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z21 Ventures portfolio
z21 Ventures has 3 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding, with 1 investment in the last 12 months.
About this page
It is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco Bay Area, US, founded in 2022. Its most recent investment on record is Risa Labs's $11.1M Series A round in January 2026, alongside Cencora Ventures, Ventureforgood, Oncology Ventures and 1 other. By category, its portfolio leans toward Health and bio (2) and Robotics and hardware (1). It has co-invested with Oncology Ventures, Optum Ventures and Cencora Ventures, most often Oncology Ventures (2 rounds).
About z21 Ventures
What z21 Ventures invests in
- Health and bio · 2 · 67%
- Robotics and hardware · 1 · 33%
- Manufacturing and industrial · 1 · 33%
- Data and analytics · 1 · 33%
- Developer tools and cloud · 1 · 33%
z21 Ventures recent investments
| Company | Round | Date | Alongside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A · $11.1M | Cencora Ventures (lead), Ventureforgood, Oncology Ventures +1 | ||
| Seed · $3.5M | ODD BIRD VC, General Catalyst, Binny Bansal (lead) +1 | ||
| Seed · $7M | MD ONE Ventures, Spacewalk VC, 7percent Ventures +1 |
How z21 Ventures invests
z21 Ventures portfolio companies
RRisa Labs$11.1MSeries A · Jan 2026
GGreenjets$7MSeed · Mar 2025
IInitobacker
| Company | Round with z21 Ventures | Total raised | Latest raise |
|---|---|---|---|
Health and bio |
Series A · $11.1M | $14.6M | Jan 14, 2026 Series A |
Robotics and hardware |
Seed · $7M | $47M | Jul 17, 2026 Series A |
Health and bio |
backer | $35M | Dec 11, 2025 Series B+ |
Most frequent co-investors
OOncology Ventures2 shared rounds · last Jan 14, 2026
OOptum Ventures1 shared round · last Jan 14, 2026
CCencora Ventures1 shared round · last Jan 14, 2026
VVentureforgood1 shared round · last Jan 14, 2026
GGeneral Catalyst1 shared round · last Apr 18, 2025
OODD BIRD VC1 shared round · last Apr 18, 2025
BBinny Bansal1 shared round · last Apr 18, 2025
TTanglin Venture Partners1 shared round · last Mar 25, 2025
77percent Ventures1 shared round · last Mar 25, 2025
MMD ONE Ventures1 shared round · last Mar 25, 2025
SSpacewalk VC1 shared round · last Mar 25, 2025
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How this is counted
Firm profile: Fundraising Fox Open Dataset v2026-09, CC BY 4.0. Track-record counts are theirs, not Recent Funding's.
Share is of the 3 rounds on Recent Funding that name z21 Ventures. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.
Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists z21 Ventures, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/z21-ventures (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.
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