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Automattic raised at a $200M valuation to provide secondary liquidity
“So we were able to do a round at like a two hundred million valuation. Matt Mullenweg: and that was New York Times actually joined that and it was largely our existing investors. Matt Mullenweg: So all of our existing investors kind of re-upped and we did do a…”
Matt Mullenweg Feb 12, 2018 ▶ 13:36 933 Why Wordpress CEO Raised $300m, Replaced Himself, and New Gutenberg
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WP Engine needs 450 employees for a vastly smaller customer base
“WP Engine at this point is 450 people. You know, that's, Automatic's only six 50. So just serving their customer base, which is much smaller than ours takes almost the same number of people.”
Matt Mullenweg Feb 12, 2018 ▶ 22:47 933 Why Wordpress CEO Raised $300m, Replaced Himself, and New Gutenberg
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