Zest AI Stock
Credit Underwriting
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Zest AI makes the power of machine learning safe to use in credit underwriting. Zest AI was founded in 2009 with the mission of making fair and transparent credit available to everyone. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
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Investors
Baidu
Eastward Capital Partners
FiscalNote, Affirmed Networks, Zest AI, Aerospike, MakeSpace
Flybridge Capital Partners
Bowery Farming, BitSight, MongoDB, Imperfect Foods, Plastiq, BetterCloud, Splice, Zest AI, dataxu, Jibo
Founders Fund
Lyft, Spotify, Airbnb, Stripe, Anduril Industries, Flexport, Palantir Technologies, Wish, Compass, Zenefits
Insight Partners
DriveWealth, Hinge Health, Sysdig, project44, Recorded Future, Plume Design, Coda Payments, OneTrust, Dataiku, SentinelOne
Kensington Capital Partners Limited
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Snap, OYO, AppDynamics, TripActions, Faire, Affirm, Netskope, LivingSocial, Weee!, ThoughtSpot
Matrix Partners
Ola, Quikr, Fivetran, Sila Nanotechnologies, Salsify, Goat Group, Vectra, Quora, TechStyle Fashion Group, Gilt Groupe
Northgate Capital
Carbon, Clari, Moogsoft, Zuora, MarkLogic, Egnyte, Zest AI, Centrify, NextRoll, Ticketfly
Oakhouse Partners
Peter Thiel
Subtraction Capital
Upfront Ventures
Bird, Fair, Apeel Sciences, Goat Group, thredUP, TrueCar, GumGum, Invoca, Zest AI, Factual
Funding History
| May 2012 | $14.6M |
|---|---|
| May 2012 | $28.7M |
| June 2012 | $21.4M |
| July 2020 | $31.4M |
| August 2020 | $15.0M |
Management
Chief Executive Officer
Mike de Vere
Chief Financial Officer
Belinda Dong
Chief Technology Officer
Jay Budzik
Press
globalfintechseries - Jun, 30 2023
Zest AI Integrating AI-Automated Credit Underwriting into Sync1 Systems’ Lending Servicessocaltech - Jun, 27 2023
Zest AI Launches New Toolglobalfintechseries - May, 24 2023
nCino and Zest AI Create Strategic Partnership to Bring More Efficiency to Financial Servicesfinextra - May, 10 2023
Origence and Zest AI tem on automated underwriting tech for credit unionssocaltech - Feb, 25 2023
Zest AI Aims At Credit Unions With New Productspr - Feb, 25 2023
Zest AI to Bring Fast, Fair Credit Access to Credit Unions of All Sizesglobenewswire - Nov, 20 2022
Origence Announces Strategic Financial Investment in Zest AIdlvr - Nov, 5 2022
Zest AI Secures Growth Capital to Advance AI-Automated Underwritingzpr - Nov, 4 2022
Zest AI Secures Over $50 Million from Fintech Investors, Strategic Partners, and Customers in Funding Roundfinextra - Nov, 2 2022
Zest AI raises over $50msocaltech - Aug, 18 2022
Zest AI Inks Partnership With Equifaxprnewswire - Jul, 27 2022
Zest AI and Origence Partner to Integrate Powerful AI Within Origence Arc OS Loan Origination Systembuiltinla - Jul, 27 2022
Wavemaker Labs and Zest AI are Hiring Now for the Jobs of the Futureprnewswire - May, 5 2022
Truliant to Use Zest AI Software to Update Loan Underwriting Platformsocaltech - Apr, 29 2022
Zest AI Wins Credit Unions In Nebraska, Kentuckysocaltech - Apr, 8 2022
Zest AI Signs Big Credit Unionsocaltech - Mar, 11 2022
Zest AI Signs Arizona Credit Unionprnewswire - Mar, 10 2022
Copper State Credit Union Selects Zest AI to Bring Better Lending to Its Memberssocaltech - Mar, 2 2022
Zest AI Links With Credit Union Associationsthepaypers - Feb, 24 2022
CuneXus partners with Zest AIprnewswire - Feb, 24 2022
Zest AI Named a Strategic Link Partner with the Northwest Credit Union Associationbusinesswire - Feb, 24 2022
CuneXus and Zest AI Partner to Improve Financial Wellnesssocaltech - Jan, 13 2022
Zest AI Signs Up Credit Unionprnewswire - Jan, 12 2022
