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Zendesk

Zendesk was founded in 2007 in San Francisco, USA by Alexander Aghassipour, Kair Käsper, Martin Kõiva, Mikkel Svane and Morten Primdahl. It is an Enterprise Software company that was later acquired.

Customer service and support ticketing software platform.

Acquired Founded 2007 San Francisco USA Enterprise Software
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Zendesk founders & co-founders

5
A
Alexander Aghassipour
Co-founder
 K
Kair Käsper
Co-founder
 M
Martin Kõiva
Co-founder
 M
Mikkel Svane
Co-founder & CEO
 M
Morten Primdahl
Co-founder

What happened to Zendesk’s founders and alumni

2 companies

People who worked at or founded Zendesk and went on to start their own companies.

K 1 founded
Klaus
M 1 founded
Klaus

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