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Zeal Capital Partners Leads Rising Team and Seven Starling Rounds
Zeal Capital Partners led an $8M Series A in Rising Team and backed Seven Starling’s $8M maternal-health round, deploying its new Fund II.
Zeal Capital Partners deployed its new Fund II by leading an $8M Series A in Rising Team (leadership development) and backing Seven Starling’s $8M maternal mental-health round.
Key facts
- Investor: Zeal Capital Partners (led Rising Team; backed Seven Starling)
- Rising Team: $8M Series A, workplace leadership development
- Seven Starling: $8M, maternal mental health platform
- Firm: D.C.-based, founder Nasir Qadree; portfolio unicorn Esusu
- Fund II: $82M, targeting ~25 early-stage companies
Why this matters
Rising Team and Seven Starling map directly to Zeal Capital Partners’ future-of-work and healthcare theses, showing early deployment of its $82M Fund II behind mission-aligned founders.
Sources
- Seven Starling $8M (HIT Consultant, via Tracxn): https://tracxn.com/d/venture-capital/zealcapitalpartners/__qOdrjgT-tdH65UZqM8hEvk0iahFZB1jN_ELa7U5MlLs
- Zeal Fund II & Rising Team (Business Wire): https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250528777357/en/Zeal-Capital-Partners-Closes-%2482-Million-Zeal-Fund-II-More-Than-Tripling-Assets-Under-Management-in-Five-Years
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