Schneider: Most Salto VCs previously backed his earlier companies
Benny Schneider · $70m Raised with just $10k in MRR? Can this Devops for SalesOps tool Grow Into Lofty Valuation? · Dec 27, 2021 · at 8:17
Benny Schneider explains how Salto attracted substantial capital pre-revenue through relationships with repeat venture investors.
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“We use Most of the VCs that we use in the past. So, you know, with some of the VCs, it's like the third time. Some of them, it's the second time.”
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