James Islay
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Uh, totally.
It was about 5 million.
In total, we're 179 people.
So it's a very large number, but we have a lot of people in the Balkans.
So, you know, we have like a large data research team in Macedonia and all our engineers are in Croatia.
in a place called Zadar and somewhere in Zagreb.
And then our sales and marketing team are in the UK.
And then we've got a small office in New York and one person in Vancouver.
Oh, in terms of expense, I mean, I would say it's not.
I mean, typically, like we're paying about,
Um, you know, 500 euros per person, uh, like an average for, you know, so that's kind of the average price I'd have to.
Yeah.
Per month.
Yeah.
It's very, I mean, when we, when I looked at it, it was cheaper than having higher say in India.
Um, and you know, they speak there on the same time zone, uh, like every fluent in English.
Um, so, you know, it's, it's a very cost effective location.
And part of, like I said, one of our first backers was a firm called SE Ventures, South Central Ventures, who are from that region.
And part of it is creating jobs in that region.
So it was a really great fit for us to take funding from them and then also to build a base there.