Addition Financial Credit Union Selects Zest AI For Loan Underwritingfinextra - Dec, 3 2021
Zest AI signs Blue Federal Credit Unionspr - Dec, 3 2021
Zest AI Brings Credit Underwriting Innovations to Wyoming’s Blue FCUprnewswire - Nov, 19 2021
Zest AI Honored in Fast Company's 2021 Next Big Things in Tech Awardsprnewswire - Sep, 15 2021
Zest AI Wins 2021 Finovate Award for Best Use of AI/MLbankautomationnews - Jun, 29 2021
Zest AI raises $18 million in fundingspr - Jun, 25 2021
Zest AI Secures Investment from VyStar Credit Union, First National Bank of Omaha, and Northgate Capitalbankautomationnews - May, 4 2021
Education lender Climb Credit taps Zest AI for credit underwritingGlobe Newswire - Mar, 17 2021
Zest AI becomes ASC 606 compliant and cuts costs 60% through financial automation with Sage Intacctbarefootinnovation - Feb, 26 2021
Transforming Credit Access with Machine Learning - Mike de Vere and Teddy Flo of Zest Aineurons - Nov, 10 2020
Zest AI CEO: Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping Lending and Creditaithority - Nov, 6 2020
Zest AI Secures Investment From Insight Partners To Accelerate Adoption Of Fairer And More Transparent Credit Underwriting Softwarelabusinessjournal - Oct, 26 2020
Retooled Zest Finance Raises $15 Millionvcaonline - Oct, 21 2020
Venture Capital Database 2020 Now Available!dlvr - Oct, 21 2020
Can an A.I. algorithm help end unfair lending? This company says yesbit - Oct, 21 2020
Zest AI closes $15m investment to support its goal of boosting technology standards in lendingzpr - Oct, 20 2020
Zest AI Raises $15M From Insight Partnerszpr - Oct, 20 2020
Zest raises $15 million to reduce loan algorithm biastearsheet - Oct, 17 2020
Zest AI’s Mike de Vere: ‘You don’t have to give up economics to be more fair’nytimes - Oct, 17 2020
Is an Algorithm Less Racist Than a Loan Officer?cutimes - Oct, 17 2020
Credit Unions Begin New Decade With Upgraded, Converted Systemsfinledger - Sep, 25 2020
TrackStar aims to improve credit scoring data with AInationalmortgageprofessional - Mar, 3 2020
How AI Will Boost the Mortgage Lending Cyclewsj - Jan, 28 2020
AI Helps Auto-Loan Company Handle Industry’s Trickiest Turncutimes - Jan, 28 2020
Fair Is Fair: How Credit Unions Can Unbias AIBusinessWire - Oct, 21 2019
ZestFinance Announces Rebrand to Zest AIBusiness Wire - Oct, 21 2019
ZestFinance Announces Rebrand to Zest AIBusiness Wire - Oct, 17 2019
ZestFinance to Provide AI Underwriting for MeridianLink LoansPQ PlatformWall Streets Journal - Sep, 24 2019
Freddie Mac Tests Underwriting Software That Could Boost Mortgage Approvalssocaltech - Sep, 24 2019
ZestFinance In Test With Freddie Macblog - Sep, 24 2019
ZestFinance In Test With Freddie Macfinextra - Sep, 18 2019
Digital Matrix Systems and ZestFinance ring machine learning to credit scoringbuiltinla - Sep, 17 2019
Why 6 LA Tech Sales Reps Love Selling These Software Productssfvbj - Jul, 12 2019
Fintech Firm ZestFinance Partners With Brazilian Retailersfvbj - Jun, 11 2019
Relocation to Burbank With Perksprnewswire - Mar, 19 2019
ZestFinance Releases New Software Tool To Reduce Bias In AI-powered Credit Scoring Modelsmobilepaymentstoday - Mar, 4 2019
Discover, ZestFinance partner on AI-based credit scoringamericanbanker - May, 11 2018
Web Seminar Identifying better borrowers: How machine learning can drive your growthexclusive - Dec, 13 2017
A-ha! Conference unveils #AI 100 list of the most promising companies in #artificialintelligence #technology, Dec. 12-13 2018, San Francisconanalyze - May, 1 2017
AI Fintech Startups Offer Loans on New Credittheepochtimes - Apr, 12 2017
Future of Jobs: The Battle Between Man and Machinebuiltinla - Mar, 14 2017
Zwift - 9 of the best LA companies to work forsocaltech - Feb, 18 2017
