Ali Partovi, the tech investor and entrepreneur who left his executive position with food alternatives company Hampton Creek last week, after a week on the job, now tells the New York Times that he won’t be staying on as an adviser with the company, as had been expected.

Nick Wingfield of the NYT reports that Hampton Creek CEO Josh Tetrick sounded surprised when informed by the newspaper Friday evening that Partovi said wouldn’t be advising the company. The departure of Partovi, an early investor in companies including Facebook and Dropbox, comes as Hampton Creek seeks up to $50 million in new funding.

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