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StraightPath Venture Partners LLC, StraightPath Management LLC
Brian K. Martinsen, Michael A. Castillero, Francine A. Lanaia, Eric D. Lachow
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- Company / entity
- StraightPath Venture Partners LLC, StraightPath Management LLC
- Industry
- Pre-IPO shares funds
- How investors were recruited
- Boiler-room call centers cold-called retail investors, many unsophisticated, using pitch scripts approved by the principals
- Pitch & red flags
- told investors "each investment would be kept separate" and they were "charging no upfront fees"; undisclosed markups as high as 100%
Pitch phrases from this case
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