Bradford priced The League's seed round herself without a lead VC
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Amanda Bradford, founder and CEO of The League, explains that she priced her startup's seed round directly rather than accepting a price set by an institutional lead investor.
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“I actually priced my own round and then got negotiated down a little bit, but ended up Kind of closing the rounds pretty much led by Amanda, I like to say.”
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