Fundraising Fox
🦊/People
Sign in

Lu Cheng

Unicorn founder

Founder at Zip

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedZip$2.2B · YC

Find your path to Lu Cheng

515 people in our graph share verified history with Lu Cheng — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Javier SolterounlockedLu Cheng: together at VMware (2012)
×5Lu Cheng: together at Airbnb
×4Lu Cheng: together at VMware
Lu Cheng: together at Zip

About

Lu Cheng is cofounder and CTO of Zip, a B2B spend platform. Previously, he spent six years at Airbnb, where he led engineering for Airbnb Experiences.

Likely emails· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

Founder at ZipYC S20

Intro paths

YC

Lu went through Y Combinator (Summer 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Brad Flora, Backing expeditions into the future — the partner who ran Zip's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

→

In turn, Lu can intro founders to Zip's investors below.

Zip's investors · 12

Adams Street PartnersChicago · $150M – $750M checksAlkeon InnovationNew YorkBond Capital ManagementSan Francisco · $100K – $25M checksCRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M checks · since 2023Fjor FoundersLos AngelesNight CapitalCapitolaStandard CapitalSan FranciscoSV AngelSan FranciscoTiger Global ManagementNew York · $1M – $100M checks · since 2023Todd and Rahul’s Angel FundSan Francisco · $300K – $500K checksTwenty Two VenturesPalo Alto · $50K – $250K checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Co-founders at Zip

RZRujul Zaparde
Rujul ZapardeFounder
LDLarry Diamond
Larry DiamondExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

  1. ZipCo-Founder & CTOcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. AirbnbHead of Engineering, Airbnb Experiences2017 — 2020
  3. AirbnbEngineering Manager2017
  4. AirbnbSoftware Engineer2015 — 2017
  5. AirbnbSoftware Engineer2014 — 2015
  6. University of California, BerkeleyCourse Instructor2013Berkeley, CA
  7. University of California, BerkeleyGraduate Student Instructor2012 — 2013
  8. PinterestSoftware Engineer Intern2013San Francisco
  9. VMwareSoftware Engineer Intern2012Palo Alto

Frequently asked questions

Who is Lu Cheng?
Lu Cheng is cofounder and CTO of Zip, a B2B spend platform. Previously, he spent six years at Airbnb, where he led engineering for Airbnb Experiences.
Where does Lu Cheng work?
Lu Cheng is Founder of Zip.
What companies did Lu Cheng found?
Lu Cheng founded Zip.
Where did Lu Cheng go to school?
Lu Cheng studied at University of California, Berkeley (BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science).

Founder mafias

Same school

Shared employers