A $1 Million Bet on a Tech Startup Spawns Investor-Founder Fight (Correct)
Fight shows what the investor-founder relationship looks like at its worst, and could signal more disputes to come
Toptal shows what the investor-founder relationship can look like
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When Denis Grosz invested in software startup Toptal LLC in 2012, he hoped the $1 million bet could one day make him a fortune.
Instead, it landed him on the receiving end of a lawsuit, leading to more than $2.6 million in damages against him and his new firm and possibly tens of millions more in legal fees.