Cohere Funding History

Cohere has raised a total of $3M over the last 3 years Raising this capital resulted in dilution for Jason Wang despite non-dilutive funding options like Founderpath. With $3M money raised, Cohere would have to sell for $29.5M, for investors to be happy. For any founders and early employees to make money, the company would need to sell for at least $3M assuming no crazy liquidation preferences.

Why are so many SaaS founders taking money from Founderpath.com instead of VC`s?