Adell: Doorman is aiming to raise a Series A on $1M-$5M annual revenue
Xander Adell · He is Killing That Annoying "We Missed You" Sticky Note the UPS Always Puts on Your Door, $3m Raised, 10 Teammates, EP 271: Zander Adell · Jun 9, 2016 · at 14:36
Zander Adell, co-founder and CEO of last-mile delivery startup Doorman, discusses the company's fundraising targets and revenue benchmarks.
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“The next round that we're trying to raise is Series A and a pretty standard amount of revenue that a Series A investor is looking for is, you know, in the one to five million revenue range per year.”
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