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Survey on Founder Dilution

23 Feb 2009   | Dilution Through Exit

Tags: dilution · founder

LINK TO ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
  • http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cGZZaHVQVlYyV3J1ampMRUk0ME1LU1E6MA..

From: Simeon Simeonov, Technology Partner, Polaris Venture Partners
Founders often ask me, “If I own X% after my first investment round, how much will I be diluted through financings until exit?”. A follow-on question is: “How much option reload will I get to compensate for that dilution?” There are rules of thumb but there is no good data about what happens to common stock.

Share your story. I’ll publish the summary data on my blog http://simeons.wordpress.com and will send an update to everyone.

If you’ve had multiple companies, please answer multiple times.

Your answers are confidential. The Google spreadsheet that Forms generates has the answers and a timestamp. That’s all.

Thanks for helping out!

Simeon Simeonov

>>> READ MORE at:
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