# Zest

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/zest-2

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: New York, US
- Website: www.zest.co
- Total disclosed funding: $4.2M
- Latest round: Seed (Nov 15, 2022)
- Investors on record: 6

## About

Based in New York, US, and founded in 2021 by its CEO, Alex Ingram, and CTO, Jeremy Feinstein, Will Never Work, Inc., doing business as Zest, enables e-commerce brands to offer digital gifts, where gifters can send a customized digital greeting card to the recipient via text or email. Receivers can update their addresses, clothing sizes, and other preferences during digital unwrapping. In November 2022, Zest raised USD 4.2 million in seed funding led by GV, with participation from other new investors BoxGroup, Character, Operator Partners, Bungalow Capital, and Company Ventures. As of 2023, the company has a client base that includes companies like Google, Salesforce, Yahoo, and many more.

The company offers a gifting tool and rewards platform that integrates with various customer relationship management and simplified employee pension (SEP) platforms like Apollo, Attio, Chilli Piper, and many more, providing a roster of gift cards, branded swag, and many more products for businesses.

The company also provides monitoring solutions used to track key performance indicators like acceptance rates, conversion rates, campaign spend, and many more.

The company plans to use the November 2022 funding to invest in its business and focus of further growth.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Nov 15, 2022, $4.2M — GV, BoxGroup, Company Ventures, Operator Partners, Bungalow Capital, Character

## Investors

- GV (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gv) — Seed
- BoxGroup (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/boxgroup) — Seed
- Company Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/company-ventures) — Seed
- Operator Partners — Seed
- Bungalow Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/bungalow-capital) — Seed
- Character (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/character) — Seed