Ukrainian-founded · Seed
Zeely AI
Zeely AI is a Ukrainian-founded marketing platform used by more than 1.5 million businesses. It reported 6× year-over-year growth in 2026.
- Stage
- Seed ↗
- Hiring
- Hiring ↗
- Founded
- 2022
- Location
- Kyiv · Warsaw · Remote
- Focus
- AI · Advertising
- Ukraine presence
- Founded in Ukraine with a team in Kyiv
- Status
- Active
Recent momentum
Reported 6× year-over-year growth and more than 1.5M businesses using the product; won a $1M investment commitment in 2026.
Funding stage
$1M seed round raised in 2023; Deel committed a further $1M investment after Zeely won The Pitch in May 2026, with final terms pending in July.
Stage source ↗Hiring signal
Current roles across product, engineering, data, marketing, operations, and recruiting.
Jobs ↗Ukrainian connection
Dima Samoiliuk, Yaroslav Samoiliuk, and Alina Bondarenko founded Zeely in Ukraine and continue to operate a Kyiv team.
Founders
Dima Samoiliuk
Co-founder and CEO · Ukrainian co-founder and CEO of Zeely AI.
LinkedIn profile ↗Yaroslav Samoiliuk
Co-founder and COO · Ukrainian co-founder and COO of Zeely AI.
LinkedIn profile ↗Alina Bondarenko
Co-founder and CCO · Ukrainian co-founder and CCO of Zeely AI.
LinkedIn profile ↗Sources
- Zeely leadership ↗Zeely AI · Supports: founders, company history, Ukraine connection.
- Zeely on its investment and growth ↗AIN · Supports: stage, investment, growth, users, hiring.
Reviewed August 8, 2026. Methodology.