Ask HN: Formula to calculate how much is your equity worth during an exit?

1 pointsby tzz12년 전1 comments

What is a generic formula to calculate how much is your stock option worth when the company is acquired?

How much is the equity worth on the following scenarios?

Scenario #1 (everyone is fully vested)

  - Your equity is 1% with $0.10/share strike price (common stock)
  - Investors own 20% with $20M invested (preferred stock)
  - Founders own 70% (founder stock)
  - Employee own 9% (common stock)
  - The company is acquired for $30M.

Scenario #2 (everyone is fully vested)

  - Everything is same as above except the company is acuired for $50M

Scenario #3 (everyone is fully vested)

  - Everything is same as above except the company is acuired for $100M

Let me know if I am missing other data.

1 comments

chrisbennet12년 전

Does that 1% account for dilution? In other words, have all the investors already invested? For example,if you get 1% for joining, pre-investment, it will be diluted when more stock is added to the pool to sell to the investors.

There are also "liquidation preferences" to take into account. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-liquidation-preferences-w...