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Steve Sarracino

Activant Capital

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Steve came on very strong, lots of hugs, "bro time" and offered a higher price than most. Promised tons of introductions to customers he claimed he knew well. Strung us along till we took his investment. The only introductions we ever received were from his partner who made them no questions asked, who not shockingly, is no longer with the firm. Steve continually wastes our time. Every board meeting he treats as a personal update session. He continually pushes his platform team on us. They are ex-consultants who have no idea how startups operate and just waste my team's time. If you have other term sheets, take them. Don't make this mistake.
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