Zego

Developer Tools · Video Conferencing & Webinars
$158.9Mtotal raised · 3 rounds on record
7open roles
$150Mlatest round · Venture round · Mar 2021 · 5 yr ago
1backers · Qiming Venture Partners

Overview

Zego is a Chinese provider of real-time audio and video cloud services, offering PaaS products for real-time interaction, AI agents with voice and text interaction, and digital human APIs. Its solutions target social entertainment, live streaming and voice chat rooms, gaming and online education, and it hires sales managers, financial sector sales staff and iOS solution engineers in Beijing, Shenzhen and Shanghai. The company is based in China.

Key facts

As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 7 open roles at Zego. Zego is headquartered in Beijing, China. It was founded in 2018. It has raised $158.9M in 3 funding rounds. The latest round is Venture - Series Unknown of $150M, announced in 2021.

Headquarters
Beijing, ChinaAlion company profile, updated Nov 12, 2026
Founded
2018Alion company profile, updated Nov 12, 2026
Total raised
$158.9MSum of 3 equity rounds Alion knows
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown · $150M · Mar 10, 2021Press report · techcrunch.com
Technologies in its job postings
12Named in its job postings

How Zego hires

Truth index
B 75/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%

Zego scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 4 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Funding and backers

Total raised
$158.9M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$150M
Venture round · Mar 2021 · 5 yr ago
Hiring now
7
open roles
Backers
1
Qiming Venture Partners
The money's age
Long since its last round
68 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Mar 10, 2021 Raised a round Venture round $150M · TechCrunch 2018 Founded Nov 19, 2017 Raised a round Series A $7.6M · led by Balderton Capital · TechCrunch Jul 19, 2017 Raised a round Venture round $1.3M · TechCrunch
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Mar 2021 $150M — TechCrunch
Series A Nov 2017 $7.6M Balderton Capital lead, Balderton Capital lead, LocalG TechCrunch
Venture round Jul 2017 $1.3M — TechCrunch
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Jobs

In office · Full-Time · Shenzhen
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≈ $28k – $68k per year (Estimated) · In office · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · Shenzhen
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
7
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Sales
67% ▼
Backend
33% ▲

Financials

Total raised
$158.9M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
3
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount Valuation
Venture - Series Unknown 2021 $150M $1.1B Details
Series A 2017 $7.6M — Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2017 $1.3M — Details

Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Zego over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
12
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
83/100
Languages
Java
Node JS
Python
SQL
JavaScript
Frameworks & libraries
React.js
Vue.js
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Cloud & platforms
Kubernetes
Developer tools
Docker
Practices & domains
CI/CD
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Connections

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Shared investors1
384 portfolio companies: zuzuche, Zuoshouyisheng, Frontage Lab and 381 more

News

News TechCrunch 5 years ago
Zego, the tech-enabled commercial motor insurer, raises $150M at $1.1B valuation
Zego, the insurtech that got its start by offering flexible motorbike insurance for gig economy workers but has since expanded with a range of
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News TechCrunch 9 years ago
Zego picks up £6M Series A led by Balderton for its gig economy worker insurance
Zego, the London-based startup that appears to have spotted a gaping insurance hole in the so-called gig economy, has raised £6 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Balderton Capital, with participation from existing backers, including LocalG
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News TechCrunch 9 years ago
Zego raises £1M to give gig-economy drivers a pay-as-you-go insurance platform
The gig economy, as we know, is big and just getting bigger. But companies like Uber and Deliveroo have a huge problem and it's called insurance. How do
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
3
Countries
1
Busiest office
Beijing
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Beijing China
HQ
3 open roles 2 posted in 90 days
hires for Sales
seen since Oct 2023 job postings
Shenzhen China
Regional office
3 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 67% engineering
hires for Backend, Mobile, Sales
seen since Oct 2023 job postings
Shanghai China
1 open roles
hires for Sales
seen since Jan 2024 job postings

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