In: Finance
A venture with 2 million total common shares – 1.4 million owned
by the entrepreneur and 0.6 million by an angel investor – had a
post‐money value of $8 million after its last (and only) round of
outside financing. The company has run into some development delays
and needs to raise additional capital. A new investor offers
$500,000 in exchange for 200,000 new common shares.
If there is no ratchet agreement, what will be the post‐money value
after the $500,000 investment?
(Note: the answer is not $8,500,000)
Price offered by new investor = 500000/200000 =2.5
Total no of shares after 500000 investment = 2000000 + 200000 = 220000
Post money valuation = 2200000 x 2.5 = 5500000
Answer : 5500000