Zula, pronounced Zoo-lah (noun), is a mobile application designed to enable work communication. It was founded in late 2013 by Jeff Pulver, Co-Founder of Vonage and Angel investor at Twitter and Jacob Ner-David, Co-Founder of Deltathree.

Zula envisions future developments that will allow the creation of custom apps on its platform, providing companies with a personalized collaboration experience.[1]

Zula has been recognized as "WhatsApp For Business."[2] In February 2015, Fast Company acknowledged Zula's innovative contribution by listing it as one of "The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015 in Israel," securing the ninth position.

TechCrunch Disrupt

Zula has won the Audience Choice Awards at TechCrunch Disrupt.[3] The final list of nominated startups included 70 companies and Zula was elected to showcase the product.

Company Executives

In January 2015, Raz Yalov was appointed Chief Executive Officer. He succeeds Jacob Ner-David, who founded Zula along with Jeff Pulver, as part of a transition plan to focus heavily on product execution. Yalov is a veteran hi-tech executive and hands-on engineer, with over 20 years of experience in building and launching enterprise software products.[4]

The Chief Marketing Officer is Hillel Fuld.

References

  1. ↑ Etherington, Darrell (September 9, 2013). "Zula Lets You Spend More Time Outside Your Inbox", TechCrunch.
  2. ↑ Empson, Rip (July 11, 2013). "Zula, A WhatsApp For Business", TechCrunch.
  3. ↑ Schneider, Avi (September 24, 2013). "Zula Got Picked", GeekTime.
  4. ↑ Zula Press Release (January 29, 2015). "Zula Brings in New CEO, Raz Yalov", PRLog
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