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Zeely

AI ad platform that turns a product link into video and static ads and runs the campaigns

Pace
5:20/kmSteady3.0
Distance
Distance 10K.
Open ops roles
3
Last week
#358
Move
▼ 59
Peak
#358
Weeks in the 100
0
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Rank and score over time
Board rank
#348#382#416#358Oct 18#406Oct 25
Pace score
02463Oct 183Oct 25

One point per Sunday re-rank, tracking since Oct 18. The lines fill in week by week.

Zeely runs in the Steady lane (5:20/km): 51 of 196. Further right = more momentum. No competitors on the board yet, so it runs alone.
Total raised
~$10M+ (PitchBook: $10.2M)see rounds ↓
Founded
2022
HQ
Ukraine (Zeely, Inc., Delaware)

Leadership

The problem

Small businesses can't afford agencies or media buyers, so they guess at creatives and waste ad spend

What they do

AI ad platform that turns a product link into video and static ads and runs the campaigns

Traction $75M ARR, revenue up 6x in 12 months (company); 2M+ businesses; #22 on a16z Top 50 consumer AI by revenue

Hiring trend

Open roles
24
Ops roles
3
Headcount
~200

Headcount +127% YoY on LinkedIn (~143); company says 200+ staff, mostly Ukraine and remote; 25 open roles

Hiring in

  • Remote (Ukraine)

Funding

Last round
$8.8M (Form D, unannounced)
Stage
Seed
Date
Sep 2026

Distance

10K

Fast growth with SMB sellers, but its ads run on Meta and TikTok, and Meta is building fully AI-made ads into Ads Manager for the same buyers.

Sources: Zeely: About us ($75M ARR, 6x growth) ↗ · Growthcurve: Meta plans fully AI-created ads by end of 2026 ↗

Last checked Oct 25, 2026

Funding historyTotal raised ~$10M+ (PitchBook: $10.2M)

  1. Sep 2026Unannounced equity (SEC Form D)$8.84Mruntimewire.com ↗
  2. May 2026Strategic (competition prize)$1MLed by Deel dealroom.co ↗
  3. Apr 2023Seed$1Mtechcrunch.com ↗

Profile facts checked Oct 19, 2026. Every fact links to its public source.

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