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  "markdown": "Co-founder, Apollo.io.\n\nTim Zheng founded Apollo, a go-to-market and sales engagement platform from Y Combinator's Winter 2016 batch, and led it as CEO. In February 2026 chief operating officer Matt Curl became CEO and Zheng stayed on as chairman of the board. He studied at MIT.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tim-zheng/10/ba0/677\n\n## What Tim builds\n\n- [Apollo API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apollo.md), graded B, 63.4/100, in Lead \u0026 company data. People and company search over Apollo's database of about 240 million contacts and 30 million companies, person and company enrichment with email and mobile reveal, and the Apollo CRM and sequence objects. Co-founder, Apollo.io, researched 2026-10-26.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Ray Li](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ray-li/), Co-founder, Apollo.io\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [Tribe Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tribe-capital/)\n- [New View Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/new-view-capital/)\n- [Nexus Venture Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nexus-venture-partners/)\n- [Sequoia Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sequoia-capital/)\n- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/bain-capital-ventures/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Tim Zheng?\n\nTim Zheng founded Apollo, a go-to-market and sales engagement platform from Y Combinator's Winter 2016 batch, and led it as CEO. In February 2026 chief operating officer Matt Curl became CEO and Zheng stayed on as chairman of the board. He studied at MIT.\n\n### What does Apollo.io make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Apollo API + MCP from Apollo.io. People and company search over Apollo's database of about 240 million contacts and 30 million companies, person and company enrichment with email and mobile reveal, and the Apollo CRM and sequence objects.\n\n### Who has invested in Apollo.io?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, Tribe Capital, New View Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital and Bain Capital Ventures.\n\n### How are Tim's tools graded?\n\nApollo API + MCP is graded B, 63.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/apollo-io\n- https://www.apollo.io/\n- https://www.apollo.io/our-story\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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