Cylynt achieved profitability in 2018 without raising outside venture funding.
Ted Miracco · Cylynt Security SaaS To Break $10m Up From $6m Last Year, Bootstrapped · Nov 1, 2020 · at 5:32
Ted Miracco is the co-founder and CEO of SaaS anti-piracy company Cylynt.
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“We became profitable around 20 18. And you know, the company's has no funding, you know, we're self self-financed and we're profitable.”
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