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Adblock Plus backer Tim Schumacher invested in Piwik PRO

Maciek Zawadziński · 1464 GDPR Compliant Analytics Hits $3.6M in ARR, Raising Soon · Jul 28, 2019 · at 10:18

Piwik PRO founder Maciek Zawodziński discloses the cap table and outside investors backing the privacy-focused analytics software.

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“We have a private angel who is Tim Schumacher, who is behind Adblock plus, which is like very great because this is the privacy space and it works very well because he's insider. Plus, we have a private equity fund that does not have the term of the fund, so they invest in the long term, like, growth.”

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