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You can find out the number of authorized shares from the Secretary of State of whatever state the company is incorporated in.

That won't tell you much (most companies never issue anywhere close to the number they have authorized), but it least it will narrow it down. If they have 1,000,000 authorized, 30,000 is pretty OK. But I'm guessing, given the money they've raised, that they have >10,000,000 authorized. In that case, 30,000 is probably nearly worthless at this point.



But if you initially got the 30k before they raised money, and now raise the 6 million, you probably get diluted to the same situation.

Or is this not the common scenario?

Also: do most people's options vest immediately and never expire or have conditions on them?




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