Starware Software was founded last year to develop software for gaming applications. The founder initially invested $1,000,000

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Starware Software was founded last year to develop software for gaming applications.

The founder initially invested $1,000,000 and received 12 million shares of stock.

Starware now needs to raise a second round of capital, and it has identified a venture capitalist who is interested in investing. This venture capitalist will invest $1 million and wants to own 38% of the company after the investment is completed.

a. How many shares must the venture capitalist receive to end up with 38% of the company? What is the implied price per share of this funding round?

b. What will the value of the whole firm be after this investment (the post-money valuation)?

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Fundamentals Of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 9781292437156

5th Global Edition

Authors: Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo, Jarrad Harford

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