Instant logistics for all humans - drone delivery for food, groceries, and medicine
Logistics📍 South San Francisco, CaliforniaFounded 2014
Current Valuation
$6.9B
as of 2026-Q1
UNICORN
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 $6.9B 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.
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.
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.
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)
IPO Status
Private
Fundraising Status
Series H · $800M · 5 mo ago
PrivateTotal raised $2.0B
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 →
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series H
$800M
Mar 2026
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Vertical Intelligence — Defense / Aerospace
Federal awards
1
prime contracts, last 36 months
Obligated
$339,330
top: Department of Veterans Affairs
Largest award
$339,330
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 2026-08-19. Prime awards only — subcontracts and classified work are not visible in the public registry. Verify on USASpending.gov ↗
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
● First snapshot
trend accrues with monthly sweeps
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 2026-08-17; 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.