Zerocater

Zerocater builds corporate catering and cafeteria solutions employees love as they transition to the hybrid workplace.

HR and recruiting Commerce and retailY Combinator

Latest funding

$15M Series B+ · February 16, 2023

Led by Cleveland Avenue · Source: fundraisingfox.com

Total raised: $32.6M across 4 sourced rounds

All 5 rounds ↓

Website: zerocater.com.

X: @ZeroCater · 2,192 followers.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com.

Categories: HR and recruiting Commerce and retail.

Sectors: B2B, Office Management, Food, Food Tech, Food & Beverage.

Stage: Series B+.

Based in: Chicago, United States.

Total raised: $32.6M in 4 sourced rounds.

Last round: Feb 16, 2023 · 1,365 days ago.

Team: 140 people on the team page.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 28, 2026.

Signals

X account@ZeroCater · created Feb 9, 2010 (16 years old) · 2,192 followers

Website registeredAug 26, 2009 (17 years old)

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Zerocater | 714 days from website to first raise on record

@ZeroCater·Raised $33M in 4 sourced rounds·2 signals before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

February 16, 2023
Series B+ · $15M
CCleveland Avenue (lead), RRomulus Capital
Source: fundraisingfox.com
May 1, 2018
Series B+ · $12M
CCleveland Avenue (lead), AAlumni Ventures, RRomulus Capital, SStruck Capital
Source: techcrunch.com
August 17, 2016
Series A · $4.1M
RRomulus Capital (lead), EEdward Lando, PPareto Holdings, SStruck Capital
Source: techcrunch.com
August 10, 2011
Seed · $1.5M
KKeith Rabois, MMark Friedgan, OOthman Laraki, PPaul Buchheit, RRainfall Ventures, SStarling Ventures, SStart Fund, SStruck Capital, SSV Angel, YY Combinator
Source: techcrunch.com
Winter 2011
YY Combinator · batch
Source: ycombinator.com
February 9, 2010
X account created
August 26, 2009
Website created

Founders and team

AS
Arram Sabeti Founder & Chairman

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
AS
Ali Sabeti CEO at ZeroCater

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
AL
Andy Lavelle Director of Demand Generation
AM
Adam Morrison Enterprise Account Executive
AS
Andrew Swanson Vice President of Revenue
CH
Chris Hawes Senior Software Engineer
RM
Rachel Mathews Client Success Manager
YM
Yoshi Murai Account Manager

Investors

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Sources and API

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