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{{Infobox Website
| name = Zipcube
| language count     = 3
| language           = [[Social:German language|Deutsch]], [[Social:French language|Français]],  [[Social:English language|English]]
| area_served        = {{wipe|United Kingdom}},{{wipe|France}}, {{wipe|Germany}},{{wipe|United States}}, [https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland Republic of Ireland]
| logo               = 
| screenshot         = 
| caption            = 
| url                = [https://www.zipcube.com/ www.zipcube.com]
| type               = [[Finance:Online marketplace|Online Marketplace]]
| owner              = Zipcube Ltd.
| founder            = Guillaume Santacruz, William Dugdale
| location_city      = [[Place:London|London]], {{wipe|United Kingdom}}
| launch date        = {{start date and age|December 2013}} <ref>{{cite web | title=Company Overview of Zipcube, Ltd. | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=378549169 | publisher=[[Company:Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg L.P.]] | date=3 July 2017}}</ref>

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'''Zipcube''' is an online marketplace enabling people to lease or rent short-term professional spaces such as meeting rooms, conference space, Office space, [[Workspace|Work space]] and event space. The company does not own any spaces, it acts as a broker and receives percentage service fees ([[Finance:Commission (remuneration)|commissions]]) from the venues for every booking. Zipcube operates in cities throughout [[Earth:Europe|Europe]] and the {{wipe|United States}}.<ref>{{cite web | title=zipcube | url=https://www.zipcube.com/ | date=3 July 2017}}</ref>

==Operations==
Zipcube can be accessed online via the Zipcube website.Venues are filtered with search criteria like location, price, seating arrangements, and number of guest.<ref>{{cite web | title=zipcube | url=https://www.zipcube.com/ | date=3 July 2017}}</ref> Zipcubes's profits come from charging users the venue price and collects commission from the venue.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mind if I take this space? | url=http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2014/05/hot-desking-and-office-hire | author=C. S. -W. | publisher=[[Finance:The Economist|The Economist]] | date=28 May 2014}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Guillaume.Santacruz.jpg|thumb|Guillaume Santacruz, CEO of Zipcube]]

Zipcube was founded in December 2013 by Guillaume Santacruz on [[Company:Google|Google's]] Campus London, located in East London Tech City,<ref>{{cite web | title=Au Revoir, Entrepreneurs | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/23/business/international/some-french-entrepreneurs-say-au-revoir.html | author=Liz Alderman | publisher={{wipe|The New York Times}} | date=22 March 2014}}</ref> when Santacruz noticed the complexity involved in setting up meetings, thus prompting him to develop a service that allowed users to directly  book venues and cut down enquiry times.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Joy of Techs: London's sexy new IT crowd | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/the-joy-of-techs-londons-sexy-new-it-crowd-9626538.html | author=Richard Godwin | publisher=London Evening Standard | date=25 July 2014}}</ref> Santacruz was soon joined by William Dugdale, who brought technical expertise to the team following periods working in software architecture at [[Company:HSBC|HSBC]] and [[Organization:Imperial College London|Imperial College London]].<ref>{{cite web | title=zipcube: Growing company emerges as better way to book meeting spaces | url=http://realbusiness.co.uk/tech-and-innovation/2016/03/03/zipcube-com-growing-company-emerges-as-better-way-to-book-meeting-spaces/ | author=Fred Heritage | publisher=Real Business | date= 3 March 2016}}</ref>

Over the next two years Zipcube competed in many startup competitions and accelerator programs to grow the business. In 2014 Zipcube competed in the Think Digital Start-Up Competition and finished first.<ref>{{cite web | title=Thinking Digital Conference 2014 | url=https://transmitstartups.co.uk/events/thinking-digital-conference-2014/ | publisher=Transmit Startups | date=23 May 2014}}</ref> Then in 2015, Zipcube decided to participate in [[Company:PayPal|PayPal]] and [[Company:Braintree|Braintree]]'s 6 month Start Tank program.<ref>{{cite web | title=Start Tank is supporting start-ups with a start-up attitude | url=http://www.itpro.co.uk/strategy/25491/start-tank-is-supporting-start-ups-with-a-start-up-attitude | author=Caroline Preece | publisher= ITPro | date=26 October 2015}}</ref> Start Tank offered mentors and access to venture capitalist to help get the start-up off the ground. After 6 months, Zipcube finished first in the accelerator program. Over the next year Zipcube worked on establishing itself in the UK market. Once this was done, Zipcube decided to expand into the French, German, and US markets. 

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.zipcube.com/ Official website ]

[[Category:Online marketplaces]]

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