Zip appears in Y Combinator's company directory in the Summer 2020 batch, listed 2020-09-10. The future of B2B spend.
Zip is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2020 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: The future of B2B spend. The founders listed are Rujul Zaparde (Founder), Lu Cheng (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, September 10, 2020).
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Rujul Zaparde
Founder
Rujul is the Co-Founder & CEO at Zip. Before Zip, he worked at YC as a Visiting Partner and was the Co-Founder & CEO of FlightCar (w2013).
Lu Cheng
Founder
Lu is the cofounder and CTO of Zip. We're building the future of B2B spend. Before Zip, he spent 6 years at Airbnb where he was most recently the Head of Engineering for Airbnb Experiences.
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