Branch targets 18 months of runway for every funding round
Mada Seghete · 1502 Branch.io Raised $129m To Cover 18 Months Burn (-$7m/mo) For Deep Linking Play · Sep 4, 2019 · at 16:31
Mada Seghete, co-founder of mobile linking platform Branch, describes the company's historical runway strategy and fundraising cadence to Nathan Latka.
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“Yeah, I mean, I think every, every fundraiser we've done, we've always thought between, usually the 18 months is usually the runway to go for. That's usually what we've done.”
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