Zendesk Ventures — Seed & early-growth VC Firm
Zendesk Ventures is a Seed, early-growth venture capital firm investing in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm has 6 portfolio companies in our records.
- Portfolio
- 6 companies on record
- Partners
- 11 listed
- Stage
- Seed, early-growth
- Sectors
- Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools
- Check size
- Not in our records
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-10-16
Seed, early-growth
6+ companies
11 partners
Investment Thesis
Corporate venture arm investing in companies advancing customer experience, employee experience, and generative AI. Explicitly interested in innovations that improve CX and support workflows.
How Zendesk Ventures invests
Zendesk Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed, early-growth stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools.
Zendesk Ventures has backed 6 companies in our records, including PolyAI, unitQ, Observe.AI.
Partners & Team
Unknown
GP
Mikkel Svane
CEO
Maksim Ovsyannikov
Vice President Product Manager
Nicole Saunders
Director Of Community
Maksim Ovsyannikov
Vice President Product Manager
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (6)
Other
PolyAI
Builds AI voice assistants for call centers and customer conversations
unitQ
Uses AI to collect and analyze customer feedback and support signals across many sources
Observe.AI
Provides conversational intelligence for contact centers and agent coaching
Zuper
Offers field service management software for scheduling, work orders, and invoicing
Alliants
Delivers digital customer-experience tools for travel and hospitality businesses
GoodData
Provides analytics and embedded BI tools, including self-service and machine-learning use cases
- •Raising at Seed, early-growth? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
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