Ripcord gets $9.5 million Series A for its corporate file digitization service
The way Ripcord CEO Alex Fielding discusses chief competitor Iron Mountain, the record keeping company sounds like it runs the warehouse from the last scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark. The startup comes out of stealth this week with the announcement of $9.5 million in funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers for its goal of taking corporate records paperless through its industrial… Read More Continue reading Ripcord gets $9.5 million Series A for its corporate file digitization service
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