One of the UK’s leading Amazon aggregators, Heroes, has settled a lawsuit with a VC firm, Solid Capital, after alleging the investor fabricated documents to say the firm had invested in the company’s seed round.
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March 24, 2022
VC 'threatened media war against startup after faking investment deal'
Heroes said the firm had produced “crudely fabricated” documents, purporting to show they'd backed the company's seed round.
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