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PayTaylor Has Raised €70,000 in Total Capital

Rode Luhar · EP 576: Will This Mobile Payments Startup Survive with CEO Rode Luhaaar? · Feb 20, 2017 · at 4:27

Rode Luhar, CEO of PayTaylor, discloses the total amount of capital raised by the startup.

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“We have raised 70,000.”

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The claim, plainly

PayTaylor had raised 70,000 (euros/dollars/pounds) in capital via convertible notes as of February 2017.

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Assessment

In a podcast published on February 20, 2017, then-CEO Rode Luhar (Rode Luhar) stated that Paytailor had raised 70,000. Independent reporting from ArcticStartup (November 17, 2016), database records from Funderbeam and Preqin, and academic datasets (TalTech) all confirm that Paytailor closed a €70,000 seed round in late 2016 from angel investors. Estonian business registry filings (Teatmik.ee) for fiscal year 2016 confirm €70,000 in long-term liabilities with unchanged share capital, consistent with convertible debt / loan notes prior to equity conversion.

ArcticStartup reported on November 17, 2016, that Paytailor closed a €70,000 seed round from angel investors.
Funderbeam and Preqin databases record a €70,000 seed financing round completed for Paytailor in late 2016.
Paytailor OÜ's 2016 annual balance sheet filings reflect €70,000 in long-term debt liabilities without changes to base share capital, corroborating convertible loan financing.

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[1] funderbeam.com [2] facebook.com [3] okredo.com [4] inforegister.ee [5] inforegister.ee [6] tracxn.com [7] arcticstartup.com [8] funderbeam.com

"Paytailor" funding OR "convertible" OR "Funderbeam" "PAYTAILOR OÜ" 12778710 "Paytailor" "Rode Luhaäär" OR "Rode Luhar" "Paytailor" Crunchbase OR Pitchbook "PAYTAILOR OÜ" e-äriregister OR inforegister

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