People are downvoting you, mostly because you are making a big deal out of a very simple situation. As one commenter said above, they would either get nothing,

People are downvoting you, mostly because you are making a big deal out of a very simple situation. As one commenter said above, they would either get nothing, or nothing, and the VC firm, through the publicity they are getting now, will very likely profit from this sign of good will.