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Tillotson's previous venture raised $10M before exiting in November 2019

Travis Tillotson · SunRoof Helps Banks Manage Loans, Founder Owns 100%, Invested $250k · Oct 20, 2021 · at 1:26

Travis Tillotson, founder of SunRoof, discusses the fundraising track record and exit of his previous alternative data enterprise startup.

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“Actually since up until 2019, we exited in November raised ten million dollars of capital throughout that process.”

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Travis Tillotson's previous venture raised $10 million in capital before exiting in November 2019.

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Assessment

Both legs of the claim are corroborated by available company and regulatory records. First, regarding the exit, Dealroom records document that Travis Tillotson's company, Surgo Group LLC (founded in 2011), was acquired in November 2019, which is further corroborated by FINRA regulatory records showing key personnel departures upon acquisition in November 2019. Second, regarding capital raised, Dealroom lists Surgo Group's total venture funding in the $10M–$50M bracket, while executive profiles record that the firm secured $9M in institutional capital under Tillotson's leadership, fully aligning with an approximate total capital raise of $10 million.

Dealroom profile for Surgo Group LLC records that it operated for eight years before being acquired in November 2019, placing its venture funding in the $10M–$50M bracket.
FINRA regulatory disclosure records for Surgo Group LLC personnel confirm the company's operational conclusion in November 2019 (08/2015–11/2019).
Executive profiles from JKL Group confirm that Surgo Group secured $9M in institutional capital under Tillotson's leadership before being acquired in 2019.

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“You can say, yeah, I mean, you can, you know, yeah, I'm looking at not a, not like a fun amount, like.”

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“So we are talking like very low, like million, million bucks.”

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“No, no, eight million.”

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