Zeta
Zeta provides cloud-based banking technology for credit cards, loans and deposits, used by major US financial institutions. It has 2,160 employees and raised $390M, including a Series D in February 2025 with backers like Mastercard and SoftBank.
The growth story
Zeta grew from 1,530 to 2,160 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $390M along the way, most recently a Series D in February 2025.
About
Zeta sells a banking platform that lets financial institutions quickly launch card, loan and deposit products. Its systems handle processing and compliance, targeting banks needing to modernize legacy infrastructure.
The company was named a top partner for US bank modernization in 2023. Its credit card platform is ranked #2 by American cardholders, though the customer names aren't disclosed.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function with 279 staff. The company has a median tenure of just 1 year across its 2,160 employees.
The Zeta org chart
Bhavin Turakhia (Co-founder and CEO) leads 60 mapped leaders with 7 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 983 (+1% YoY), Information Technology 184 (+10% YoY), Product Management 110 (-5% YoY), Operations 105 (+25% YoY), Program and Project Management 92 (+14% YoY), Business Development 87 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Many employees come from Amazon (26), Flipkart (16) and Wipro (15). Alumni frequently move to Google (33), Salesforce (22) and Uber (21).
Most common previous employers of Zeta staff: Amazon.com (26), Flipkart (16), Wipro Technologies (15), Directi (14), Microsoft (14), Infosys (14). Former Zeta employees most often moved to Google (33), Salesforce (22), Uber Technologies (21), Amazon.com (20), Microsoft (17), Intuit (11).
Alumni worth knowing
The Zeta mafia
Zeta alumni founded 30 companies including SuperK (172 staff), Vegapay (107 staff) and Ente (78 staff).
30Neeraj Menta, was Product Management until 2018Gaurav Mittal, was Head of Growth - Fintech until 2022Vishnu Mohandas, was Product Manager until 2016Rahul Agarwal, was Associate Director - Business Operations until 2019Amartya Jha, was Senior Software Engineer until 2023Debashish Mishra, was Director - Learning and Organisation Development until 2023
Siddharth Moitra, was Product Manager until 2021
Manish Shukla, was Software Engineer until 2018
Dinesh Kumar, was DevOps Engineer II until 2024
Nimit Kumar, was Vice President - Product & Engineering until 2023
Sameer Godara, was Enterprise Sales- Key Accounts until 2018
Aamir Khan, was Senior Software Engineer until 2017
Chirag Jindal, was Senior Software Development Engineer until 2025
Pradeep Chhabria, was Associate Director Product until 2021
Ramesh Kumar Chugh, was Director Payments Solutions until 2025
Raushan Raj, was Security Operations Lead until 2022
Praveen Naik, was Software Developer Engineer 2 until 2023
Aswin Ranganathan, was Interaction Design Specialist until 2017
Prashanth Raghu, was Principal Engineer until 2023
Mehul Jain, was DevOps Engineer ll until 2024
Rachit Thukral, was Product Manager until 2023
Vishal Mittal, was Senior Software Engineer until 2023
Aditi Sharma, was Talent Acquisition Associate until 2023
Amulya Nidhi, was Manager until 2026
Abhijit Jaiswal, was Director SDET until 2026
Aditya Agarwal, was Software Development Engineer II - Data until 2022
Pradeep Sharma, was Director of Products until 2024
Roopal Kumar, was Product Designer until 2022Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 51% direct, 22% search, 2% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Zeta: Java (754), Python (Programming Language) (603), SQL (591), JavaScript (508), C++ (507), C (Programming Language) (468), Data Structures (446), Problem Solving (423).
Where the team actually sits
Zeta people are concentrated in Karnataka, India (363), Telangana, India (71), Maharashtra, India (36), India (25). 2 offices on record.
Search footprint
Zeta attracts about 601 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $4K a month if bought through ads. It gained 195 ranking keywords and lost 150 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.50 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.30 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.80 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 2.70 / 5
Frequently asked
Zeta has 2,160 employees as of September 2026.
Zeta has raised $390M in total, most recently a Series D round in February 2025.
Zeta was founded in 2015 by Bhavin Turakhia, Ramki Gaddipati.
Bhavin Turakhia (Co-founder and CEO) sits at the top of Zeta's reporting structure, with 7 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Zeta staff are Amazon.com (26 people), Flipkart (16 people), Wipro Technologies (15 people).
Former Zeta employees most often move to Google (33), Salesforce (22), Uber Technologies (21).
At least 30 companies have a founder who previously worked at Zeta, including SuperK, Vegapay, Ente.
Zeta attracts about 601 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $4K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Zeta staff are Java, Python (Programming Language), SQL, JavaScript, C++.
Zeta staff are concentrated in Karnataka, India (363), Telangana, India (71), Maharashtra, India (36).
Zeta has about 983 people in Engineering, up 1% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Zeta has about 184 people in Information Technology, up 10% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 597 current and 806 former Zeta profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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