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Dreamdata raised a $4 million seed round in summer 2020

Ali Dalarup · Revenue Recognition SaaS Hits $500k ARR, Raised $4m at $20m Valuation with 30 Customers · Nov 24, 2021 · at 6:55

Ali Dalarup, co-founder and CTO of Dreamdata, outlines the company's capitalization history to Nathan Latka.

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“That was in the summer of 2020. And here we raised four million dollars.”

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The claim, plainly

Dreamdata raised $4 million in a seed round in the summer of 2020.

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Assessment

The claim is partially true. In 2020, Dreamdata did raise a seed round, but the official amount was $4.4 million (€3.6 million) rather than exactly $4.0 million (an offhand rounding difference of approximately 10%). Furthermore, while some investment activity occurred in mid-2020 (such as Futuristic's investment recorded in June 2020), the full seed round was officially completed and announced on December 14, 2020, rather than strictly during the summer of 2020.

Dreamdata officially announced on December 14, 2020, that it raised $4.4 million (€3.6 million) in a seed funding round co-led by InReach Ventures and Crowberry Capital.
PitchBook and tech media (Tech.eu, EU-Startups, FinSMEs) record the round closing in December 2020 at $4.34M-$4.4M (€3.6M).

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Disclosure

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