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by rmm 2436 days ago
how on earth does a company go from getting ready to IPO to being cash-strapped and needing an infusion in such a short space of time?

Never saw the numbers in the prospectus, but surely there was some indication?

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It's crazy that it's not basically fraud to do what they did. They put out a 100-200 page document saying "Our business is great" so that retail investors could make an informed investment decision and then 2 months later are like "actually it's relatively worthless and we have no money left and if we can't raise money right now, we will die". Did the people involved really believe that glowing 100+ page report? The difference between this and a pump and dump is simply intent, and I think it's most likely that the intent was there.