India, June 8 -- Indian-origin venture capitalist Vinod Khosla responded to an American entrepreneur who accused him of asking him to fire his co-founders in exchange for a more favourable investment deal. It all began when a post on X set off a viral thread in which founders shared their worst encounters with venture capitalists (VCs) during fundraising.

Matthew Prince, CEO and co-founder of Cloudflare, was among those who shared his experiences. He named Khosla in one of his "worst VC stories". The Cloudflare CEO recalled the time when Khosla took him and his co-founders out to dinner, with the Pune-born billionaire looking to invest in his company's Series C funding round.

"Vinod took me, Michelle (Zatlyn), and Lee (Holloway) out to ...