Instant logistics for all humans - drone delivery for food, groceries, and medicine
Zipline International Inc. is an American company that designs, manufactures, and operates autonomous delivery drones. Founded in March 2014, Zipline operates the world's largest instant logistics system with distribution centers across the United States, Rwanda, Ghana, Japan, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, and Kenya. The company delivers blood products, vaccines, medical supplies, food, groceries, and consumer goods through its Platform 1 (long-distance) and Platform 2 (short-range VTOL) drone systems. Zipline partners with major retailers including Walmart and Chipotle, as well as governments and healthcare systems globally.
Logistics📍 South San Francisco, CaliforniaFounded 2014
Current Valuation
$7.6B
as of 2026-Q1
UNICORN
QL Price
$7.6B
0% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Zipline, published 2026-10-07 — in line with the last disclosed round of $7.6B (2026-Q1).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round
$7.6B
2026-Q1
weight 0.7
Secondary market print
$7.6B
2026-06-27
weight 0.54
How this price has held up
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Which publicly-traded funds already hold it, what $10,000 buys, and whether any route is open to you.
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IPO Outlookprivate
Is Zipline going public?
No. Zipline is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Zipline's valuation in 2026?
Zipline is valued at $7.6B as of 2026-Q1, set by its Series H ($800M, Mar 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Zipline filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Zipline.
Who are Zipline's investors?
Zipline's investors include Fidelity, Baillie Gifford, Valor Equity Partners, Tiger Global, Paradigm, Temasek and 18 more.
How much has Zipline raised?
Zipline has raised $2.0B in total across 2 disclosed rounds, most recently a Series H of $800M in Mar 2026.
Is Zipline publicly traded — can you buy Zipline stock?
No. Zipline is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Zipline on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Company Profile
CEO
Keller Rinaudo Cliffton
Founded
2014
HQ
South San Francisco, California
Employees
1001-5000
Total Raised
$2.0B
Growth
Rapid expansion with 15% weekly delivery growth in US during 2025, surpassed 2 million commercial deliveries and 120+ million autonomous miles flown, expanding to multiple new US cities and African countries
Last Round
Series H — $800M (Mar 2026) · Lead: Fidelity Management & Research
IPO Status
Private
Fundraising Status
Series H · $800M · 7 mo ago
PrivateTotal raised $2.0B2 disclosed rounds
Series H (add-on) Impact
Round Size
$200M
Primary financing announced
Post-Money Valuation
$7.6B
Company-announced mark
Valuation Step-Up
+0.0%
vs Series H (first tranche) at $7.6B
Round / Post-Money
2.6%
New capital ÷ post-money
Disclosed Funding
$2.0B
Cumulative disclosed rounds
Step-up compares disclosed post-money valuations. Round / post-money is a financing-size ratio, not an ownership or dilution estimate.
Secondary Market
Implied price / share
$70.76
Open interest
15
Secondary price return by period
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Growth & Valuation
Valuation across funding rounds
Capital raised per round
Charts built from publicly disclosed funding rounds and revenue estimates. Approximate, not real-time, not investment advice.
Funding History
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series H (add-on)
$200M
Mar 2026
Fidelity Management & Research
$7.6B
Series H (first tranche)
$600M
Jan 2026
Fidelity Management & Research
$7.6B
Vertical Intelligence — Defense / Aerospace
Federal awards
1
prime contracts, last 36 months
Obligated
$524,330
top: Department of Veterans Affairs
Largest award
$524,330
Department of Veterans Affairs
Latest award
2023-09-29
Largest award: VA VENTURES DRONE DELIVERY SERVICE (36C10X23P0086)
Name-verified against recipient "ZIPLINE INTERNATIONAL INC" on USASpending.gov as of 2026-10-04. Prime awards only — subcontracts and classified work are not visible in the public registry. Verify on USASpending.gov ↗
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▶ Hiring steady
0% vs 2026-08
Open roles
3
via careers page
Product-build share
0%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
go-to-market push — Only 0% of open roles build product — hiring is concentrated in sales/marketing/ops (2 of 3 open roles are marketing).
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
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Counted from Zipline's live job board as of 2026-09-15; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.