Mastodawn

When I read that one (U.S.A.) venture capitalist largely bought out the founders and an earlier (German) venture capitalist, and then went on to do a re-brand and re-organization (It has already been turned into a subsidiary of another company.) only to make redundancies a year later, I became able to make a shrewd guess.

https://emh.com/investments/native-instruments/

I've experienced this pattern firsthand.

#NativeInstruments #VentureCapitalism #Soundwide

Native Instruments - EMH Partners

Native Instruments is a leading manufacturer of software and hardware for computer-based audio production and DJing.

EMH Partners

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Kevin Karhan

Oct 9

@paninid that's the #PeterThiel - #Monopolization #Playbook m8!

#Tiel #AntiCompetition #TechBros #VentureCapitalism #Enshittification #USpol

Cat Lady Kydia Music 🇺🇦Mar 3, 2025

Sadly I feel like the whole ethos of 21st century business ventures has been various schemes wherein one person or group Fucks Around and then everyone else Finds Out.

#FAFO #PumpAndDump #AI #Bitcoin #VentureCapitalism #NFTs #ClimateCrisis

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Sep 28, 2024

I met a traveler from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . .
...
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

"Ozymandias"
by Percy Bysshe Shelley

#Poetry #Meme #Capitalism #VentureCapitalism #VultureCapitalism

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hallvors Sep 23, 2024

@lettosprey Kahoot kommer nok dessverre til å bli stående som et skoleeksempel på et i utgangspunktet godt produkt som fikk sprøyta inn for mye kapital og dermed for sterkt inntjenings-press. Investorer og høy børskurs er døden for noe som burde være enkelt, greit og billig 😢
@erlen

#enshittification #VentureCapitalism #Kahoot #norsktut

FediThing

Apr 12, 2024

Peter "Palantir" Thiel and a load of other venture capitalists are sponsoring an openly pro-doping sports event 🤮

"Organisers of the Enhanced Games, which has been backed by venture capitalists including the billionaire Peter Thiel, have called their event the Olympics of the future. They argue that drug use in sport should be called a demonstration of science."

This says everything about their priorities and attitude to humanity...

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/apr/11/its-a-joke-enhanced-games-swimmer-should-face-life-ban-says-aquatics-chief

#Sport #Sports #Doping #Athletics #Olympics #VC #VentureCapital #VentureCapitalism

‘It’s a joke’: Enhanced Games swimmer should face life ban, says aquatics chief

Brent Nowicki said ‘You cross that bridge, you don’t come back’ after hearing James Magnussen’s plans to dope to break world record at Enhanced Games

The Guardian

Motherboard Feb 2, 2024

A quixotic enterprise backed by investors including oligarch Peter Thiel seeks to end discrimination against "brave" and oppressed steroid users.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7emq7/tech-libertarians-fund-drug-fueled-olympics-where-doping-is-a-slur?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#VC #venturecapitalism #olympics #PeterThiel #gawker

Tech Libertarians Fund Drug-Fueled ‘Olympics’ Where ‘Doping’ Is a Slur

A quixotic enterprise backed by investors including oligarch Peter Thiel seeks to end discrimination against "brave" and oppressed steroid users.

Motherboard Nov 17, 2023

VC Michael Rothenberg’s extravagant parties had served as inspiration for HBO’s “Silicon Valley"—but the way he spent money led to questions about if anything was amiss.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3m8m8/an-infamous-silicon-valley-vc-party-animal-was-just-convicted-of-fraud?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#VC #SiliconValley #MichaelRothenberg #venturecapitalism #SVB

An Infamous Silicon Valley VC ‘Party Animal’ Was Just Convicted of Fraud

VC Michael Rothenberg’s extravagant parties had served as inspiration for HBO’s “Silicon Valley"—but the way he spent money led to questions about if anything was amiss.

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