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April 4, 2022

Eight bootstrapped companies to watch

Building a startup without VC money isn't easy, but it can lead to some great successes. Eight startups tell us how they did it


"Independence is rare and beautiful," says Gagik Sargsyan, founder of compliance tech startup Polixis. The 80+ employee company is a reminder that VC backing is not the only way to scale up a company. In fact, many of the companies on this latest Sifted list of self-funded companies to watch have become large without a penny of equity investment.

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