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Private Markets Year in Review 2024

2024 was a year of measured recovery for the private market. Positive macroeconomic influences helped improve investor...

Getting Started with Private Market Investing: Part IV - The "Standard" Investment Process

In Part III we introduced you to the Offering Document created by EquityZen's Investment Research team for each...

Getting Started with Private Market Investing: Part III - The Offering Document

In Part II we introduced you to EquityZen's investment products. In Part III we’ll discuss the Offering Document, which...

Getting Started with Private Market Investing: Part II - EquityZen’s Investment Products

In Part I, we introduced you to EquityZen's Investments page. Now, we’ll introduce the different investment products...

Getting Started with Private Market Investing: Part I - Investments page + Indicating interest

So you've just joined EquityZen and gained unparalleled access to private market investment opportunities such as:

Same-Day Exercise: A Smart Alternative to Non-Recourse Loans for Exercising Stock Options

With IPO volume down 14% year over year, early employees are increasingly considering options for selling their shares...

The 7 Equity Documents You Should Always Have on File

It can be difficult to read the legal language in the documents you get when starting a new job at a startup. Yet these...

The Latest IPO News: EquityZen's IPO Tracker

As more private companies make the news by announcing their plans to go public, more eyes are on the IPO market. After...

What Does it Mean to Have Equity in a Private Company?

Owning equity in a private company can be a highly rewarding but sometimes complex endeavor. That is because private...