Valley

An AI outbound platform for B2B sales teams.

Valley (also known as Valley AI) finds the people most likely to buy from buying signals, natural-language search or a team’s own lists, qualifies them against the team’s ideal customer profile, researches each one, and sends personalized messages across LinkedIn and email in the sender’s own voice.

Zayd Ali founded Valley in 2023 and leads it as founder and CEO from New York. The company grew out of Fish, the startup he was building in Antler’s 2022 residency, which is why some databases list a 2022 founding date.

Valley says it is used by more than 300 teams, including Miro, UiPath and Bolt.new, and that customers have sent more than 30 million messages through it. In June 2025, TRANSFORM VC described Valley as having reached $1M in ARR.

Source: Valley, About · Michael Houck, Fundraising Case Study: Valley (Jan 24, 2024) · Antler, Valley company page · TRANSFORM VC webinar announcement, Jun 25, 2025

1. 2022

   Antler residency and first checks. Zayd joined Antler’s six-week New York residency with a co-founder, building Fish, a social app for founders and investors. Antler wrote the first check ($150,000 for 7% at a $5 million cap), followed by a $25,000 check from Jason Calacanis and several angel checks, about $400,000 in total. Transform VC lists its investment in 2022.

   Source: Michael Houck, Fundraising Case Study: Valley (Jan 24, 2024) · Jeff Becker, Monday Morning, Jul 15, 2024 · Transform VC portfolio

2. Jan 2023

   Pivot to Valley. After Fish stalled, Zayd told investors in mid-January 2023 that the company was moving to an AI sales-development product, and offered to return their money. Two investors doubled down.

   Source: Michael Houck, Fundraising Case Study: Valley (Jan 24, 2024) · Zayd Syed Ali on LinkedIn, Aug 12, 2024

3. Mar 2023

   Valley starts. Valley kicked off in March 2023 with $500,000 in the bank. The next $500,000 came from Transform VC, a couple of angels and COACT Capital, after more than 400 personalised cold emails and 136 first meetings.

   Source: Michael Houck, Fundraising Case Study: Valley (Jan 24, 2024) · Zayd Syed Ali on LinkedIn, Aug 12, 2024

4. Nov 30, 2023

   $2M+ pre-seed announced. Valley announced a pre-seed round of more than $2 million with Antler, O’Shaughnessy Ventures, Jason Calacanis, ID8 Investments, Rough Draft Ventures (now GC Venture Fellows), Transform VC, Epochal Technologies, Taihill Venture and angels including John Pleasants.

   Source: Zayd Syed Ali on LinkedIn, Nov 30, 2023 · Silicon Legal Strategy, Dec 1, 2023

5. Dec 8, 2023

   O’Shaughnessy Ventures. OSV announced its investment. Zayd has said OSV put in $1 million.

   Source: PR Newswire, Dec 8, 2023 · Michael Houck, Fundraising Case Study: Valley (Jan 24, 2024)

6. Total

   $3.2M pre-seed. Valley’s pre-seed totals $3.2 million, closed at a $20 million cap. Other investors include Jason Calacanis’s LAUNCH Fund, F4 Fund and House Capital.

   Source: Michael Houck, Fundraising Case Study: Valley (Jan 24, 2024) · Zayd Syed Ali on LinkedIn, Aug 12, 2024 · Valley, About · Cura, Apr 8, 2026