No. Identify net proceeds belonging to the investor and the portion actually committed to the enterprise. Debt payouts, other owners’ shares, personal reserves and uncommitted balances are not automatically qualifying investment.
Build a transparent allocation
Separate the sale reconciliation from the business expenditure schedule so each amount can be followed without double counting. Add current government application charges, professional preparation and relocation costs to a separate budget. Obtain appropriate advice on financial and tax consequences rather than inferring them from E-2 rules.
There is no gross sale price that guarantees the substantial-investment requirement is met. Authority to spend and responsibility to record are different jobs, and small businesses merge them until a reconciliation goes wrong. Decide who may commit enterprise funds, who books the entry, and who checks that the entry matches the investment schedule.
One person doing all three leaves nothing in place to catch an error. Hypothetical example: a founder building a live-event production company pays a supplier personally to keep a project moving, intends it as an owner contribution, and nobody records it as one; the payment is real, the evidence that it was invested capital is not, and reconstructing intent afterwards is far weaker than a contemporaneous entry. Separate the person who spends from the person who records, even in a small operation.