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Bak: TabSuite served angel investors, VCs, SBA lenders, and government organizations

Unat Bak · How he sold his $1m business for $20m Last Week · Aug 22, 2022 · at 1:56

TabSuite founder Unat Bak describes the types of customers who used his startup due diligence platform prior to its acquisition.

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“We had everything from everyone from angel investors, single angel investors, all the way up to angel funds, all the way up to micro VCs, big VCs. We even had SBA lenders, government organizations”

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