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Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by hurricaneSlider on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @04:41PM (#19985238)
If you look at legal disclosures on the website (https://seedcamp.io/disclosures), it mentions AH Capital Management LLC. Which is the same company name as Andreessen Horowitz (https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1299044D:US)

Unsure if that is significant, actively misleading, or simply coincidence. I'd lean towards the former given that both are apparently registered with the SEC, though my confidence bounds here are quite wide as I am not sufficiently knowledgeable of the rules behind company names in the US.

A final possibility that I've only just considered is that this disclosure was (poorly) copied from a16z's website.

Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by hurricaneSlider on Thursday May 23, 2019 @02:21AM (#19989007)
Note to andrewpierno and Donny Mack. I'm not necessarily attacking you for copying legal notices, but it's important to ensure that such notices are accurate and relevant to your company.

For instance there is still the mention of lodging Form ADV Part 2A Brochure with the SEC. If you have not done so, this may be in fact a fraudulent claim and could get you in trouble later on.

Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by garry on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @04:48PM (#19985329)
Looks like it’s that final possibility. Yikes!
Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by andrewpierno on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @07:08PM (#19986591)
oh like you've never copied terms before lol
Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by andrewpierno on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @06:42PM (#19986363)
I copied their terms and disclosures
Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by boltzmannbrain on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @03:57PM (#19984841)
"Unrivaled Mentorship"... from whom? Would go a long way to throw a few VC logos up there. As-is there is zero credibility -- don't even know who's behind Seed Camp.
Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by anxman on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @04:30PM (#19985124)
Yeah "who's running this?" is my first question
Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by SeripisChad on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @04:44PM (#19985280)
All the links like 'Meet our Team' go to https://seedcamp.io/disclosures#. Seems very half baked
Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by mistrial9 on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @04:38PM (#19985197)
s-camp -> scam-p
Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by andrewpierno on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @06:42PM (#19986368)
no sir, just testing the waters :)
Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by andrewpierno on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @06:46PM (#19986405)
Also we're working on the mentors at the moment and will absolutely update everyone before the first cohort! also i'm a real human, you can yell at me publicly here too https://twitter.com/AndrewPierno :)
Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by mmargenot on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @04:41PM (#19985237)
The joke FAQ makes this seem illegitimate. I don't see why you couldn't come up with some real concerns you expect to hear and front-run them.
Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by andrewpierno on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @06:43PM (#19986374)
didn't expect people to read all the way, just wanted to do a bit of testing and see what kind of traffic would come :)
Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by andrewpierno on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @07:04PM (#19986555)
happy to add them if you have any, just updated this for you
Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by mmargenot on Thursday May 23, 2019 @11:46AM (#19992790)
That looks way better. It's more that it was just a strong turn-off.
Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by andrewpierno on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @06:45PM (#19986392)
I've updated the TOS / etc. thanks for pointing out the issues!
Re:Show HN: Learn angel investing and VC with some skin in t... by andrewpierno on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @07:10PM (#19986605)
FAQ has been updated! Feel free to comment with any suggestions!