Mercor’s Brendan Foody calls out Sequoia over dual-pricing valuation tricks
Original: Mercor’s Brendan Foody calls out Sequoia over ‘dual-pricing’ valuation tricks
Mercor’s Brendan Foody criticized Sequoia over dual-pricing practices involving the same equity.
TechCrunch reports that Mercor’s Brendan Foody called out Sequoia over alleged dual-pricing valuation practices. The article says Sequoia is one of several top firms that sell the same equity at two different prices. The story centers on transparency, valuation signaling, and how AI startup equity may be priced in venture markets.
TechCrunch 這篇報導聚焦在 AI 新創與創投市場中的估值與股權定價爭議。根據原文提供的內容，Mercor 的 Brendan Foody 公開點名 Sequoia，批評其使用所謂「dual-pricing」的估值手法，也就是同一份股權可能被用兩種不同價格出售或呈現。原文摘要進一步指出，Sequoia 並非唯一採取這類做法的機構，而只是多家頂級投資公司中的一例。
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