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Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV by Kurtz79 on Thursday May 04, 2017 @11:42AM (#14265674)
Soylent does nothing for me because I find that any other viable option for eating, be it a sandwich from a vending machine, is a more attractive.

Even low quality food is likely to give me a modicum of satisfaction, when a meal replacement does not.

I can't get the hate either, though.

If you are happy with it and improves your life, more power to you (and to Soylent).

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Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV by CPLX on Thursday May 04, 2017 @11:47AM (#14265731)
> I can't get the hate either, though.

I believe the fact that someone just wrote them a $50MM check is a fine reason to make a critical assessment of their actual value.

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Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV by Kurtz79 on Friday May 05, 2017 @02:55AM (#14271592)
But I think that's really the point.

Criticism of Soylent seems to be due to factors that go beyond a reasonable critical assessment of the product, and tends to be much harsher in form.

I think many people tend to assume that just because Soylent is not an appealing product for THEM, then there is not a market for it.

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Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV by jonknee on Thursday May 04, 2017 @11:53AM (#14265797)
Why? Most $50mm investments end up worth nothing. The fact a company has investment does not mean they have actual value.
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Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV by maxerickson on Thursday May 04, 2017 @12:03PM (#14265894)
It's a quibble, but I would expect most $50 million dollar investments to be low risk. Things like power plants and so on.

You mean VC investments, the point is that VC investment is a small fraction of overall investment.

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Re:Soylent Closes $50M Series B Round Led by GV by CPLX on Thursday May 04, 2017 @12:40PM (#14266304)
I mean, it kind of does.

For example, the day they close the round of funding they will presumably have $50MM in their checking account, so it would be a quite remarkable situation indeed if their actual value on that day was below that number.

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