Narayana: Sanas raised $30M at $150M valuation while pre-product and pre-revenue
Sharath Narayana · 2X SaaS Founder: How To Sell Global Tech Products From India | Sharath Narayana | Neon Show · Feb 22, 2025 · at 29:33
Sharath Narayana describes the funding round raised by Sanas led by Insight Partners.
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“Insight wrote a twenty million dollar check. ... So we did a thirty million round overall at a hundred and fifty million post. We were pre-product, pre-revenue”
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