RealEats CEO Dan Wise, in an email sent to investors on March 1. CEO Dan Wise and CFO Rebecca Holderread are named as defendants in the suit, filed by the Indiana- based investment fund Real Bridge. Court papers include a list of 18 investors who combined to inject more than $2.5 million into RealEats between Sept. 29, 2022 and the end of the year.
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