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A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) 1
#26956556 - 09/26/20 06:53 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Link to original article at bloomberg.com (paywall)
Trigger warning: This article glorifies Capitalism and capitalists who make money.
A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer
By Suzanne Woolley
September 25, 2020, 6:40 AM PDT
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Christian Angermayer holds 22% stake in Compass Pathways German investor’s ATAI Life Sciences may go public in 2021
Christian Angermayer spent years convincing skeptical investors of the promise in psychedelic substances to treat mental illness. His efforts paid off this week to the tune of $316 million.
That’s how much the 42-year-old’s stake of about 22% in Compass Pathway Plc’s is worth, after the company’s shares more than doubled in the days following its Sept. 18 initial public offering.
Angermayer was the first backer of Compass, a U.K. startup seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to use its formulation of psilocybin, the active ingredient in so-called magic mushrooms, for treatment-resistant depression.
When the German entrepreneur put money into the company in 2017, it was worth $16 million. Compass shares traded at $40.55 at 9:33 a.m. in New York, valuing it at about $1.4 billion. Angermayer celebrated the IPO by tweeting a picture of his very first tattoo -- the molecular structure of psilocybin.
“Even before Covid-19, the mental health epidemic was in full swing,” Angermayer said in a June interview. “Think about this: 350 million are living with depression, 150 million of whom are treatment-resistant; another 40 million live with anxiety, of which we can only treat symptoms; and 240 million are dependent on substances ranging from alcohol to opioids.”
Angermayer got his start in the biotech industry in 2000, when he left college to help found a company called Ribopharma, which merged with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals three years later. He invests in other biotech, robotics, fintech, blockchain and space-tech companies through his family office, Apeiron Investment Group, which uses $500 million of his personal funds and manages $300 million of outside money.
The networking-savvy investor introduced Compass founders George Goldsmith and Ekaterina Malievskaia to Lars Wilde, who now serves as the company’s president. Angermayer controls his Compass stake through ATAI Life Sciences AG, a psychedelic medicine company he founded in 2018. Christian Angermayer
ATAI is pursuing a range of treatments for mental-health disorders including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, addiction and anxiety using drugs such as psilocybin, R-ketamine and ibogaine. The company is about to close a EUR50 million ($58.1 million) pre-IPO round and is considering a U.S. IPO in the first half of 2021, according to sources familiar with its plans.
Many of the outside backers that Angermayer brought into Compass are also investors in ATAI. Among them are Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook, and Galaxy Investment Partners’ Michael Novogratz. Silicon Valley venture capitalists Steve Jurvetson and Maryanna Saenko, of Future Ventures, also hold a significant stake in ATAI.
“Christian is extremely interested in other people and always wants to discover new ideas,” Thiel wrote in e-mailed comments on Thursday. “This combination makes him an astute investor.”
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: sonoramo] 1
#26956661 - 09/26/20 08:21 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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Psilocybin needs to be decriminalized but not legalized so these rich assholes dont turn mushrooms into another capitalist playtoy.
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: Psicomb]
#26956828 - 09/26/20 10:56 PM (3 years, 4 months ago) |
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I think one big problem with this is... People thought cannabis would be hard to regulate.... Cause anyone can grow it in a shed in their back yard.
Anyone can grow mushrooms in the space of a microwave in their bedroom..
If anything mushrooms are considerably easier and less time consuming once you get the sterile procedure down.
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: Psicomb] 1
#26957390 - 09/27/20 12:17 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Psicomvb said: Psilocybin needs to be decriminalized but not legalized so these rich assholes dont turn mushrooms into another capitalist playtoy.

Big $$$$$$$$ is why we may not ever see these plants/medicines truly "free" and available to all humans as they should be ("free" as in, growing/possessing/consuming not being a crime and the plants not being controlled/restricted by some agency) . This is exactly one of the reasons why I'm much more in support of merely decriminalizing on the local level. Big $ will continue to keep these plant medicines illegal and keep them out of the hands of the people unless they have $$$ for a "session" .
That's the core of it all, what it all comes down to....$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
These plant medicines belong to every human on earth, not only for those that meet certain criteria and have $$$$. If some fat old rich fucks can rake in millions from these plant medicines, I should be able to reach down and pick a mushroom out of the earth or grow a bush in my backyard with out fear of being labeled a criminal and tossed into a cage and basically having my life ruined.
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: openmind] 1
#26957455 - 09/27/20 01:16 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Amen dude. Reading news about compass pathways and the likes honestly never fails to bum me out every time.
Money is the root of all evil maaan. But for real tho
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: Psicomb]
#26958330 - 09/28/20 05:35 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Instead of sulking you all should be taking advantage of an opportunity to invest. Yes promote decriminalization first and foremost but theres no reason you can't benefit from this wave of public shroom sector offerings too.
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: Psicomb]
#26958365 - 09/28/20 06:20 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Psicomvb said: Psilocybin needs to be decriminalized but not legalized so these rich assholes dont turn mushrooms into another capitalist playtoy.
!00% right here.
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: ShroomDoom]
#26958378 - 09/28/20 06:28 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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ShroomDoom said: Instead of sulking you all should be taking advantage of an opportunity to invest. Yes promote decriminalization first and foremost but theres no reason you can't benefit from this wave of public shroom sector offerings too.
