HackVC合伙人:四年前我得知SBF是“疯狂的赌徒”后,便放弃了对他的投资

链捕手Опубліковано о 2022-11-18Востаннє оновлено о 2022-11-18

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4 年前,我是第一个尝试投资 SBF 的风险投资人,当时 FTX 甚至还没有推出。

4 年前,我是第一个尝试投资 SBF 的风险投资人,当时 FTX 甚至还没有推出。我与 CNBC 分享了我的一些故事,但还有更多更多。这是我学到的东西,以及为什么我基于对欺骗和鲁莽冒险的怀疑而放弃投资。

但首先,我怎么知道我是第一批与 Sam 交谈的风险投资人之一?因为Sam在推特上曾匿名吐槽过和我接触的“恐怖故事”,我们就是他所说的那个G。

我从事加密货币风险投资有9年,为大约十几个最大的加密货币交易所和交易公司提供过种子资金。因此,当我听说一家名为Alameda Research的热门交易公司时,我很感兴趣。

我对Sam的第一印象是,他是我见过的最聪明的人之一。他雄心勃勃、善于赚钱、不惧冒险。也许是太能冒险了。

我们达成了一个高级协议,成为Alameda的第一个投资者,然后进行背调。就在这时,事情发生了变化。

在我们进行调查的几个月后,Alameda开始亏损——而且是快速亏损。我们对此感到震惊,就问这是怎么回事。Sam不慌不忙地说,他正在孵化一个不知名的加密货币交易所(后来的FTX),这吸走了他团队所有的注意力和资源。

好吧,这也不错,尽管Sam没有预先披露他关于新交易所的想法。但我们喜欢支持有新想法的创始人! 但是,Sam说Alameda和FTX是独立的两个公司...

Alameda和FTX使用一样的员工、一样的电脑,而且Alameda支付了FTX的启动费用...但Sam觉得这应该是一个单独的交易,价格另算。

这就带来一个很大的利益冲突:2018年,Sam试图利用我们在Alameda的投资来启动FTX,一个我们既不知道也不拥有的实体,这太讽刺了! 而上周Sam被抓到做了相反的事情:从FTX抽走100多亿美元来救助Alameda——他的私人公司。

在调查Alameda公司时,我们还了解到其他一些值得怀疑的事情:

在我们遇到Sam之前的几个月,Alameda因“交易错误”而损失了1000万美元——他们资产的一大笔钱。我们始终无法弄清这究竟是故意欺诈、不称职还是不小心。

在Sam 1000多万美元的“交易错误”之后(在Alameda内部被称为“四月惨败”),Alameda的联合创始人——她也可能是Sam的女朋友?她和大约团队一半的人一起离开,后来也解散了 。

Alameda从有效利他主义社区的几个富人那里获得了启动贷款。Sam担心他们可能不希望他接受新的投资,所以他提议对他们隐瞒我们作为投资人的事情。但我认为这并不妥,因为他对他的支持者并不诚实。

我们对投资保持迟疑,所以Alameda决定也尝试继续筹集资金。他们在一个加密货币会议上买了一个展位,并分发传单,宣传“高回报,无风险”和“完美无缺”。

HackVC合伙人:四年前我得知SBF是“疯狂的赌徒”后,便放弃了对他的投资

最终,我决定不投资FTX。我后来也不想投资Sam的所有其他代币项目,如Serum和FTT,现在是人所共知这些代币是他杠杆交易的抵押品。

即使在2018年,我们也很清楚,Sam拿着别人的钱不顾一切地冒险,并想用我们的资金来资助他自己的秘密项目。

可悲的是,在我们离开后,Sam为他的空壳游戏找到了其他支持。今天,FTX的投资者、客户,甚至员工都发现,他们的钱被转移到了一个他们一无所知的“无关联的”私有的高杠杆交易公司(Alameda)。

我对每个受这场灾难影响的人表示同情。加密货币是一种自由的技术,它使人们更容易做好事,但也更容易做坏事。要想社区发展,我们需要加密货币变得得更好,在坏人成为超级恶棍之前,我们需要找到并抓住他们。

我自己也应该做出行动。我一直没有讲过这个故事,因为我害怕Sam的报复。我认为这是一种合理的担心。我的意思是,看看他们原本的推文!他们非常刻薄。

不过,我和Sam的“恐怖故事”与他今天伤害的数百万人相比,还是小巫见大巫。

作者:链捕手 ChainCatcher

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