Jun Group bootstrapped until a 2015 private equity deal with Halyard
Mitchell Reichgut · 786: How This Ad Tech Company Used $1m+ In Mezzanine Debt to Grow Profitably · Sep 18, 2017 · at 8:41
Mitchell Reichgut, CEO of Jun Group, describes the company's capitalization history and its decision to partner with private equity firm Halyard Capital.
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“We bootstrapped this thing all the way until 2015 when we finally did a, not a VC deal, but a private equity deal with a company called Halliard Capital.”
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