Exotel Reached ₹40 to ₹50 Crore in Annual Revenue by 2016
Shivakumar Ganesan · Exotel’s Shivku on Failed Funding Round to Building $60 Mn ARR Saas Startup · Apr 25, 2022 · at 30:26
Exotel founder Shiv Kumar Ganeshan estimates the company's annual revenue during the 2015–2016 period.
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“Must be in the 40 crores to 50 crores sort of a range.”
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