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Emergence invested just $7 million to spin Crunchbase out of AOL
“So we invested seven million dollars.”
Ryan Buckley: AirNow raised far more capital than reported on Crunchbase
“So I think that crunch based data is probably off and, you know, overseas investments some private deals don't all get cataloged in crunch based, but they have a whole network of European investors.”
Islay: Crunchbase's $50M funding figure for Cognism double-counts rounds
“Yeah, I asked that to be corrected. There's like a double count there.”
Andy MacMillan: UserTesting has raised about $74 million in total funding
“I think we're at about 74 right now. It depends. If you look at crunch base, some of it was secondary, so it's always a little tough to map that in. But that's about what we've raised.”
Hossain: Founder-CEO transitions typically occur 6-7 years in before an IPO
“You look at Crunchbase you know, you see typically the transitions happen six to seven years in at least the ones you hear about the ones that, you know, the company goes out of business, obviously, you transition into oblivion but typically it is a little bit…”