VC Bill Tai conditioned his Canva investment on finding a tech team
Melanie Perkins · Canva: Melanie Perkins · Jan 28, 2019 · at 12:56
Melanie Perkins, co-founder and CEO of Canva, describes pitching investor Bill Tai in Palo Alto during Canva's earliest fundraising efforts.
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“When I went home, I had an email from him, and he said, if I could find a tech team, he'd be happy to invest.”
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