Mehta: Gainsight's entire $52M 2017 round went directly to company operations
Nick Mehta · 1506 Gainsight: We'll Hit $100m Revenue in 2020, $60m+ Now · Sep 8, 2019 · at 14:19
Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta clarifies the allocation of the company's 2017 Series E funding round when asked by Nathan Latka about secondary liquidity.
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“Operations.”
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