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You founded your own firm three years ago. You initially contributed $200,000 of your ownmoney and in return you received 2 million shares of stock . You also sold an additional 1 million shares of stock to angel investors. Now, you are considering a second round raising capital from a venture capital firm. This venture capital firm would invest $5 million and would receive 2 million newly issued shares in return.
a.What is the price per share of this funding round?
b. What is the value of the whole firm afterthis investment (the post-money valuation)?
c. Assuming that this is the venture capitalist's first investment in your firm, what percentage of the firm will the venture capitalist own? What percentage of the firm will you own
after this investment?
d.How much money will you gain from founding this firm after this round of financing? Ignore time value of money when you answer this question.
(a)
Compute the price per share of the funding round using the equation as follows:
Hence, the price per share of funding round is $2.50.
(b)
Compute the total number of shares after this investment using the equation as follows:
Hence, total shares after investment are 5 million.
Compute the value of firm after investment using the equation as follows:
Hence, the value of firm after investment is $12.5 million.
(c)
Compute the percentage of shares held by venture capitalist using the equation as follows:
Hence, the venture capitalist owns 40% of shares of firm.
Compute the percentage of shares held by owner using the equation as follows:
Hence, the owner holds 40% of shares of firm.
(d)
Compute the gain from foundation of business using the equation as follows:
Hence, gain from foundation of business is $4.8 million.