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In scenario A, the founders owned roughly 70% after the first raise, in scenario B, they only own 58%. They have given up 12% of the company for the extra $250K. They would have to make a lot more progress on that extra $250K in order to bring up the pre-money valuation for the next round well beyond what they could have done with only $250K.