Mark Ross: GridMarkets Backed by 10 Angels from Major Financial Firms
Mark Ross · EP 444: $1.5M in MRR, SaaS, Helping Studios Render Film Faster with GridMarkets CEO Mark Ross · Oct 11, 2016 · at 7:57
Mark Ross, co-founder and CEO of cloud rendering platform GridMarkets, discusses the company's funding sources with host Nathan Latka.
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“My partner and I have put money into the company, and we've had 10 angels invest in the company, and these are pretty noteworthy people from senior, senior level positions in financial services companies including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America. Here in San Francisco, we have a director of a hedge fund who has invested.”
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