DevStride raised a $3.3M pre-seed at an $8M pre-money valuation
Phil Reynolds · How he closed $3.3m Seed (sold 25%) for Agile Management Tool Last Week · Oct 3, 2022 · at 8:23
Phil Reynolds discusses DevStride's pre-seed deal terms and valuation structure with host Nathan Latka.
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“So we raised that at an eight million dollar pre, and so we negotiated the pre to be stable, and then the amount we raised would be the amount that we diluted beyond that.”
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