You Founded Your Own Firm Three Years Ago

question 93

Multiple Choice

You founded your own firm three years ago. You initially contributed $200,000 of your own money and in return you received 3 million shares of stock. Since then, you have sold an additional 2 million shares of stock to angel investors. You are now considering raising capital from a venture capital firm. This venture capital firm would invest $4 million and would receive 2 million newly issued shares in return. Assuming that this is the venture capitalist's first investment in your firm, what percentage of the firm will the venture capitalist own?

• A) 36%
• B) 29%
• C) 17%
• D) 21%

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Definitions:

Complementary Good

A product or service that is typically used or consumed together with another good or service, increasing demand for one another.

Equilibrium Price

The price at which the quantity of a good supplied equals the quantity demanded, balancing the market.

Equilibrium Quantity

The quantity of goods supplied is equal to the quantity of goods demanded at the market equilibrium price.

Substitutes

Goods or services that can replace each other in use, where an increase in the price of one leads to an increase in demand for the other.