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Apollo.io: Leadership Change
Matt Curl promoted to CEO in February 2026, stepping up from COO role he held for 1+ year. Founder Tim Zheng remains involved. Company has $1.6B valuation, $100M+ ARR, built on freemium/product-led growth model. Curl has scaling experience from Checkr and Fivestars in GTM infrastructure and RevOps.
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The leadership read
Leadership transitions often precede broader proptech bench-strengthening over the next two quarters.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 111.1 (Hot), up 5.2 month-on-month — shows Americas signal flow rising (+6.3pts).
Apollo.io: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the PropTech median of 1 across 18 tracked companies.
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