High Platform founders doubled their ownership to 40% via buybacks
Marcelo Pugliesi · $13m ARR company gets $7m raise done on $40m Valuation for Customer Success SaaS · Jan 23, 2023 · at 7:24
High Platform CEO Marcelo Puglisi explains how the founding team bought out tired minority shareholders to rebuild their cap table position.
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“We've doubled our participation in the last two years, so we've we bought shares from other minorities.”
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