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Zibo

1001 Main St, Redwood City, CA, 94063, United States

Overview

Zibo provides a centralized banking and payments platform tailored to landlords, offering banking, rent collection, expense management, bill pay, and access to competitive loans and insurance. Landlords can receive online rent payments, deposit paper checks, and manage all property bank accounts through Zibo's platform. The company offers its landlord management platform at no cost to landlords and positions itself to help independent owners save time, stay organized, and grow their portfolios. Zibo says it targets 8 million U.S. independent landlords and estimates a $9 billion total annualized addressable market. The company aims to level the playing field against institutional investors by providing modern tools and best-in-class financial services. Zibo's investor base includes Assurant Ventures, Camber Creek, Canaan Partners, Khosla Ventures, QED Investors, and SVB Capital. Zibo offers a modern financial-services platform for landlords including banking, rent collection, expense management, bill pay, and access to loans and insurance (via Zibo Insurance Services). The company provides these services at no cost to landlords and aims to help independent real estate investors save time, stay organized, and improve cash flow. Zibo was founded in 2019 and is led by CEO and co‑founder Chris Hsu; the team totals about 30 employees. The startup has an insurance partnership with Foremost, a Farmers-owned insurer that specializes in specialty dwellings and related products. Zibo emphasizes secure, purpose-built technology for the real estate industry and frames its product as leveling the playing field for independent investors. As of the article, the company has raised $15 million in total funding.

Total raised
$5M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Equity
Latest activity
Mar 2021

Industries

  • Financial Services
  • Real Estate
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Recent funding

  1. Equity

    Mar 2021

    $5M

Team

  • Jerry Deor

    CEO and Co-Founder

  • Vikas Gupta

    CEO

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  • Ian Cameron

    Strategy, Operations & Partnerships

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  • Kristina Collins

    Office Manager & Executive Assistant

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