<s>
Zinc	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
renamed	O
from	O
Cotap	B-Application
Inc	O
,	O
Jun	O
2016	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
San	O
Francisco-based	O
company	O
that	O
sells	O
a	O
mobile	O
messaging	O
application	B-Application
for	O
businesses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
consumer-focused	O
apps	O
such	O
as	O
Whatsapp	O
and	O
WeChat	O
that	O
require	O
phone	O
numbers	O
,	O
Cotap	B-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
find	O
and	O
connect	O
with	O
other	O
users	O
who	O
share	O
their	O
corporate	O
email	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
May	O
2013	O
by	O
former	O
Yammer	B-Protocol
executives	O
Jim	O
Patterson	O
and	O
Zack	O
Parker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
month	O
,	O
Cotap	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
had	O
received	O
$5.5	O
million	O
in	O
a	O
Series	O
A	O
funding	O
round	O
from	O
Charles	O
River	O
Ventures	O
and	O
Emergence	O
Capital	O
Partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cotap	B-Application
received	O
$10M	O
in	O
Series	O
B	O
funding	O
in	O
January	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cotap	B-Application
released	O
its	O
first	O
app	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
in	O
October	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2014	O
Cotap	B-Application
released	O
a	O
native	O
Android	B-Application
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
Cotap	B-Application
released	O
a	O
Mac	O
and	O
Web	O
app	O
alongside	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
cloud	O
storage	O
integrations	O
with	O
Box	O
,	O
Dropbox	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
and	O
OneDrive	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
apps	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Mac	O
and	O
Web	O
apps	O
,	O
allow	O
users	O
to	O
send	O
individual	O
and	O
group	O
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
raising	O
$5M	O
in	O
a	O
funding	O
round	O
led	O
by	O
Emergence	O
Capital	O
Partners	O
and	O
Charles	O
River	O
Ventures	O
,	O
Cotap	B-Application
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Zinc	B-Application
and	O
appointed	O
a	O
new	O
Chief	O
Executive	O
,	O
Stacey	O
Epstein	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zinc	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
ServiceMax	B-General_Concept
in	O
2019	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
.	O
</s>
