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Assertion Supported

Smith: Target acquired Shipt in an all-cash deal exceeding $550M

“Five hundred and fifty million dollars is actually a little more than that. That was on the table and an all cash deal.”

Bill Smith May 8, 2024 ▶ 29:04 Startup Funding Competition: Can This Founder Raising Venture Capital Secure a $550M Exit.

Assertion Supported

Smith: Green Dot acquired prepaid card startup Insight for eight figures

“I can tell you it was in the eight digit range. So it was big. So I thought, man, this could be cool. And we ended up selling to them.”

Bill Smith May 8, 2024 ▶ 8:03 Startup Funding Competition: Can This Founder Raising Venture Capital Secure a $550M Exit.

Assertion Supported

Smith: Instacart Raised ~$250M Before Shipt Opened

“So at the time there was a company called Instacart. They had raised something like two hundred and fifty million dollars before shipped was even open.”

Bill Smith May 8, 2024 ▶ 16:07 Startup Funding Competition: Can This Founder Raising Venture Capital Secure a $550M Exit.

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