Oh man. That bites. In my case the business in question folded after a couple years. I gather the initial investors made a small profit but the latecomers got hosed.
Yeah, it split at least 5 times in as many years from what I remember. It would have become worth millions. Oh well. The professor I worked for at the time didn’t have the money available either and we both agreed that it was way too risky; bad call on our part. Genentech today is a huge biotech business. Another could have been that isn’t worth worrying about at this point in my life.