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The State of the Unicorn

Ten years ago, just as EquityZen was getting started, Eileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures coined the term “Unicorn” to...

Time To Reflect On Your Portfolio For 2024

Originally published by Forbes on December 22, 2023

EquityZen’s 2024 IPO Outlook

As the year draws to a close, the annual ritual of initial public offering (IPO) predictions unfolds, and at EquityZen...

Emerging Private Companies to Invest In: Our Predictions

From Arm to Instacart to Klayvio, more technology companies are entering the public markets. Eyes are on other private...

Who won when Atlassian bought Loom?

Yesterday, Atlassian announced that it would be buying Loom for $975M in cash. With a last round valuation of $1.5...

A Decade in the Private Markets

This year EquityZen celebrates a decade of building private markets for the public. This is a big milestone, one that...

Innovating Industries: AgTech

How green is your salad? Can it be greener? It can and your investment portfolio can be too.

Calpers' 'Lost Decade': The Power of Private Equity Returns

Just last month California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s (Calpers) Managing Investment Director, Anton Orlich,...

Why Democratization Matters to Me

Growing up I was always told America was the “land of opportunity” and from the time I moved here at the age of 12, I...