Marcin Kleczynski
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And we were able to give a little bit to employees as kind of like an incentive program midway through the company's life.
So, you know, it's a different kind of company for us.
Yeah, exactly.
So we did not have an option pool until 2013.
So five years of hiring people without an option pool in the Bay Area.
It was a really interesting experience.
So when 2013 came around and we took money from Highland, we set up the option pool, just like you said, 10%.
Is that your first round?
That was our first round.
Yeah, that was the first time we were bootstrapped till 2013.
And what was revenue?
I think it was 25 around there.
25 million bootstrapped, yeah.
Okay, and then what have you raised to date?
80 million.
So Fidelity came in last January.
And as you know, they're kind of growth investors.
So they're looking for kind of crossover round, meaning that, you know, they bet on companies that they think can go public or are really shaping an industry.
And that's really what the thesis they saw in us.
So 650 actually is what we just cranked over.