I don´t think OP is bothered that the founders cashed out. Saying that company Foo got a $40M investment usually means the company got that much extra capital.

I don´t think OP is bothered that the founders cashed out. Saying that company Foo got a $40M investment usually means the company got that much extra capital. If most of the money is just going to buy existing shares, then it´s misleading to hide that.