# Zitadel

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/zitadel

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: San Francisco, US
- Website: www.zitadel.com
- Total disclosed funding: $12M
- Latest round: Series A (Nov 20, 2024)
- Investors on record: 2

## About

Founded in 2020 and based in California, US, Caos Ltd. trading name under Zitadel, operates as a SaaS company that offers cloud-based Identity management software solutions. The company was founded by its CEO, Florian Forster. In June 2022, CAOS Ltd. raised USD 2.5 million in a seed round led by Nexus Venture Partners. In November 2024, Zitadel raised USD 9 million in series A funding led by returning investor Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from another returning investor Floodgate.


Zitadel provides an open-source cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) platform, which is an authentication management platform that offers a wide range of features, including self-service tools for managing users accounts, secure login, OpenID Connect, password-less authentication with various authentication methods like FIDO2, OTP (one-time password), U2F, authentication with IoT devices, authentication with command-line interfaces, and many more. The solutions offered by the company include distributed denial of service (DDoS), web application firewall (WAF) services, open SaaS (software-as-a-service), public cloud services, etc.

The company generates revenue by offering its services on a subscription-based pricing plan. The plans include pay-as-you-go, open source, enterprise support, and ZITADEL cloud options (USD 25/month–USD 250/month).

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Nov 20, 2024, $9M — Nexus Venture Partners, Floodgate
- Seed, Jun 3, 2022, $2.5M — Nexus Venture Partners

## Investors

- Nexus Venture Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/nexus-venture-partners) — Seed, Series A
- Floodgate (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/floodgate) — Series A