ScholarshipOwl approved for $1.3M in revenue financing, drew down $300K
David Dabachnikov · ScholarshipOwl Breaks $4m Revenue Helping 15k Students Get Loans · Jul 10, 2021 · at 3:53
David Dabachnikov, founder of ScholarshipOwl, discusses his debt facility with host Nathan Latka.
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“We took we got approved to 1.3 million out of which we, at this point we took only 300,000.”
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