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The company behind Zapier

Zapier, Inc

Zapier is made by Zapier, Inc., a privately held company that has worked fully remotely since it started in 2012. It earns money from subscriptions to its paid plans, sold alongside a free plan, and says more than 3.4 million businesses use it.

zapier.comRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.

Zapier at a glance

Chief executive
Wade Foster
Founded
2012
Based in
Fully remote, with people in 40 countries
Raised in total
$1.3 million
Last valuation
$5 billion
Reported March 2021
Latest round
Seed, $1.2 million
Oct 31, 2012
Team
800 people
Ownership
Privately held

Zapier's CEO and founders

The people Zapier, Inc names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.

Zapier funding

Zapier says it raised $1.3 million in 2012 and has taken no further funding. TechCrunch reported the seed round in October 2012 as $1.2 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Kevin Hale and other angels; the founders name Y Combinator and Bessemer. zapier.comycombinator.comtechcrunch.com

WhenRoundAmountInvestors
Oct 31, 2012Seed$1.2 millionWith Bessemer Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Kevin Hale. techcrunch.com

Every investor named

  • Bessemer Venture Partners
  • Draper Fisher Jurvetson
  • Kevin Hale

Zapier valuation

$5 billion

March 2021

Zapier's own press page says it was valued at $5 billion in 2021 without further funding, and links a Forbes report on the figure from March 2021. zapier.com

A private company’s valuation is set when it raises money and is rarely updated in public. It is not a share price.

Company details

Ownership
Privately held. Its press page says it raised $1.3 million in 2012 and no further funding, and its founders name Y Combinator and Bessemer Venture Partners as the investors in that round; no parent company is named. zapier.com
Founded
2012 zapier.com
Based in
Fully remote, with people in 40 countries zapier.com
Team
800+ people across 40 countries, according to its press page zapier.com
Hiring
11 open roles: 3 in sales, 3 in campaign marketing, and 1 each in finance, data, customer operations, legal and people zapier.com
Partner program
Free programs for software companies that build integrations (Bronze to Platinum tiers, with App Directory leads and co-marketing), for consultancies (Solution Partners, starting at Certified Zapier Expert) and for creators. No commission rates are published. zapier.com

Zapier on social media and the web

Only accounts Zapier, Inc links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.

How to contact Zapier, Inc

The ways Zapier, Inc publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.

Zapier news and launches

Media kit

The Zapier, Inc media kit

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Questions about Zapier the company

Who is the CEO of Zapier?

Wade Foster is Zapier, Inc's co-founder and CEO, according to zapier.com, as read on Oct 18, 2026.

Who founded Zapier?

Wade Foster, Bryan Helmig and Mike Knoop are named as founders of Zapier, Inc, which was founded in 2012.

How much funding has Zapier raised?

Zapier's maker has raised $1.3 million in total. Zapier says it raised $1.3 million in 2012 and has taken no further funding. TechCrunch reported the seed round in October 2012 as $1.2 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Kevin Hale and other angels; the founders name Y Combinator and Bessemer.

Who are Zapier's investors?

The announcements name Bessemer Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Kevin Hale.

When did Zapier last raise money?

The most recent round announced was in Oct 31, 2012: Seed, $1.2 million.

What is Zapier's valuation?

$5 billion, as of March 2021. Zapier's own press page says it was valued at $5 billion in 2021 without further funding, and links a Forbes report on the figure from March 2021.

Who owns Zapier?

Privately held. Its press page says it raised $1.3 million in 2012 and no further funding, and its founders name Y Combinator and Bessemer Venture Partners as the investors in that round; no parent company is named.

Where is Zapier based?

Zapier, Inc gives its base as Fully remote, with people in 40 countries.

How many people work at Zapier?

800+ people across 40 countries, according to its press page.

Is Zapier hiring?

11 open roles: 3 in sales, 3 in campaign marketing, and 1 each in finance, data, customer operations, legal and people.

Is Zapier on social media?

Zapier, Inc links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Reddit and GitHub. The links are on this page, taken from Zapier, Inc's own site.

Where this comes from

Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from Zapier, Inc’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.

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