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Zette Growth Score
26
CB Rank
14877
Heat Score
65
Zette is a media tech startup that gives readers pay-per-article access to paywalled publications, all while sharing revenue with newsrooms.
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PrivateSeed San Francisco, California, United States1-10 www.zette.com/
Consumer Software
Internet
Media and Entertainment
SaaS
Overview

Zette
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Recent Milestones
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About Zette

CB Rank
14877
Zette is a media tech startup that gives readers pay-per-article access to paywalled publications, all while sharing revenue with newsrooms.
Founded
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PrivateSeed San Francisco, California, United States1-10 www.zette.com/
Consumer Software
Internet
Media and Entertainment
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Details

Legal Name Off Topic Inc.
Also Known As Off Topic, Inc.
Operating Status Active
Company Type For Profit
Founders  Yehong Zhu
About the Company
Zette’s mission is to bring down the barriers to real news by increasing access to journalism while empowering publishers and creators to continue producing high-quality work.
Contact Email hello@zette.com
Diversity Spotlight 
East Asian Founded
Women Founded
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Predictions & Insights

Growth Prediction

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Products & Services

Zette Pay-Per-Article Access
A service that allows readers to access individual paywalled articles from multiple premium digital news publishers through a single subscription.

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Financials

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Investments

Number of Acquisitions 1

Investment Breakdown

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Market Intelligence
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Technology
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IT Spend

$85.5KThis year, Zette is projected to spend $85.5K on IT, according to Aberdeen.

Active Website Tech Count

11Zette is actively using 11 technologies for its website, according to BuiltWith. These include Common Crawl, DNSSEC, and  CommonCrawl Top 10m.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Zette's headquarters? Zette is located in San Francisco, California, United States.Who invested in Zette? Zette has 8 investors including Gaingels and  Flybridge.When was the last funding round for Zette? Zette closed its last funding round on
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from a Seed round.Who are Zette's competitors? Alternatives and possible competitors to Zette may include Substack, Google, and  Apple.How much funding has Zette raised to date? Zette has raised
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