Dilution
The drop in your ownership percentage when the company issues new shares, usually to raise money or grant employee options. You own the same number of shares, but they are now a smaller slice of a bigger pie.
Why it matters
Every round dilutes you, and that is fine if the pie grows faster than your slice shrinks. Understanding it stops you from optimising for ownership percentage over the value of what you own.
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