Foster: Y Combinator continues to add value to Zapier at scale
Wade Foster · 1743 Zapier Hits 100k Customers, $50m in ARR, Eye on Doubling YoY with New Partnerships · May 2, 2020 · at 9:38
Zapier co-founder and CEO Wade Foster discusses the ongoing role of early investors like Y Combinator as Zapier scales past $50M ARR.
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“We went through YC, a big stakeholder for us, one of the larger stakeholders for us, and they continue to just provide a lot of useful value, even at the stage that we're at.”
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