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SpaceX investors say SPV sold shares before IPO windfall
SpaceX investors say SPV sold shares before IPO windfall
Investors who bought exposure to SpaceX through a fund run by Late Stage Management say the firm sold the shares before the rocket company began public trading. Ram Rupireddy told The Wall…
The Story in Brief
Investors who bought exposure to SpaceX through a fund run by Late Stage Management say the firm sold the shares before the rocket company began public trading. Ram Rupireddy told The Wall Street Journal that he paid $17,250 in 2020 and was later told his exposure had been sold in 2024, when it was worth about $45,450. Yet his portal and tax document appeared to show he still held the equivalent of 2,500 shares, worth more than $300,000 at the reported IPO price.
Rupireddy has complained to the Securities and Exchange Commission. He believes more than 100 investors face a similar problem. Late Stage did not respond to repeated requests for comment, while the SEC and FBI declined to discuss any possible investigation. A first group of pre-IPO investors is due to become eligible to sell shares on Thursday.
The Indian Opinion
The easy story is that every private-market investor was cheated, or that a SpaceX windfall was guaranteed. Neither follows from one investor’s account. SPVs can involve indirect holdings, limited disclosure and sale decisions that investors may not understand. The sharper test is documentary: do fund agreements, transaction records and tax filings match the holdings shown to customers? That evidence should establish whether this was a bookkeeping failure, a disputed sale or something worse.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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