No - the investors were willing to add $169.5M of value to the company by giving it $169.5M in cash. The company is "worth" the same as it was before, plus $1

No - the investors were willing to add $169.5M of value to the company by giving it $169.5M in cash. The company is "worth" the same as it was before, plus $169.5M new cash in the bank. In return, the investors received newly-issued shares at a price based in the pre-investment valuation of the company. So there's no paying any "difference"; only increasing the valuation of the company by injecting new cash into it and creating new shares.