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Lead Gnome Is 100% Bootstrapped

Matt Benati · 1072 Boston CEO: "I'd think hard about selling for 2-3x ARR" · Jul 1, 2018 · at 6:28

Matt Benati, co-founder and CEO of email intelligence platform Lead Gnome, confirms the company's funding status to Nathan Latka.

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“A hundred percent bootstrap, still bootstrap.”

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The claim, plainly

Lead Gnome is 100% bootstrapped with no outside venture capital raised.

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Assessment

Regulatory records and commercial financial tracking databases corroborate that LeadGnome (incorporated as LeadGnome, Inc.) had not raised outside institutional venture capital or equity financing as of July 2018. A search of the SEC EDGAR system shows zero Form D filings or exempt offering notices for the entity or founder Matthew Benati. Additionally, independent private market databases including PitchBook classify the company as privately held with no backing, and industry databases (such as GetLatka) record no outside funding rounds.

PitchBook profile lists LeadGnome as 'Privately Held (no backing)' with zero outside venture capital, seed, or angel funding rounds recorded.
U.S. SEC EDGAR filings show zero Form D filings or securities exemption registrations for LeadGnome, Inc., LeadGnome LLC, or Matthew Benati.
GetLatka SaaS Database and B2B software listings document no institutional funding raised by LeadGnome as of July 2018.

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[1] wbjournal.com [2] pitchbook.com [3] getlatka.com [4] g2.com [5] expertmarketresearch.com

"LeadGnome" "seed round" OR "Series A" OR "angel round" OR "raised" "LeadGnome, Inc." OR "LeadGnome LLC" filings OR "corporate" "LeadGnome" "Latka" OR "GetLatka" funding "LeadGnome" "venture capital" OR "investor" OR "funding"

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