--- title: IRL founders allege investors sabotaged company with... description: The founders of IRL are suing their investors, alleging that they intentionally sabotaged the company by making up claims about fake users. The investors named... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/irl-founders-allege-investors-sabotaged-company-with-fake-users-claims-olgmq23eh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: IRL founders allege investors sabotaged company with fake users claims | daily.dev og:description: The founders of IRL are suing their investors, alleging that they intentionally sabotaged the company by making up claims about fake users. The investors named... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/irl-founders-allege-investors-sabotaged-company-with-fake-users-claims-olgmq23eh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/OLgmQ23eH.png og:image:alt: IRL founders allege investors sabotaged company with fake users claims og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # IRL founders allege investors sabotaged company with fake users claims **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The founders of IRL are suing their investors, alleging that they intentionally sabotaged the company by making up claims about fake users. The investors named in the lawsuit are Chi-Hua Chien of Goodwater Capital, Serena Dayal of SoftBank, and Mike Maples of Floodgate. In IRL's investigation, suspicious user behavior including duplicate-named private groups and irregular signups from Hotmail and Yahoo email addresses was found. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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