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The Value of Private Company Investments in Your Portfolio

When it comes to building a diversified investment portfolio, most people think of traditional assets like public...

Navigating the Private Market Investment Landscape: Venture Capital vs. Private Equity

In the world of private market investing, two terms stand out: venture capital and private equity. While both fall...

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,...

Innovating Industries: Enterprise SaaS

Like many of you, the first thing I do when I wake up is check my phone. After turning off the alarms, I see...

Secondary Funds are Leading the Pack

After a record blazing 2021, fundraising by private market investment managers fell considerably in 2022 and is...

Innovating Industries: Neobanks

In the wake of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, account holders largely took their funds in two directions – either to...

How We Price Secondary Deals

One of the most common questions we get asked from both our shareholder and investor clients is how we determine the...

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...