Analysis

May 1, 2023

How to spend your Series B funding

Founders, investors and a CFO share their top tips on what to spend all that cash on


You’ve just bagged your Series B round and hypergrowth is well and truly in your sights. But how do you work out how to spend all that cash?

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Yoko Spirig, Ledgy's founder and CEO
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David Blyghton, partner at Highland Europe
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Menno Schreuder, CFO at Danish audio platform Podimo
Menno Schreuder, CFO at Danish audio platform Podimo
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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