Epstein: Ambassador raised under $2.5M Series A, totalling $2.9M
Jeff Epstein · EP 300: This Law Student Quit to Build Referral Program Business Doing $2MM+ Per Year · May 20, 2016 · at 2:03
Jeff Epstein, CEO of Ambassador, breaks down the company's historical equity fundraising rounds to date.
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“Just under two and a half million. ... We raised about 400 K a few years back, so it was really the second, it was, I guess, formally an A, but it was a smaller A, at least what we're seeing, you know, especially last year.”
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