# Zelkova Ventures (slim)

> Zelkova Ventures's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, J2 Martech Corp. (FullContact, a Ziff Davis company) and Help Scout, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zelkova-ventures/index.md (~700 tokens) · this version ~530 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zelkova-ventures/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/zelkova-ventures/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Venture firm.

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **J2 Martech Corp. (FullContact, a Ziff Davis company)**, Series A, September 2011
  - [FullContact](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fullcontact.md), graded D, 51.9/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2011/09/08/techstars-graduate-fullcontact-lands-1-5-million-helps-keep-contact-records-updated/
- **Help Scout**, Seed, October 2011
  - [Help Scout API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/help-scout.md), graded C, 56.1/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2011/10/08/help-scout-draws-funding-to-bring-affordable-email-collaboration-and-support-to-startups

## Where they invest

- Lead & company data, 1
- Customer support & helpdesk, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Bart Lorang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bart-lorang/), J2 Martech Corp. (FullContact, a Ziff Davis company)
- [Travis Todd](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/travis-todd/), J2 Martech Corp. (FullContact, a Ziff Davis company)
- [Dan Lynn](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/dan-lynn/), J2 Martech Corp. (FullContact, a Ziff Davis company)
- [Nick Francis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/nick-francis/), Help Scout
- [Denny Swindle](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/denny-swindle/), Help Scout
- [Jared McDaniel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jared-mcdaniel/), Help Scout

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Zelkova Ventures invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists J2 Martech Corp.

### How are Zelkova Ventures's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, FullContact (D, 51.9) and Help Scout API + MCP (C, 56.1).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.