valued at $350 million at its later-stage round in Jan 2025, the last priced event on record. It has raised $393 million across 1 recorded round; the latest was a $15 million Series E in Oct 2020.

PMV mark · valuation
$350.0M
Oct 2026
Priced at
its later-stage round
Jan 2025
Total raised
$392.6M
Last round
Later Stage VC (Series E)
Oct 2020

Zest AI key facts

as of Oct 2026
  • Developer of an online financial platform designed to improve credit underwriting.
  • Zest AI is valued at approximately $350.0M as of Oct 2026, set at its later-stage round, Jan 2025; nothing has traded since, per PrivateMarketView’s mark.
  • It has raised $392.6M across 1 recorded rounds; the latest was Later Stage VC (Series E) ($15.0M) in Oct 2020.
  • Notable investors include Plug and Play Tech Center, Insight Partners (New York), Matrix, Flybridge (New York), MicroVentures — 25 tracked in total.
  • Status: Privately Held (backing).
PrivateMarketView mark
LOW confidence
$350.0M

Valued at $350.0M at its later-stage round, Jan 2025. Nothing has traded since.

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Zest AI funding rounds

1 rounds
Oct 2020Later Stage VC (Series E)$15.0M▮
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Zest AI valuation

Zest AI was valued at $350 million at its later-stage round in Jan 2025. That is the last priced event on record: no secondary trade or institutional fund mark has moved the figure since.

How much has Zest AI raised?

Zest AI has raised $393 million in total; 1 of its rounds is on record. The largest on record was a $15 million Series E in Oct 2020.

Zest AI investors

25 investors are on record for Zest AI, including Plug and Play Tech Center, Insight Partners (New York), Matrix and Flybridge (New York). By type, the record holds 4 venture capital firms and 1 private equity firm. The Series E in Oct 2020 drew 3 investors.

Comparable companies

Comparable financial software names by valuation on PrivateMarketView: Arch ($369 million), Salient ($340 million) and Rainforest ($315 million).

About Zest AI

Developer of an online financial platform designed to improve credit underwriting. The company's platform makes fair and transparent credit available to everyone, gives lenders a better understanding of risk, and offers its products and services to people at lower prices, enabling clients to make proper credit decisions.

Industry
Financial Software
Sector
Information Technology
HQ
Burbank, CA, United States
Founded
2009
Employees
192
Website
zest.ai/
Ownership
Privately Held (backing)

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