Bryan Cantrill
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There's so many times we're thinking about like just some pretty big waves that we were in over the last couple of years and just some investors that were really close that would have just been hurling over the side.
And again, keeping it with a crew that has these large customers' best interests in mind.
I mean, that really is what it comes down to.
You know, having investors that care about your customers and wanting to build and grow long strategic relationships with those customers, which leads to a big company, a durable company.
And, you know, you've got...
Not all investors are equipped the same way to do this, but investors that are excited to put more money in the company as it gets further along in its life.
And that, you know, that those are, you know, we're fortunate.
And so, so that was the goodness.
I mean, it was, there was definitely a lot of interest.
And again, it was unfamiliar territory in that I think previously we'd had a lot of interest, but it was a lot of window shoppers.
It was a lot of window shoppers, yeah.
But yeah, it was definitely in some ways a less fun round, even if not quite as stressful as the Series B and the Series A. Because the Series A and the Series B, you're kind of like getting all parties over the line and it's a little bit more...
A little bit more of a celebration.
And when you have a bunch of firms that want to put as much money as they can into a particular round, you kind of have disappointment to call around.
You have a packing problem and it's really hard.
And especially when you've got investors that have been...