OzoneTel's first funding round valued the company just under $100M
Chaitanya Chakareti · Bootstrapped to $10m in India, Now Raising to Introduce Call Center Software to US · Jan 5, 2022 · at 12:14
Chaitanya Chakareti is co-founder and CIO of OzoneTel, clarifying the company's valuation during its $5 million round.
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“Not above a hundred million, a little bit down.”
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