Zoom Video Communications

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Location San Jose, CA
Founded 2011
Latest Stage IPO
Total Raised $160M
Website https://zoom.us
Sector
video-communications enterprise saas

Investors

Dan Scheinman Seed (2011)
Matthew Ocko Seed (2011)
bill-tai Seed (2011)
qualcomm-ventures Series A (2013)
AME Cloud Ventures Series A (2013)
horizons-ventures Series B (2013)
Emergence Capital Series C (2015)
Sequoia Capital Series D (2017)

Founders

Eric Yuan CEO & Founder

About

Zoom Video Communications is a video-first communications platform founded in 2011 by Eric Yuan, a former Cisco/WebEx engineer 1. The company went public on the NASDAQ in April 2019 with shares opening at $65, more than 70% above the $36 offer price 2.

Funding History

Round Date Amount Lead Investor(s) Key Co-Investors Valuation
Seed Jun 2011 $3M Subrah Iyar, Dan Scheinman Matt Ocko, TSVC, Bill Tai —
Series A Jan 2013 $6M Qualcomm Ventures AME Cloud Ventures (Jerry Yang) —
Series B Sep 2013 $6.5M Horizons Ventures (Li Ka-shing) Existing investors —
Series C Feb 2015 $30M Emergence Capital Horizons Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Jerry Yang, Patrick Soon-Shiong —
Series D Jan 2017 $100M Sequoia Capital Emergence Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures $1B (unicorn)
IPO Apr 2019 $751M — — ~$16B (opening day)

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Note: Some sources label the rounds differently. The BigFrame source identifies the $30M round as Series B and $100M round as Series C. This profile follows Crunchbase’s round labels (Series A through D) and the GlobeNewsWire press release 4.

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Sources

  1. BigFrame, “Who Were the Early Investors in Zoom?,” accessed March 2026. https://bigframe.net/who-were-the-early-investors-in-zoom/↩↩

  2. CB Insights, “How Zoom’s Top Stakeholders Are Faring 3 Months After The Company’s IPO,” accessed March 2026. https://www.cbinsights.com/research/zoom-ipo-investor-analysis/↩↩

  3. Crunchbase, “Zoom - Company Profile & Funding,” accessed March 2026. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/zoom-video-communications↩

  4. GlobeNewsWire, “Zoom Partners with Sequoia in $100 Million Funding Round,” January 17, 2017. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/01/17/1311117/0/en/Zoom-Partners-with-Sequoia-in-100-Million-Funding-Round.html↩↩

  5. South China Morning Post, “Li Ka-shing is profiting from early bet on Zoom with stake now worth US$3 billion,” accessed March 2026. https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3079333/li-ka-shing-profiting-early-bet-zoom-stake-now-worth-us3-billion↩