ZestFinance Rolls Out Millennial Underwriting Platformbusinesswire - Feb, 14 2017
ZestFinance Introduces Machine Learning Platform to Underwrite Millennials and Other Consumers with Limited Credit Historyprnewswire - Feb, 5 2017
Credit Scoring as a Competitive Differentiator: How Traditional Score Functionality Adapts to the Current Market and the Potential of Disruptive Models - Research and Marketsventurebeat - Jan, 6 2017
How AI startups can affect employmentprweb - Nov, 24 2016
Alternative Models of Credit Scoring: New Options, New Riskschinainternetwatch - Nov, 19 2016
JD.com GMV up by 43% to US$24 bn in Q3 2016cbinsights - Nov, 12 2016
US Startup Investments By China’s Internet Giants Slow In 2016builtinla - Nov, 4 2016
What it's really like to intern for an LA tech companyprnewswire - Nov, 2 2016
Fintech AI Revenue to Grow 960% by 2021, Driven by Big Data, Distributed Computing & Connectivitywraltechwire - Nov, 2 2016
Report: Artificial intelligence drives 'fintech;' NC startups cash inbuiltinla - Nov, 1 2016
5 LA-based companies named to Fortune's 100 Best Medium Workplacesbuiltinla - Oct, 31 2016
Tech companies reign in Business Journal's list of best places to workthepaypers - Oct, 30 2016
Baidu invests in ZestFinance to develop credit scoring platformsocaltech - Oct, 29 2016
ZestFinance Finds Strategic Funding From Baidubusinessinsider - Oct, 28 2016
Apple, IBM, Salesforce, and Airbnb are among the 68 companies helping the DOJ take North Carolina to courtbuiltinla - Oct, 27 2016
15 LA-based companies named to Inc.'s 500 fastest-growing startupsstrictlyvc - Oct, 26 2016
StrictlyVC: July 18, 2016crowdfundinsider - Oct, 26 2016
China: WeiyangX Fintech Reviewcrowdfundinsider - Oct, 26 2016
Baidu Invests in ZestFinance. Will Partner on Credit Datacbinsights - Oct, 26 2016
From Algorithmic Trading To Personal Finance Bots: 41 Startups Bringing AI To FintechTechCrunch - Oct, 12 2016
Baidu just set up a $3 billion fund to back maturing startupsbuiltinla - Jul, 18 2016
ZestFinance announces undisclosed round of funding to expand to emerging marketsgeekwire - Jul, 11 2016
Microsoft, Expedia join fight against North Carolina transgender ‘bathroom bill’businessinsider - Jul, 11 2016
Apple, IBM, Salesforce, and Airbnb are among the 68 companies helping the DOJ take North Carolina to courtbuiltinla - Jul, 4 2016
Love your job: 6 awesome tech companies hiring this monthbuiltinla - Apr, 4 2016
6 real LA startup perks you've never heard ofbuiltinla - Mar, 30 2016
How these 5 LA startups welcome employees on their first daybostonvcblog - Mar, 22 2016
1 posts from March 2016wsj - Mar, 1 2016
Facebook Isn’t So Good at Judging Your Credit After Allconsumerist - Feb, 26 2016
Facebook Is Not The Great Predictor Of Creditworthiness It Was Hoped To Bebuiltinla - Feb, 19 2016
LA tech roundup: Honest eyes IPO, Patch of Land gets $250M, & morefastcompany - Jan, 31 2016
The Real Cost Of Paid Parental Leave For Businessbostonvcblog - Jan, 24 2016
SentenaiTechCrunch - Jan, 22 2016
ZestFinance Expands Parental Leave To Six Months Paid Time Off For Primary Caregiverspymnts - Oct, 7 2015
How ZestFinance Used Big Data Lending To Secure $150M From FortressTechCrunch - Jul, 29 2015
Lending Platform China Rapid Finance Raises $35M Series C At A $1B Valuationbusinesswire - Jul, 15 2015
ZestFinance Launches Basix Loans to Serve Middle-Class Americans Overlooked by BanksEquityZen does not have an affiliation with, formal relationship with, or endorsement from any companies featured above. This profile is based on publicly available information and is intended to be informative in nature.
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