深挖 Rollman Management 的资本游戏:挂 VC 羊头,卖营销狗肉

链捕手Опубліковано о 2025-04-10Востаннє оновлено о 2025-04-10

作者:念青,ChainCatcher

 

昨日,Web3社交媒体平台 Wunder.Social 宣布完成 5000 万美元融资,Rollman Management 领投。消息来自CoinDesk,文中还提及Wunder.Social计划于本月晚些时候推出代币。在一级市场持续低迷的背景下,这笔大额融资颇为扎眼,再加上项目方和风投机构均鲜为人知,进一步加深了人们对融资真实性的疑虑。

Rollman Management 并非首次在媒体中出现。这家成立于2022年的机构从2024年年底才开始频繁出手,在不到5个月里,Rollman Management 投资了11个加密项目,投资金额多在2000万以上。累计投资金额超2亿美元。

同时,Rollman Management 的投资组合项目知名度较低,项目所属地多为欧洲、澳大利亚等地,融资历史只有Rollman这一笔很突兀的大额融资。在融资新闻稿最后,这些项目大多即将进行IDO或代币发售。此外,Rollman Management几乎每次投资都是单独投资,没有与知名风投机构合作投资过。

业务涉猎广泛

据官网介绍,Rollman Management Digital 是一家全球投资网络和咨询公司,为家族办公室、高净值个人和企业家提供并购、风险投资、房地产和数字资产方面的服务。据描述,Rollman 的业务涉猎非常广泛,提供战略规划咨询、投资和交易、市场营销、供量身定制的银行咨询解决方案、机构级Web3服务等。

其中,机构级Web3服务范围几乎无所不包——涵盖场外交易 (OTC)、银行业务、对冲基金、风险投资、市场营销、加密货币/人工智能挖矿、融资、发行平台、做市商、流动性提供商、去中心化交易所 (DEX) 和中心化交易所 (CEX) 的全面解决方案。Rollman Management还为项目提供营销策略,帮助其提升知名度并促进客户互动。

投资组合及风格分析

据 RootData 和 Cryptorank等数据显示,Rollman Management 目前的投资组合共有11个,具体如图所示:

“投资承诺”是一个需要警惕的词汇。从字面意思来看,是指项目方承诺会向项目方投资特定金额。但其背后有非常大的操纵空间。

此前,ChainCatcher 曾扒过与Rollman Management投资风格类似的风投机构GEM Digital。曾有项目负责人表示,GEM Digital 曾通过邮箱联系到该项目,并承诺投资 5000 万美元,但在签订投资合同时,该项目方发现GEM在合同中表示不会直接打款,而是在将代币卖出后,由所获利润填补投资款。

相关阅读:最“壕”加密风投机构 GEM Digital 背后:一场隐蔽而离奇的资本游戏

Rollman Management 的“投资承诺”或许与GEM Digital 不同,但其投资风格和GEM总体相似:

1、高频、大额“投资承诺”:Rollman Management 投资较为分散,社交、RWA、AI和基础设施、DeFi赛道均有涉及,投资金额中位数为2000万美元。其中,VitalVeda、Tea-Fi、Candao等近一半的所投项目为投资承诺而非正常投资。

2、选择低知名度项目:Rollman投资的这11个项目除了Elastos亦来云项目创立较早且因为是中国创立的项目在中文地区有一些知名度和动态,其他的项目此前几乎没有新闻动态,已发布的项目也几乎未在主流交易所上线。

3、利用媒体制造声势:Rollman Management 相关的投资新闻多发布在Cointelegraph、CoinDesk等主流平台。其中绝大多数发布在Cointelegraph 上(新闻稿中有标注“赞助”字样),且简直就是套模板发融资新闻,文章结构高度雷同,很明显出自Rollman 之手。(可以点击此处项目名称感受下:AstraAITea-FiEventflo

Rollman的投资新闻目的只有一个——为项目进行代币推销。Rollman利用了加密社区对融资消息的敏感性。通过权威媒体传播“巨额投资”新闻,吸引市场关注甚至推动代币价格上涨。当然,即使项目未发币,也即将有IDO 等代币销售的计划。

4、所投项目代币表现出“泵砸”模式 :Rollman 的被投项目中的代币价格都出现了在消息发布后价格快速上涨,而又下降的趋势。例如,2024年11月21日,Rollman投资AstraAI 的新闻发布,其代币价格从7.7美元最高上涨至25美元,目前其代币价格为4美元。

今年1月30日,Rollman宣布投资Elastos,Elastos代币也经历了一次快速上涨,从13美元上涨至 21美元。

挂VC羊头,卖营销狗肉

总体而言,Rollman更像是保守版的GEM Digital,其合作的项目多为未发币项目,因此相比GEM Digital的靠利好拉盘的模式,Rollman本质上是在通过投资行为为项目方进行代币推销。

 “Pump and Dump”在加密货币早期尤其是ICO热时期极为普遍,当时许多项目通过虚假宣传和夸大融资消息吸引资金,随后跑路或崩盘。Rollman和GEM Digital等机构的做法可以看作是这一策略的“升级版”,通过“投资承诺”披上合法外衣,利用媒体和低知名度项目实现系统化操作。

当前加密市场疲软,在一级市场遇冷的环境下。项目生存更加艰难,尤其是没有什么背景和名气的项目。所以有需求就有市场,再加上监管尚不完善,尤其是对“投资承诺”这类模糊行为的定义和约束较少。这为Rollman 等机构提供了操作空间。

ChainCatcher 在此提醒行业参与者(包括投资者、项目方、媒体和散户)应对此类投资保持警惕,避免成为资本游戏的牺牲品。

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