Question

Use the following information for Problems 35 through 40 A potential investor is seeking to invest $1,000,000 in a venture, which currently has 2 million shares held by its founders, and is targeting a 50% return five years from now. The venture is expected to produce 1 million dollars in income per year at year 5. It is known that a similar venture recently produced $2,000,000 in income and sold shares to the public for $20,000,000. What is the percent ownership of our venture that must be sold in order to provide the venture investor’s target return?

Answer 1

Answer:

0.3797 or 37.97%

Explanation:

According to the scenario, computation of the given data are as follow:-

Wants Rate on return on investment = 50%

Expected value of return on investment = invested amount × (1+g)^t

= $1,000,000 × (1+50%)^5

= $1,000,000 × 7.59375

= $7,593,750

Similar venture would achieve valuation of $20,000,000 for $2,000,000. We can expect that company would achieve similar valuation of $20,000,000 in 5 years from now.

Investor’s share value at 5 years = $7,593,750 ÷ $20,000,000

= 0.3797 or 37.97%