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Zero
Zero is a fashion retail company operating as part of the Betty Barclay Group, offering women's clothing focused on sophisticated, feminine design and quality. Based in Bremen, Germany, the company distributes its collections across Germany and Austria through approximately 60 standalone stores and over 400 shop-in-shops.
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Zero at a glance
Zero is an apparel & fashion company headquartered in Germany. It has raised at least $13M across the 2 funding rounds on record. Its most recent funding round, Pre-Seed, raised $10.3M in September 2026. Xcout tracks 5 named people at Zero, including Markus Vapaavuori (Chief of Staff). Xcout recorded 42 job postings from Zero in the last 90 days, naming tools such as Amazon SageMaker, MLflow, PyTorch.
Zero leadership
- Markus VapaavuoriChief of Staff
- Marco BahnFounder · Director
- Santtu Koivumäkifounder
- Tuomo Riekkifounder
- Jan KloseAdvisory Board · Video Games
Zero funding rounds
At least $13M raised across the 2 rounds on record. Every round on record:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | $10.3M | 29 named | |
| Pre-Seed | $2.7M | 1 named |
Who invested in each round, lead investors, valuations and the co-investor graph — open the full funding history →
Hiring at Zero
Xcout recorded 42 job postings from Zero in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since June 2026.
Tools named in Zero's job postings
The weekly hiring trend, the roles and locations behind it — see Zero's hiring signals →
Recent Zero news
Hiring vs the trend
Based on 22 job postings in the last 8 weeks (17 Aug – 11 Oct 2026), compared with 21 small and mid-size financial services companies.
This describes a hiring pattern — how often Zero’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.
Signed-in members see the AI-skill share and its change with peer percentiles, role mix, posting momentum and advertised US pay against the market.
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More on Zero in Xcout Intel
- 5 named people with titles, LinkedIn and board committees
- 2 funding rounds with the investors in each, and who they co-invest with
- Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
- 2 corporate events with sources — deals, leadership changes, layoffs
- The full competitor set, tracking, exports and API access