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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.


Freya Pratty

4 min read

Heroes' cofounders. Photo: Heroes.

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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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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