Morgan: ChannelGrabber hired KBS to lead outreach to investors and buyers
Mike Morgan · 1575 Why This $1.4M ARR CEO Wants to Double CAC Even Though You Think Thats Bad · Nov 16, 2019 · at 8:51
Mike Morgan, CEO of ChannelGrabber, explains why the company brought in an external corporate finance firm to run its capital raise and M&A outreach.
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“Well, we're working with a corporate finance partner on this raise. And that, that is simply because the management team here are lacking in bandwidth to, you know, to lead a fundraising exercise. We're obviously going to be participating and I'll be leading it from the management team, but we're going to be working with a partner here. A firm called KBS. And so, so they will be leading the outreach to potential to potential investors and also potentially buyers.”
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