Avner: Sequoia Invested $2M Seed Check into Taykey Before Launch
Amit Avner · 923 He's Doing $10m-$30m in ARR Between Adtech and SaaS · Feb 2, 2018 · at 9:32
Amit Avner is the founder and CEO of Taykey. He discusses the company's early venture funding history with Nathan Latka.
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“Sequoia Capital came in and wrote a check before we started the company, and to get the employees going... We raised two million dollars.”
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