If thats the case, I can't take any of these VCs seriously. Not even a Google Hangouts or a Skype call, but this looks like it is straight out of @VCBrags.
If they're so 'desperate' that they turn to this, then they might as well raise the capital using Bitcoin or virtual Fortnite coins and watch both of their investments sink or swim.
Good luck to them, because this is the start of a golden age of creating the perfect exit-scam.