Lapchick: Shotfarm Raised $10M While Competitor Salsify Raised $57M
Mike Lapchick · 1042 "We're selling the company right now" for $10m+ · Jun 1, 2018 · at 8:13
Shotfarm founder Mike Lapchick explains why competing against heavily funded rivals pushed him toward an acquisition exit.
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“So and then, so we raised 10, we got competitors in now at fifty-seven million in funding.”
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