Zipline

Zipline designs, manufactures, and operates drones to deliver food, groceries, medicine, and other retail, agriculture, and health products.

Latest funding

$200M Series B+ · March 23, 2026

Source: techcrunch.com

Total raised: $1.57B across 5 sourced rounds

All 5 rounds ↓

Website: zipline.com.

X: @zipline · 38,475 followers.

LinkedIn: flyzipline.

Categories: Health and bio Robotics and hardware Developer tools and cloud.

Sectors: Autonomous Vehicles, Cloud Computing, Delivery Service, Drone Management, Hardware.

Stage: Series B+.

Based in: South San Francisco, United States.

Founded: 2011.

Total raised: $1.57B in 5 sourced rounds.

Last round: Mar 23, 2026 · 237 days ago.

Headcount: 1001–5000 employees.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 29, 2026.

Signals

X account@zipline · created Dec 9, 2015 (10 years old) · 38,475 followers

Website registeredJan 1, 1997 (29 years old)

About Zipline

Its customers include individuals who order through an app, as well as enterprise, business, and government partners. Zipline provides a delivery service.

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Zipline | 1255 days from X account to first raise on record

@zipline·Raised $1570M in 5 sourced rounds·1 signal 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

Date	Round	Amount	Lead	Source
Mar 23, 2026	Series B+	$200M	—	techcrunch.com
Jan 21, 2026	Series B+	$600M	—	techcrunch.com
May 2, 2023	Series B+	$330M	—	freightwaves.com
Jun 30, 2021	Series B+	$250M	BBaillie Gifford	techcrunch.com
May 17, 2019	Series B+	$190M	—	techcrunch.com

Timeline

December 9, 2015
X account created
January 1, 1997
Website created

Founders and team

KC
Keller Cliffton Founder and CEO

@Keller · LinkedIn · source: x.com
JK
James Knight Founder
KW
Keenan Wyrobek Cofounder

@keenanwyrobek · LinkedIn · source: x.com
RO
Ryan Oksenhorn Co-founder

@ryanzip · source: x.com
WH
William Hetzler Co-founder
AP
Allen Penn Head of Commercial
AS
Arielle Sandor Global Talent
EW
Eric Watson Head of Programs and Certification
KV
Kevin Vosen Chief Legal Officer
RA
Ryan Alam Partnerships

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Sources and API

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