Clutter plans expansion to top 25 NFL cities within three years
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Ari Mir, founder and CEO of Clutter, outlines the company's geographical expansion strategy following their Atomico-led $64 million Series C funding round.
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“We're excited by our sixty-four million dollar Series C announcement that we recently made that was led by Atomico, and that capital is primarily going to be used for Aggressive geo expansion. And so, you'll see us in the top 25 NFL cities over the next two to three years, and then over the next five years, hopefully, you'll be hearing about Clutter Stockholm, Clutter Tokyo, Clutter London, and I think that's really where the Atomico team can add a tremendous amount of value for us.”
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