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Re:Ask HN: Investor went dark after getting startup financia... by 2_listerine_pls on Friday April 27, 2018 @11:45PM (#16945960)
Please... it's quite obvious the VC screwed him:

-The VC firm ONLY cared about the startup's CUSTOMER data. Not the FINACIAL data.

-The startups's customers started getting emails afterwards.

-The VC not only stopped contacting the startup afterwards, the VC refused to answer them.

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Re:Ask HN: Investor went dark after getting startup financia... by ohwhataweb on Saturday April 28, 2018 @12:29AM (#16946068)
It's quite impossible that the VC downright stole the customer data. There seems to be a mixup where our customer data got into their system. Not sure how to ask them to purge our data without seeming like an asshole.
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Re:Ask HN: Investor went dark after getting startup financia... by 2_listerine_pls on Saturday April 28, 2018 @06:11AM (#16946952)
He doesn't even return your calls and you are worried about coming across like an asshole? Why would He even care about deleting the data? He will tell you that it has already been erased.

I guess you could make another "startup" with fake clients and be legally prepared to screw him. Luckily, He will ask for the same info. If the fake contacts are contacted by your competitors, you can use it as proof.

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