# Zephyr Management

> Zephyr Management is a VC fund backing Financial Services. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 32%
- Fund size: $33M
- Last fund: Oct 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zephyr-management-l.p./
- Website: http://www.zmlp.com/

Zephyr Management is a VC fund in New York focused on Financial Services and Information Technology. Since 1994, they have sponsored 22 funds with approximately $1.2 billion in committed capital which are managed from their offices in New York, London and Bangalore.With a global network of partners, Zephyr is positioned to identify sustainable secular growth changes which lead to attractive investment opportunities for their investors.While their focus is on the creation and execution of innovative investment strategies, the operating style is conservative and sustainable.Managers strictly adhere to their respective mandates and investments are selected based on rigorous fundamental research. Today, Zephyr manages investment funds in India and Sri Lanka, and they are actively researching new investment opportunities around the world.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$2M |
| Series B | $2.5M–$14M |
| Private Equity | $1.1M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 8 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 18% |
| Education | 4 | 14% |
| Finance | 3 | 11% |
| Software | 3 | 11% |

65 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 13 | 46% |
| Series B | 5 | 18% |
| Seed | 4 | 14% |
| Series A | 4 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 12 | 43% |
| Kenya | 5 | 18% |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 7% |
| United States | 2 | 7% |
| China | 1 | 4% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrea Geisser | Senior Member of the Advisory Board | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrea-geisser |
| Pankaj Raina | Managing Director | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pankaj-raina |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Unnati | Unnati is a fintech-based agri platform that offers Unnati banking, supplying agri-inputs, and Agronomy services for farmers. It empowers farmers with digital technologies which bring efficiencies to their farm business. Its mission is to create 5 million farm entrepreneurs by empowering small and medium land-holding farmers digitally. | $2.5M | Series B | Mar 03, 2025 |  |
| Ed Partners | Ed Partners Africa is a non-banking financial institution that transforms the education sector through working with school owners of affordable schools by providing financial solutions. | $1.9M | Seed | Jun 22, 2021 |  |
| Ripplr | Ripplr is a full-stack tech distribution and logistics player that offers data-driven analytics and plugs and play system. | $3M | Series A | Jan 20, 2021 |  |
| Arifu | Arifu is a digital content and interactive learning platform which is personalised and free for its learners. Arifu's chatbot is omnichannel and allows both smart and feature phone users to learn via SMS, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger. Our vision is to provide easy access to information and opportunity within everyone's reach. Ourpurpose is to place opportunity and information within the reach of everyone. Our chatbot is FREE to our learners and available via any mobile chat application including SMS, Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| ZUMI | ZUMI connects apparel wholesalers and retailers in a transparent, affordable marketplace. It empowers women retailers with the technology, logistics, and financial services to scale. Through ZUMI, customers order via SMS, call, or with a ZUMI Agent. It collects orders from suppliers early each morning. Its logistics partners deliver to customerswithin 18 hours of ordering then customers pay with mobile money.ZUMI was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| GET IT Rwanda | GET IT is providing produce and dry goods delivery services, including cold storage, beginning with hotels and restaurants. Through its focus on systems, training and superior execution, GET IT seeks to solve the deficiency of cold storage and logistics services in Rwanda and beyond. The company sources produce directly from farmers, cutting outseveral middlemen who add little value, providing higher quality products at lower cost. GET IT is also introducing new, high demand products to the East African market. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Antara Health | AI-enabled care coordination for emerging markets. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Custos Media Technologies | Custos uses imperceptible watermarking technology and the blockchain to protect digital media files from online piracy. Our SaaS solution, Screenercopy.com, helps filmmakers and distributors to securely distribute their content. To date, over 120 000 movies have been distributed and protected with the technology, all without a single leak. Custosis already protecting ebooks too and is partnering with key market players to expand into music and sensitive document protection. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Antara Health | AI-enabled care coordination for emerging markets. | $2M | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Arifu | Arifu is a digital content and interactive learning platform which is personalised and free for its learners. Arifu's chatbot is omnichannel and allows both smart and feature phone users to learn via SMS, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger. Our vision is to provide easy access to information and opportunity within everyone's reach. Ourpurpose is to place opportunity and information within the reach of everyone. Our chatbot is FREE to our learners and available via any mobile chat application including SMS, Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Zephyr Peacock India](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zephyr-peacock-india-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Omidyar Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omidyar-network) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1776 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1776-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [3one4 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3one4) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aavishkaar Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aavishkaar-goodwell) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Acumen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acumen-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Zephyr Management invest in?

Zephyr Management invests primarily in Financial Services, Information Technology and Education startups, most often at Private Equity and Series B stage. Most of the 28 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Zephyr Management's check size?

Zephyr Management typically joins rounds of $1M–$2M at Seed, $2.5M–$14M at Series B and $1.1M–$17M at Private Equity. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Zephyr Management participates in.

### How do I contact Zephyr Management?

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### Who are the partners at Zephyr Management?

The team at Zephyr Management includes Andrea Geisser (Senior Member of the Advisory Board) and Pankaj Raina (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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