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Puglisi: High Platform grew revenue 28% last year

Marcelo Pugliesi · $13m ARR company gets $7m raise done on $40m Valuation for Customer Success SaaS · Jan 23, 2023 · at 12:31

Marcelo Puglisi, CEO of customer experience SaaS company High Platform, discusses the company's historical growth trajectory with Nathan Latka.

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“We actually grew 28% the last year.”

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High Platform grew its revenue by 28% in the previous year.

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