That $200 was a sort of formality; him buying his shares from the company as part of the incorporation paperwork. It has nothing to do with actual funding needed to run a business. Nvidia's first round of financing was 3 months later. $2M at a $6M valuation [1].

[1] https://principus.si/2024/12/28/tae-kim-the-nvidia-way-jense...