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Zoominfo

“Can a B2B data company become the full operating system for enterprise go-to-market teams by owning intent signals, contact intelligence, and workflow automation in one platform?”

Founded2000
HQVancouver, Washington, USA
Latest roundIPO, June 2020 (NASDAQ: ZI)
IndustryHorizontal SaaS / Sales Intelligence
The story

Founded in 2000 as a business contact database, ZoomInfo was sold to private equity in 2017 then acquired by DiscoverOrg in 2019, which adopted the ZoomInfo brand for the combined entity. The company went public in June 2020 and has expanded from a contact database into a full go-to-market intelligence platform, layering in intent data, conversation intelligence (Chorus acquisition), and AI-powered sales workflows.

Last 12 months
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Product timeline
2000
Founded as a B2B contact and company data platform.· pivot
2004
Raised Series A funding.· banking
2017
Sold to private equity firm Great Hill Partners for a reported $240 million.· acquisition
2019
Acquired by DiscoverOrg (a sales intelligence competitor) for a reported $500M+; combined entity rebranded as ZoomInfo.· acquisition
2020
IPO on NASDAQ under ticker ZI, becoming one of the largest SaaS IPOs of 2020.· ipo
The stack
1 layer disclosed in Zoominfo’s embedded-finance stack
Fraud
Sardine
Accounting gap: none

Zoominfo — frequently asked

What fraud prevention does Zoominfo use?

Zoominfo uses Sardine for fraud prevention.

Where is Zoominfo headquartered?

Zoominfo is founded in 2000 and headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, USA.

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