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The Silliness Of Recapping Seed Rounds

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The company spends the $1m building and launching their first product. The product gets a lot better. So they recapitalize the company. Assuming equity is raised at or above that cap, the total dilution, before the new money, is 16.6% (equivalent to an equity financing of $1m at a $6m post money valuation.