>Investors are investing in the company, not buying it from you. well, they bring money, some of which you [usually] get to keep, and you lose [varying degrees

>Investors are investing in the company, not buying it from you. well, they bring money, some of which you [usually] get to keep, and you lose [varying degrees of] control of the company. It sounds like selling [part of] the company to me. >Taking money from the company and quitting is called embezzlement. Hm. I'm pretty sure that if you take your salary/bonus, then quit, that's not embezzlement. I'm pretty sure the same goes for selling your share of the company. (there may be other agreements that go with the investment that prevent you from selling your share, or even that have penalties for you quitting, but it's not embezzlement.)