It was August 2021, during the waning months of the frothy startup bull market, and Fin Capital was on the ascent.
The message was a phishing attack — Fin Capital had been hacked.
But there is dispute over how Fin Capital handled the attack and its aftermath.
Still, as other firms have sharply pulled back on investing in the downturn, Fin Capital has done the opposite.
It's unclear whether the whistleblower complaints that former Fin Capital employees filed with the SEC are being investigated.
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