Fast growing Kami doesn't want your money

Fast growing Kami doesn't want your money
Chief executive Hengjie Wang (left) said the biggest bottle neck is hiring new staff to drive growth. (Photo: supplied)
Dan Brunskill
Digital classroom platform Kami is growing so fast internationally it is spurning new investors and gives away it services for free in NZ.The Auckland-based company took out top spot in the 2021 Deloitte Fast 50, which ranks the businesses with the fastest-growing revenue.The education technology firm has increased revenue by 1,177% over the past three years, according to Deloitte.Kami is something of an anomaly, in that it has 30 million individual users and revenue in the tens of millions without ever raising much capital.The startup raised $...

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