Our clients come to EquityZen to invest in leading private companies that have the potential to shape the future, through our funds. Now, we’re excited to offer $5,000 investment minimums for select deals to make pre-IPO investing accessible to more investors than ever. Tap into pre-IPO opportunities with the lowest investment minimums in the market. Here’s how.
How it works
Investment minimums on EquityZen's marketplace are established for each deal before it goes live. These minimums typically range from $10,000 to $20,000. However, to increase accessibility, we offer a limited number of opportunities to invest $5,000 for certain deals. These lower investment minimum slots are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, determined by when investors complete their term sheets. If you’re interested in making a $5K investment in a given company, if available, make sure to sign a term sheet for that fund.
Our goal is to offer $5,000 investment minimums to as many investors as possible. Here are ways you can identify these opportunities:
- Look for Companies on the Investments page tagged for $5,000 investment opportunities available.
- Look out for our Weekly Live deals email that identifies $5,000 investment opportunities.
Be your own VC
Our clients are already taking advantage of $5,000 investment minimums to create personalized, diversified portfolios of the private companies they believe in. Join the investors investing more with less at EquityZen. Explore available investment opportunities on EquityZen’s marketplace.
Why is EquityZen offering investment minimums this low?
EquityZen was founded with the mission of bringing private markets to the public. This means we want the opportunities found in investing in private companies available to the largest possible audience. Because we have technology that was purpose-built for this market, we’ve opened the opportunity to even more people by lowering investment minimums whenever we can.
Several factors play into our ability to provide $5K slots, including limited investor slots within our funds, closing time constraints, and the need for our funds to meet or exceed a minimum transaction size. This review is made on a deal-by-deal basis. We can’t predict which funds will have room for $5K slots, so visit the Investments page to find the opportunities.
$5,000 investment minimums will only be available for select deals that meet the above criteria, not all deals on our platform.
Not all pre-IPO companies will go public or be acquired, and not all IPOs or acquisitions are or will become successful investments. There are inherent risks in pre-IPO investments, including the risk of loss of the entire investment, illiquidity, and fluctuations in value and returns. Investors must be able to afford the loss of their entire investment.
