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NSO's PE investors are big-time American and British funds. Just sayin'.
by md_ 5y ago
NSO's PE investors are big-time American and British funds.
Just sayin'.
- bjourne 5y agoAccording to Wikipedia, NSO is owned by by its two founders Omri Lavie and Shalev Hulio and Novalpina Capital. According to Sky News Novalpina Capital is getting liquidated and their stake in NSO will be sold to a third party: https://news.sky.com/story/pegasus-spyware-owner-novalpina-to-be-liquidated-after-failure-to-resolve-internal-bust-up-12365638 https://news.sky.com/story/pegasus-spyware-owner-novalpina-t...
- md_ 5y agoRight. I can’t tell if you’re agreeing with me or not. :) Prior to Novalpina, it was Francisco Partners. Point being, NSO has received huge amounts of money from the kind of people who, well, YCombinator founders seek out.
- bjourne 5y agoYes, but it is not Francisco Partners now so it appears there is no "big-time American fund" involved and the British one appears to want to get rid of its stake.
- makeitdouble 5y agoFrom the side-lines this thread looks like: - md: X and Y are deeply involved in this company - yiu: No they are not. X cleanly destroyed all the papers and officially ask we don’t talk about them. Y is a bit late but will finish cuting ties in a minute now.
- tsol 5y agoAgreed. I find many of the responses unconvincing. They are in many ways exactly what you'd expect. Sure that doesn't prove anything directly, but on these matters having direct and public proof is the exception not the rule.
- kortilla 5y agoThis implication is about who would care if NSO gets shut down. For that, current investors are what is relevant. If someone already divested they don’t care and wouldn’t pull strings to keep the company around.