It doesn't feel right to invest in and profit from something I'm morally against.
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: ArthurFungarelli]
#26958416 - 09/28/20 07:42 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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All due respect but it kinda cracks me up that people tend to be against anybody making money on mushrooms. As if it hasn't already been a commodity for years. Making money is evil
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: Psilosopherr]
#26958421 - 09/28/20 07:49 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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It's more that I'm against capitalism in general, but capitalism where the commodity is mushrooms seems even worse.
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: Psilosopherr] 1
#26958427 - 09/28/20 07:58 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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I get what you mean but I dont think anyone here is against the idea of making money on mushrooms. I'll speak for myself, I am against the idea of already rich people making millions off it, thus continuing to further that wealth gap and limit opportunities for success in this line of work legally for the average person when that time comes.
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Edited by Psicomb (09/28/20 08:04 AM)
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: Psicomb]
#26958431 - 09/28/20 08:01 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Psicomvb said: I get what you mean but I dont think anyone here is against the idea of making money on mushrooms. I'll speak for myself, I am against the idea of already rich people making millions off it, thus continuing to further that wealth gap and limit opportunities for success in this line of work legally for the average person when that time comes.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: ArthurFungarelli]
#26958449 - 09/28/20 08:23 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Lol at trigger warning and people getting triggered
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: Psilosopherr]
#26958522 - 09/28/20 09:27 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Psilosopherr said: All due respect but it kinda cracks me up that people tend to be against anybody making money on mushrooms. As if it hasn't already been a commodity for years. Making money is evil
Indeed. I look at it this way, commercialization for all it's evils is also a way for "normal" (non-psych / drug users) people to gain access to things that they couldn't otherwise. IMO if more people are eating shrooms that's a net gain for humanity.
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: Psicomb]
#26958608 - 09/28/20 10:44 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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For real. The Cannabis industry is so obviously disgusting and superficial. It'd be heart wrenching if the same thing happened to Psychedelics.
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: filthyknees]
#26958686 - 09/28/20 11:43 AM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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filthyknees said: Lol at trigger warning and people getting triggered
Same people triggered by capitalism but then say voting on propositions is the right way to move forward. Oh yea those don't go hand in hand at all or anything....
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: bodhisatta]
#26958730 - 09/28/20 12:21 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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If you're referring to the people posting here, Bod, you're making big assumptions
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: Rapjack]
#26958796 - 09/28/20 01:04 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Rapjack said: Indeed. I look at it this way, commercialization for all it's evils is also a way for "normal" (non-psych / drug users) people to gain access to things that they couldn't otherwise. IMO if more people are eating shrooms that's a net gain for humanity.
The first thing IMO is quit criminalizing humanity's best opportunity to evolve and mature. We have to deal with the massive crises in climate change, pandemic response, racism and unequal treatment, wealth distribution and all the rest. And we're gonna need to have the most enlightened, open, responsive humans possible to be successful.
So, knock off the criminalization first. Take solace that most even the most shroomerific people can't do shrooms as often as even a moderate cannabis user can do cannabis. Alcoholic beverages are even worse, both in terms of people who can drink themselves to death and for capitalists making money off them as they decay from within. Hopefully the market for shrooms will never be big enough to drive the worst "features" of capitalism.
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: Psilosopherr] 1
#26958822 - 09/28/20 01:25 PM (3 years, 3 months ago) |
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Psilosopherr said: All due respect but it kinda cracks me up that people tend to be against anybody making money on mushrooms. As if it hasn't already been a commodity for years. Making money is evil
It's not so much the making $ on mushrooms/entheogens that I'm against, I'm not a fan of such but that's not really the big issue for me....I'm against certain groups of people being allowed to make millions of dollars on something when that something will land the average Joe in a cage and become labeled a criminal. When that something belongs to and is a right for every human to have access to, we're locking people up in cages for growing or possessing it but allowing others to make millions of dollars from it. That's where the issue is for me.
Locking people up in a cage and labeling them a criminal for growing or possessing mushrooms while allowing others to make millions of dollars on that mushroom is a bit evil IMO. It's definitely not "right" . It's not the way it should be.
It's mostly the fact that certain people are allowed to make millions on something that I'm not even allowed to touch with my hands....Something I'm not even allowed to pull out the earth and hold in my hand, something I'm certainly not allowed to eat it, but some men with big $$$ are allowed to make a fortune off of it.
That just doesn't sit right with me at all.
If I am allowed to pick a mushroom out of the earth, if I am allowed to hold mushrooms in my hand, if I am allowed to eat mushrooms....if I'm able to do all of that with out fear of being labeled a criminal and and with out fear of potentially being locked up in a cage then I'd have much less of a problem with entheogens/medicinal plants being sold for profit.
But so as long as humans are being labeled criminals and are being locked up in cages and are being forced to pay the government fines/$ for growing, possessing, and/or consuming plants/fungi I feel that no business or individual should be allowed to make millions upon millions of dollars off of them.
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Re: A Bet on Magic Mushrooms Made One Investor $316 Million Richer (trigger warning: pro-capitalist sentiment) [Re: openmind]
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"trigger warning-pro capitalist sentiment" 
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