We make GTM simple and smart
Apollo is the leading data intelligence and sales engagement platform
Who we are
Who is Apollo.io?
Founded in 2015, Apollo is a leading data intelligence and sales engagement platform trusted by 10,000 paying customers, from rapidly growing startups to some of the largest global enterprises. Its community-based approach to crowdsourcing data gives users maximum coverage while ensuring data accuracy.
Today, Apollo’s advanced algorithms and unique data acquisition methods help 1 million sales professionals enrich and analyze prospects’ data to increase quality conversations and opportunities.
How did it start?
Tim Zheng founded his first start-up, BrainGenie, in 2011.
We had built a great product but it was hard to grow our user base. We got stuck at around 5,000 users and although we bought a lot of sales tools, we were not moving the needle. So we decided to build our own sales prospecting tool and went from 5,000 to 150,000 users in just 5 weeks. We ended up having over a million users at BrainGenie just before I started Apollo. That’s how Apollo.io was born.
Tim Zheng
CEO & founder

Tim Zheng
CEO & founder
Before launching Apollo in 2015, the Massachusetts-born entrepreneur founded, built and sold e-learning platform BrainGenie. As CEO of Apollo, Tim is primarily responsible for driving the product, hiring and go-to-market strategy for the company.
Before his success as a young entrepreneur, Tim interned at Citadel Investment Group, The Boston Consulting Group and Goldman Sachs. Zheng graduated from MIT with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics in 2011.

Ray Li
CTO & co-founder
Ray Li is the CTO and founder of Apollo.io, responsible for the technical vision of the company. As founder, Ray helped grow the company from three people in a crowded living room eating chicken fried rice every day to its success today. Ray currently drives the infrastructure and security initiatives to scale Apollo’s technical stack in pace with its rapid success. He delivers the technology capability that gives Apollo a competitive edge in data, and enables cross-departmental collaborations.
Before Apollo, Ray worked on Square’s payment infrastructure team as a Software Engineer. Based in Miami, Ray graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Secondary in Economics in 2014.

Malvin Hoxhallari
CFO
Malvin Hoxhallari is an operational finance leader and has held leadership roles at several high-growth companies, spanning Strategic Planning, FP&A, Business Operations, and Investor Relations. He played an instrumental role in the financial management and IPO processes at Yodle and MongoDB, and most recently led FP&A and Business Operations at Andela and Aircall, helping the companies scale and secure Series D financings.
Malvin holds a B.S. in Business Management from Babson College and it’s at Babson where discovered his passion for the intersection of finance and entrepreneurial organizations. He enjoys developing talent and guiding companies through periods of rapid scaling to ensure sustainable long-term growth.