Jan 21, 2023

Orlando Bravo on his firm's $100 million investment in FTX

Q: Finally, I have to ask about your investment in FTX. 

A: It was obviously a mistake.  And we have personally apologized to investors in our growth fund.  It wasn’t a large investment—$100 million—but it was a big mistake and an embarrassing one.  It wasn’t a diligence mistake.  Diligence mistakes are when you miss a lawsuit, or you miss a trendline.  This was a judgment mistake.  I said even before the issues at FTX that we’re not going to make any more crypto investments, because I was not loving the business practices we’re seeing in crypto. 

~ Orlando Bravo, co-founder of private equity firm Thoma Bravo (over $120 billion AUM), "He Might Be Tech’s Last Bull. Here’s Why the Founder of Thoma Bravo Is Still Buying.," Barron's, January 21, 2023



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