A decline in venture capital funding for Black startups in this year's second quarter made it harder for founders to gain capital. One firm is helping that.
Largely hands-off
Top concern:
Expect some overlap between many of the existing CRMs out there offering similar services. However, Smart Alto’s approach does stand out from competitive services.
What you should know
I was surprised to learn that Smart Alto has been operating since 2017 after graduating from the well-regarded Y Combinator, a venture-backed startup greenhouse, so to speak. It doesn’t accept ideas without market potential.
However, based on the pace at which the company’s founder has been running of late, I could tell Hassan Riggs wasn’t too worried about not being able to catch up with me.
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