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Investing in the private markets can be tricky, especially when it comes to researching private companies and gaining...
The markets never cease to keep me on my toes and the current economic environment is no exception. Fundamentally,...
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Yesterday, the Department of Energy (DOE) officially announced that experiments at the Lawrence Livermore National...
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You may be interested in investing in the private companies, but not sure how to factor in the potentially long-term...
You are working at the pre-IPO company of your dreams….but you need some immediate liquidity. You’ve heard of platforms...
Late stage private technology companies have fewer reasons to go public today than they did a decade ago. With the...
If you work at a startup, you’ve probably received an Option Agreement. It lays out what you can and can’t do with your...
Sometimes, it’s not how much you invest, or even what you invest in, but rather when you buy and sell that matters most...
For employee shareholders, exercising options or selling shares is something many consider, especially when there is a...
When private company employees talk about selling their stock options, they’re not actually talking about selling their...
From stocks, to bonds, to commodities and more, most investors are familiar with the various options when it comes to...
Nearly 50 years ago, Silicon Valley introduced, among many other things, the practice of granting employees equity as...
As companies are staying private longer than ever1, the need for pre-IPO liquidity has become increasingly important...
In the past decade (really, since Facebook), it's become increasingly popular for private tech companies to issue...
Founders, management and employees should familiarize themselves with 409A valuations early in a company’s life....
EquityZen welcomes newly-qualified accredited investors to the private markets. At EquityZen, we’re proud to have...
Despite competing factors like decade market volume highs and fears of global recessions, startups and VC investors are...
EquityZen, the leading private market investment platform, was selected among hundreds of candidates as one of the...
Up for a while, then down, then back up. The pandemic and attendant market volatility have taken public market...
VC-backed companies looking to IPO (or directly list) this year will face increased scrutiny on profitability,...
Atish Davda, EquityZen Co-Founder and CEO, discusses the private markets with The Wall Street Journal's Katie Roof.
As the bull market charged into its ninth year in 2018, with the FAANG tech giants (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix...
The past year capped yet another relatively subdued year for tech IPOs, with activity still well below 2013/2014 levels...