Investors use roadshows to obtain trade secrets? Qiming Venture Capital launched an internal survey

News on September 14, yesterday evening, self-media pointed out that some founders in the online roadshow with investors, without prior notice, the founder of a competitor company went online in the name of the "partner" of the investment institution, and was suspected of obtaining business information.

In response to the situation of "investor set of trade secrets", Qiming Venture Capital, the institution involved, has carried out an internal investigation. According to media sources, last night, Kwong Ziping, the founding managing partner of Qiming Venture Capital, on behalf of the team of managing partners, has sent an internal letter to the company, saying that an internal investigation has been launched and the incident will be dealt with accordingly after the ins and outs of the incident are clarified.

The internal letter mentions, "We are extremely shocked that such an incident should happen to our colleagues, this behavior is completely contrary to Qiming's values, no matter what the starting point of the project team, and whether this incident is 'caught' or not, it is absolute, absolutely not allowed to happen!" (One Orange)

The internal information of Qiming Venture Capital is as follows:

Dear colleagues,

Tonight we noticed an article and recording on the Internet, which mentioned that when our colleagues interviewed a startup company online, without the founder's knowledge and consent, invited the founder of our portfolio company to participate and ask questions about related technologies and products, we were extremely shocked that such an incident happened to our colleagues, this behavior is completely contrary to Qiming's values, no matter what the starting point of the project team is, and whether the incident is "caught" or not, it is absolute. Absolutely not allowed to happen! The reason why we can come step by step in 17 years is inseparable from the trust of entrepreneurs in us, which is our lifeline and must not be shaken!

The company will further understand the history of the incident in the future period, and deal with it accordingly after the ins and outs of the incident are clarified.

Duane, Nisa, William