Why bother? I just used crystal clear prose to make a legitimate point about investors' understandable wish to avoid pointless and undermining publicity, and got downvoted by people who obviously didn't understand what I was saying, not for lack of clear prose on my part, but because of a lack of real-world experience on theirs.

> You don't come across very well here and nknighthb's point is both argued better and more logically backed.

Nonsense. I addressed the topic, and nknighthb tried to make me the topic. That's not only trolling and ineffective communication, it's a logical error.

> It seems very clear that those names would not be published in a high visibility public relations press release like this one without contractual agreement.

That may seem clear to you, but it's also obviously and transparently false. With the exception of corporate VC entities, individual investors are naturally protective of their privacy and would prefer it if their choices were not made a matter of public record.

My experience in this area goes back to the early days at Apple Computer, where we had to be very careful how we described the handful of angel investors who considered backing what at that time were almost two guys in a garage. Look -- this is investment 101. I don't know how to make this clear to you, but listing investors is a tricky business, not to be taken lightly. It's more political than it is logical, and it's not remotely like writing software.