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by shafqat 5626 days ago
20-30% fully diluted is typical if you are taking money from a VC in a seed or A round. There are always exceptions (i.e. you are a "hot" company). In fact, a lot of VCs care less about valuations and are more focused on their percentage ownership after the financing.

Fully diluted means after they carve out an option pool from your pre-money. Venture Hacks has a great post about the Option Pool Shuffle that you should read if you're not familiar with it.