Geez, $15.24 per coin sounds kinda expensive for a starter, but I do believe that Zcash is going to be big.
According to the article this also includes an equal stake in the company. With this in mind the price per coin is infact lower, depending on how one values a stake in Zcash corp.
"In return for $2 million, the new round of investors collectively took ownership of 6.25% of the company.That implies that the new investors were effectively valuing the company at $32 million (at a time when the uncertainties were greater).The overall amount raised including the previous round is $3 million, and the investors collectively now own 16.4% of the company."
That would matter if Zcash develops something other than the coin.
