Rinaldi: Jiobit raised $4.6M to develop tracking technology
John Rinaldi · #23 Jiobit · Mar 3, 2025 · at 13:56
John Rinaldi is the founder of Jiobit, pitching his child-tracking hardware device to venture capitalists on The Pitch.
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“We raised 4.6 million already to really develop all the technology.”
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