Accel Partners and Cisco are the primary investors in Mobstac
Sharad Potharaju · 789: Google Bought Their Beacons to Distribute Free Wifi in India · Sep 21, 2017 · at 12:29
Sharad Potharaju is the co-founder and CEO of Mobstac. He outlines the company's key backers to host Nathan Latka.
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“Axel Partners is our primary investor. We have a strategic investor in terms of Cisco, and we have a bunch of angel investors who basically also invested along the way.”
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