I’m spitballing here but maybe a middle ground is to convert some percentage of shares to equivalent to the seed investor shares. Assume, for the sake of argume

I’m spitballing here but maybe a middle ground is to convert some percentage of shares to equivalent to the seed investor shares. Assume, for the sake of argument, he was at one year and due 10%. Convert those share to the same terms as the seed investors. No cash upfront, equity is somewhat preserved and the rest becomes a source of potentially passive income. Note. He has to leave. The situation is now untenable.