Zinc Inc.
American mobile messaging company, 2013–2019
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Zinc Inc. (formerly Cotap Inc., renamed June 2016) was a San Francisco-based enterprise mobile messaging company. Its application was aimed at businesses and, unlike consumer-focused services such as WhatsApp and WeChat that require phone numbers, allowed users to find and message colleagues by corporate email domain.[2] ServiceMax acquired Zinc in 2019 for an undisclosed amount. The company was founded in May 2013 by former Yammer executives Jim Patterson and Zack Parker.[2] That month, Cotap announced it had received $5.5 million in a Series A funding round from Charles River Ventures and Emergence Capital Partners.[3] Cotap received $10M in Series B funding in January 2014.[4]
| Type | Incorporated |
|---|---|
| Industry | Mobile messaging |
| Founded | May 2013 |
| Founder | Jim Patterson and Zack Parker |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, |
Area served | Global |
| Website | zinc |
Cotap released its first app, which is available for iOS, in October 2013.[5] In February 2014 Cotap released a native Android app.[6] In August 2014, Cotap released a Mac and Web app alongside the announcement of cloud storage integrations with Box, Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive.[7] Both iOS and Android apps, as well as the Mac and Web apps, allow users to send individual and group messages.
On raising $5M in a funding round led by Emergence Capital Partners and Charles River Ventures, Cotap changed its name to Zinc and appointed a new Chief Executive, Stacey Epstein.[8]
In April 2017 a further $11M round of investment was raised from GE Ventures, Hearst Ventures and existing investors Emergence & Charles River.[9]
The acquisition by ServiceMax in 2019 was completed for an undisclosed amount.[10]
