I'm seeing a lot of comments focusing you on your percentage of the share pool. One area where you can really take a hit is share priority. At each funding round the company can issue a new, higher priority of shares, and even let previous participants who buy into the new round get their existing shares upgraded to the new priority. You can be sitting on your X% shares (whatever X ends up being) and find out when your company is sold that you're getting $0 because there was no money left after servicing the priority shares. This effect can be greatly magnified if some of the money was paid in with an interest clause, with that value also taking priority over your own share of the company. You're remote, and you're a code monkey. You don't have to assume your company is out to screw you, but don't assume they'll work hard to try and take care of you. You most certainly need a lawyer in the corporation's state, and one who specializes in this area of the law. Good luck! It can be rough out there.