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Funding rounds and dilution

Primary ordinary-share round; excludes convertibles, preferences and secondary sales. Pre-round pool uses previous equity; post-round pool uses final total.

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percentages separated by ; Separate values with semicolons, without thousands separators. Calendars: one net flow per period, in order; replaces recurring flows, retains initial payments. Example: -1000;2000;3000.
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0 = no; 1 = yes
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Variable to solve: Initial investment
Target result: New investor ownership

Only the indicated variable changes; other inputs remain fixed. The solution is checked using the direct calculation within your bounds.

New investor ownership

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Scenario result

Estimate based on your assumptions

New investor ownership20 %
Final employee pool
0 %
Post-money valuation
€5,000,000.00
Breakdown by period
PeriodPrevious ownership%Post-round ownership%
16048
24032
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Model version 1.0.0

Method and assumptions

Primary ordinary-share round; excludes convertibles, preferences and secondary sales. Pre-round pool uses previous equity; post-round pool uses final total.

Examples are illustrative. Profitability excludes recoverable indirect taxes; use consistent periods. Results depend on your inputs. No automatic legal rates are applied.

s = I / (Vpre + I)

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