Agree with your point but from this story it seems as though the founders sold some of their shares to the VC firms. I doubt anyone has a problem with this but

Agree with your point but from this story it seems as though the founders sold some of their shares to the VC firms. I doubt anyone has a problem with this but typically, when we hear about 'investment', there's the expectation that the investors are taking part in a new share offering and the money is going into the bank for future growth. That doesn't appear to be the case here.