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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

Both Sides of the Table

This process is normally known as doing a “private placement&# and we agreed that in most cases you don’t want an i-bank involved in raising your first round of capital. Founded by Matt Rutledge in 2004 and based in Dallas. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital? Acquired by Amazon for $110m.

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