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Zola
Online wedding registry, planner & retailer
- 201-500 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Weddings
- eCommerce
- Financial District, New York, NY
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Company mission
To serve couples from the moment they get engaged all the way into newlywed life.
Our take
Zola is one of the most well-known and popular online wedding registries. It makes it easier for couples to build a gift registry by partnering with hundreds of brands, while also offering a range of other wedding related services such as guest list and invite planning, wedding website creation, and even wedding dress sales.
Since launching in 2013, the company has become one of the biggest disruptors in the growing wedding registry niche, just ahead of the likes of Honeyfund and Crate & Barrel. With the US wedding industry worth roughly $70, there’s plenty of profit to be made in this space, despite competition from giants like Amazon and Target.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Free Citibike and BIXI memberships
- Discounted tickets to movies and more
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans (68% of Zola employees pay $0 for health insurance)
- Unlimited PTO policy
- Paid sabbatical leave
- Commuter benefits
- Zola employee discount
- All the snacks you can eat
- Free wedding cake year-round
Company values
- Everyone's Invited – It’s essential that our team represent our couples’ diverse experiences. We look for culture adds, not culture fits. But we do have a strict No A**hole policy
- Couples Come First – Across everything we do, we always ask ourselves, “How will this make life easier (and more fun) for our couples and their guests?”
- There’s Always A Way – The word “no” isn’t in our vocabulary. We believe every problem has a solution and we go above and beyond to find it
- Transparency Is Key – Three things we always do: speak up, welcome feedback, and own our mistakes. Because honesty and trust build extraordinary teams
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2018
$100m
SERIES D
Jan 2018
$25m
SERIES C
Total funding: $169.3m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Shan-Lyn Ma
(CEO)Former Senior Product Marketing Manager at Yahoo, and Chief Product Officer at ecommerce jewelry company Chloe + Isabel. Before co-founding Zola, founded and was General Manager of artisanal food marketplace Gilt Taste.
Nobu Nakaguchi
(Chief Design Officer)Before co-founding Zola, worked for Gilt Groupe in a number of senior roles including Product Management and User Experience. Founded and was Design Director at nn27, a digital product design consultancy.
Felix Lung
(CTO)Former Lead Software Engineer at Gilt Groupe, and former Web Apps Lead Architect at automated translation service SDL Language Weaver.