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"Had Xobni taken $1 million instead of 4, they’d all be buying beach houses right now. On the other hand, Microsoft might come back and offer the $40 or $50 mil
by boris 18y ago
"Had Xobni taken $1 million instead of 4, they’d all be buying beach houses right now. On the other hand, Microsoft might come back and offer the $40 or $50 million it would take to make the VCs agree (I think it would be a good idea for them to do so) and they’ll be buying beach house and Bentleys."
Let's say an angel would invest at the same valuation as the VC, then for $1M they would get 12.5% of the company. That would mean that when acquired for $20M, founders are left with $17.5M. For VCs with 50% stake and $40M acquisition founders are left with $20M. Not sure where Bentley's come from.
- utnick 18y agoyou overestimate the price of bentleys
- mattmaroon 18y agoAngels would have invested 1m at a lower valuation than VCs. That's both the perk and the drawback of VC money. You can get more while giving up about the same amount of equity.