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One of Elon Musk’s longtime VCs is suing his former employer after allegedly being fired


Josh Raffaelli, who has deep roots as a Silicon Valley investor and has backed a number of Elon Musk companies, is suing his former employer, the massive trillion-dollar AUM Brookfield Asset Management, reports The New York Times. 

Much of Raffaelli’s complaint concerns how Brookfield covered pandemic-related real estate losses and alleges the company fired him after he filed a whistleblower complaint at the SEC. His suit makes allegations like fraud and bribery, while Brookfield vehemently denies any wrongdoing, it told The Times.

In February, Brookfield quietly shuttered the venture capital unit run by Raffaelli and rolled some assets into another unit, Bloomberg reported at the time. One of Raffaelli’s complaints in the suit is that Brookfield didn’t buy as much stock in Musk-owned companies as he had secured the ability to buy.

Raffaelli had deals to buy into Musk companies like SpaceX, xAI, and the Boring Company, the suit alleges. And his Brookfield fund was a big backer of Musk’s takeover of Twitter, Bloomberg reported.

The lawsuit is a very public battle for Raffaelli, who previously worked as a partner at the VC firm then known as Draper Fisher Jurvetson. (Today, it’s a collection of funds.) While at DFJ,  Brookfield helped that firm make investments into Musk companies like SolarCity (acquired by Tesla), SpaceX, and Tesla.



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