Zebra Ventures

Zebra Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Zebra Technologies, focusing on early-stage companies that align with Zebra's vision of digitizing and automating frontline operations. By providing venture capital, Zebra Ventures supports businesses through startup, growth, and expansion phases, offering deep domain expertise, access to engineering resources, and a vast distribution network to help portfolio companies achieve their growth objectives.

The investment strategy emphasizes technologies such as automation and robotics, artificial intelligence, analytics, data capture, mobile computing, location and motion sensing, device management, augmented reality, and asset visibility. Targeted vertical markets include retail, transportation and logistics, manufacturing and warehousing, healthcare, and field services.

Zebra Ventures maintains a straightforward investment process, beginning with the submission of a pitch deck, followed by an introductory meeting, a detailed questionnaire, and discussions on terms and next steps. The initial target investment range is between $1 million and $5 million, focusing on entrepreneurs with superior technology and capital-efficient business models that can bring value to Zebra's customers.