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User peppustimbus replied with the archive version but is shadowbanned. This is the link: https://web.archive.org/web/20220513210317/https://old.reddit.com/r/conspiracytheories/comments/up1cwf/reddit_is_being_funded_by_a_fake_company/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220513210317/https://old.reddi... This could just be a wealthy family office, I have first hand knowledge of one such company that would have no website or information online other than a few things in filings but manages several billion dollars.

t0mas88 4y ago
But for most of those there is some information on the family where the money came from. Like they ran some kind of business. In this case the only information to be found on the family is that someone with that family name is a drug dealer. Makes it even more suspicious where the money came from.
- thrown12 4y ago
  Ironically enough I know of a family office for who the most accurate information was a reddit post. It was from some rando on the other side of the world who spent a few months stalking peoples 15 year old facebook profiles to find the connections between them. It was astonishing that someone who by their own admission was working part time at a gas station making less than minimum wage did more due diligence than anyone they had worked with including a number of three letter agencies. The post has since been deleted and the account banned.
- jhugo 4y ago
  Another person with that family name is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. A lot of family names are pretty common, it turns out.
- mikeryan 4y ago
  I also know of a family fund with no public presence that’s an active, large investor with zero presence. You google their name and get results very similar to googling Kharia Capital (I’d say the name of the fund I know, but the lead is a friend and I want to respect his privacy). I’m sure many, if not most family funds do share more info but in this case it could be one who doesn’t. I guess what I’m saying is that you can’t assume it’s somehow nefarious based on this profile. Also at least one result for Khaira explicitly says it’s a family fund. https://app.dealroom.co/investors/khaira_capital https://app.dealroom.co/investors/khaira_capital
HWR_14 4y ago
This post claims that the person controlling the family office is now 18, and is also spending money to be philanthropic. This could be someone who inherited money trying to buy their way into legitimization/importance in the world, tech world especially. Which is honestly a far more reasonable use for inherited money if you want to do something interesting with your life than "bought yacht, coke, women". If the totally unsupported claim that it was dirty money in the first place, it makes even more sense to spend money to become legitimate himself. The only evidence was his last name, no idea if it's common, is shared by someone who is claimed to be a drug kingpin in an online article. Certainly a rich young man investing in something he believes in sounds more plausible than Reddit cooking the books and doing so in such a spectacularly bad way.
- xixo 4y ago
  And down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole we go! I love your theory, and it's very plausible. In a way this just boils down to "was the money 'good' or 'bad'?" and "will the money be used for 'good' or 'bad'?". It's fun to speculate, it's best to know more of the truth. My hope this will blow up a bit so we get more information (it's in the public's best interest to know more). This is the way all "conspiracy theories" should go, at least those with credible theories to test.

t0mas88 4y ago

But for most of those there is some information on the family where the money came from. Like they ran some kind of business. In this case the only information to be found on the family is that someone with that family name is a drug dealer. Makes it even more suspicious where the money came from.

thrown12 4y ago
Ironically enough I know of a family office for who the most accurate information was a reddit post. It was from some rando on the other side of the world who spent a few months stalking peoples 15 year old facebook profiles to find the connections between them. It was astonishing that someone who by their own admission was working part time at a gas station making less than minimum wage did more due diligence than anyone they had worked with including a number of three letter agencies. The post has since been deleted and the account banned.
jhugo 4y ago
Another person with that family name is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. A lot of family names are pretty common, it turns out.
mikeryan 4y ago
I also know of a family fund with no public presence that’s an active, large investor with zero presence. You google their name and get results very similar to googling Kharia Capital (I’d say the name of the fund I know, but the lead is a friend and I want to respect his privacy). I’m sure many, if not most family funds do share more info but in this case it could be one who doesn’t. I guess what I’m saying is that you can’t assume it’s somehow nefarious based on this profile. Also at least one result for Khaira explicitly says it’s a family fund. https://app.dealroom.co/investors/khaira_capital https://app.dealroom.co/investors/khaira_capital

HWR_14 4y ago

This post claims that the person controlling the family office is now 18, and is also spending money to be philanthropic. This could be someone who inherited money trying to buy their way into legitimization/importance in the world, tech world especially. Which is honestly a far more reasonable use for inherited money if you want to do something interesting with your life than "bought yacht, coke, women". If the totally unsupported claim that it was dirty money in the first place, it makes even more sense to spend money to become legitimate himself. The only evidence was his last name, no idea if it's common, is shared by someone who is claimed to be a drug kingpin in an online article. Certainly a rich young man investing in something he believes in sounds more plausible than Reddit cooking the books and doing so in such a spectacularly bad way.

xixo 4y ago
And down the conspiracy theory rabbit hole we go! I love your theory, and it's very plausible. In a way this just boils down to "was the money 'good' or 'bad'?" and "will the money be used for 'good' or 'bad'?". It's fun to speculate, it's best to know more of the truth. My hope this will blow up a bit so we get more information (it's in the public's best interest to know more). This is the way all "conspiracy theories" should go, at least those with credible theories to test.