Startup CEO Says VC Firm Punished Her for Reporting Sex Assault

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Can anyone explain the mindset of these firms that become very protective of execs that do things like this?

Let&#x27;s add some substance to the discussion:<p>CAILIN HARDELL,Plaintiff and Appellant,v. ADRIAN VANZYL,Defendant and Respondent. [1]<p>&quot;says the middle-aged VC investor and another CEO backed by his firm got her drunk and sexually assaulted her.&quot;<p>The second guy&#x27;s name is Waleed Mohsen and the VC is Blumberg.<p>1: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;law.justia.com&#x2F;cases&#x2F;california&#x2F;court-of-appeal&#x2F;2024&#x2F;a168113.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;law.justia.com&#x2F;cases&#x2F;california&#x2F;court-of-appeal&#x2F;2024...</a>

Less than 2% of VC funding goes to female founders.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.weforum.org&#x2F;agenda&#x2F;2023&#x2F;12&#x2F;how-we-can-close-the-venture-capital-gender-gap&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.weforum.org&#x2F;agenda&#x2F;2023&#x2F;12&#x2F;how-we-can-close-the-...</a><p>When male VCs engage in behavior like this, it scares future founders.

From profile of VC in question: &quot;Formerly he was CTO of Sausage Software&quot;.

Bad.