That sourcing of that paragraph is pretty ambiguous. My guess is that this is coming from the Romans' lawyers, and it's precisely that: an attempt at construct

That sourcing of that paragraph is pretty ambiguous. My guess is that this is coming from the Romans' lawyers, and it's precisely that: an attempt at constructing a defense where they were just pawns of a bigger fish. And maybe it'll work, but given the context I'd apply salt until we have a name attached to the "unnamed venture capital investors" and some level of documentation of that conversation.