Who Owns Vercel?
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Vercel
Cloud platform optimized for frontend and full‑stack apps (creator of Next.js) that provides instant deployments, edge CDN and team collaboration features.
Starts at $0 / month
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Vercel appears to be independent with no known parent company.
Vercel
Cloud platform optimized for frontend and full‑stack apps (creator of Next.js) that provides instant deployments, edge CDN and team collaboration features.
Starts at $0 / month
Has a free trial
Vercel appears to be independent with no known parent company.
Major Shareholders
Vercel
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
Guillermo Rauch Founder and CEO of Vercel (formerly ZEIT); as the founding shareholder and ongoing chief executive, he is widely regarded as a major individual owner, though his exact equity stake remains undisclosed. | Founder | — | Oct 2025 |
Accel Lead or co-lead investor in multiple rounds (Series A, C, E, and co-lead of the $300M Series F at a $9.3B valuation), making it the most prominent institutional backer and likely one of the largest external shareholders. | Institutional | — | Sep 2025 |
Bedrock Capital Led the $102M Series C round at a valuation above $1B and participated in later rounds, positioning Bedrock as a key early and continuing institutional owner. | Institutional | — | Jun 2021 |
GIC Singapore sovereign wealth fund that co-led the $300M Series F round at a $9.3B valuation, becoming a major late-stage shareholder of Vercel. | Government | — | Sep 2025 |
Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital) Venture firm that led the $150M Series D and reinvested in the Accel-led Series E and the Series F, indicating a significant, long-standing equity position. | Institutional | — | Sep 2025 |
CRV (Charles River Ventures) Early investor from the Series A round and participant in subsequent rounds B through E, implying a meaningful ongoing ownership stake. | Institutional | — | May 2024 |
GV (Google Ventures) Corporate venture arm of Alphabet; joined at Series B and has invested in multiple later rounds including C, D, E and F, making it a major strategic shareholder. | Corporate | — | Sep 2025 |
Tiger Global Management Growth equity firm that invested in Series C and D and participated again in the Series E and F rounds, suggesting a sizable late-stage ownership position. | Institutional | — | Sep 2025 |
Geodesic Capital Participated from Series B onward (B, C, D, E), marking it as a long-term institutional investor with a meaningful but undisclosed stake. | Institutional | — | May 2024 |
Salesforce Ventures Salesforce’s corporate venture arm; joined in the Series C round and appears again in later rounds including D and F, indicating a strategic corporate shareholding. | Corporate | — | Sep 2025 |
BlackRock Global asset manager that became an investor in the oversubscribed $300M Series F round, taking a direct minority position in Vercel. | Institutional | — | Sep 2025 |
General Catalyst Venture and growth equity firm that joined as a new investor in the Series F round, holding a late-stage minority stake. | Institutional | — | Sep 2025 |
Khosla Ventures Venture firm that first invested in Vercel during the $300M Series F financing, acquiring a direct minority interest. | Institutional | — | Sep 2025 |
Nat Friedman Angel investor and former GitHub CEO; disclosed as an individual investor in Vercel’s $21M Series A round, implying an early but now diluted minority stake. | Individual | — | Apr 2020 |
Jordan Walker Angel investor identified as a participant in the $21M Series A financing, holding an early-stage minority position in Vercel. | Individual | — | Apr 2020 |
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