Ask HN: Is it usual for first investors share to dilute down upon next rounds

3 pointsrustyhacker8y ago1 comments

When an early (seed) investor puts $100k for 15% of the company; in future rounds of fund raising, should that early investor's shares dilute down?

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Amir68y ago

What other fair option is there?

AFAIK every single share holder dilutes down. Otherwise founders will be left with close to nothing after a couple of rounds.

One exception that comes to mind is regarding unicorns like Snap which founders still have 40+ % share.

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