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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/users/aral/statuses/110978891238384918">Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Aug-2023 22:52:30 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral" title="aral@mastodon.ar.al"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/4627-48-20250708061101.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Aral Balkan" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Aral Balkan</a></section><article><p>Oh ffs, why do I even look into these things? I think I’m being harsh and then it’s always worse than I thought:</p><p>FairPhone has taken venture capital.</p><p><a href="https://www.fairphone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Crowd-Notification.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.fairphone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Crowd-Notification.pdf</a></p><p>They’ve been invested in by, among others, Invest-NL (currently three exits, all IPOs¹) and Quadia (also three exits, all acquisitions²).</p><p>I would just like it if for once – fucking once – it wasn’t just about making money.</p><p>*sigh*</p><p>¹ <a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/invest-nl/recent_investments" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/invest-nl/recent_investments</a><br>² <a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/quadia/recent_investments" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/quadia/recent_investments</a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/VentureCapital" rel="tag">#VentureCapital</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/VC" rel="tag">#VC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/FairPhone" rel="tag">#FairPhone</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2005943#notice-3939288">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-08-30T22:52:30+09:00" title="Wednesday, 30-Aug-2023 22:52:30 JST">Wednesday, 30-Aug-2023 22:52:30 JST</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/110978891238384918" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.ar.al via ActivityPub">mastodon.ar.al</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/110978891238384918">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: images.crunchbase.com</div><h5><a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/invest-nl/recent_investments">Invest-NL - Investments, Portfolio &amp; Company Exits</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Invest-NL is a investment company.</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: images.crunchbase.com</div><h5><a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/quadia/recent_investments#VentureCapital">Quadia - Investments, Portfolio &amp; Company Exits</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Quadia is a regulated investment manager specialized in social and environmental finance.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Aug-2023 22:52:30 JST Aral Balkan
Oh ffs, why do I even look into these things? I think I’m being harsh and then it’s always worse than I thought:
FairPhone has taken venture capital.
https://www.fairphone.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Crowd-Notification.pdf
They’ve been invested in by, among others, Invest-NL (currently three exits, all IPOs¹) and Quadia (also three exits, all acquisitions²).
I would just like it if for once – fucking once – it wasn’t just about making money.
*sigh*
¹ https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/invest-nl/recent_investments
² https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/quadia/recent_investments
#VentureCapital #VC #FairPhone
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